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Full list of Sonos Voice Commands

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Caroline V.
Caroline V.Retired Community Manager
published in Sonos Voice Control

Full list of Sonos Voice CommandsInformation

Hi all,This is a list of all current (date of release) voice commands you can use to control your Sonos system with Sonos Voice Control.Sonos Voice control will work in any region, however it only understands US English at the moment.We have added in a table of contents to make the list a little easier to scan through, to find what you’re looking for.Remember, to activate Sonos Voice Control you start by saying “Hey Sonos” and then you follow with your chosen command, for instance volume control:“Hey Sonos, volume up”You can also specify where the command should be executed:“Hey Sonos, Volume up in the kitchen”Click through the list here to find what you’re looking for, and click ‘show content’ to see the details.The basics Getting started with Sonos Voice Control Controlling your music Play Playing music through supported music services Stop Pause Resume Control Volume Mute / Unmute Changing your music Previous Song Next Song Shuffle Repeat Restart Forward / Rewind Chang

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Caroline V.
4 months ago
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krokkContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Can't broadcast to Sonos One with Google Assistant

Hey everyone, I have a new Sonos One that works great aside from this issue I am having with Google Home/Assistant integration.  When I try to broadcast a message to the Sonos One located in the bedroom (either through the Assistant app or via voice command to my Google Nest Mini, which is in a different room), I get an error that there is “nothing named X in your account”, or something to that effect, so the message is unable to be broadcast. This happens regardless of whether I try to broadcast to the room (“Main Bedroom”) or to the device itself (“Main Bedroom speaker”), confirming the exact name of the room and speaker, respectively. Other Assistant features seem to be working fine; for instance, I can make commands from the Sonos One using “Hey Google” and play music on the Sonos One with a voice command from the Nest Mini. There are several old threads on this issue, all of which seem to point to this sequence in the Sonos app as a solution: Settings>Room Settings>(Select R

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12 hours ago
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Smartypants1138Contributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Contol - Favorites

Hello -Is there a Sonos Voice Command I can use to play from my Favorites (My Sonos) as configured in the Sonos app? 

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5 days ago
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Crunch89Contributor I
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sonos all of sudden male voice comes thru

Says it can't stop music while in tv mode and I didn't ask it anything. 

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6 days ago
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Gaston BAContributor I
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google assistant keep saying “sorry that mode is unavailable” on sonos arc

I set up google and Sonos and everything seem fine and connected. I ask “play queen on Sonos”first I get “sure, queen from Spotify, playing on Sonos”and 3 seconds later “sorry that mode is unavailable”

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Ken_Griffiths
6 days ago
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jalexandratosContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Feature Requests

Digging the privacy angle of your Sonos Voice Control. Would love to see it supplant other services. Any chance of considering the following feature requests:Set alarms via voice Set timers (multiple, please) — really useful in the kitchen Intercom functionality (speak a phrase/announcement and have that play on all Sonos speakers — including S1 if possible) Multiple voice recognition & service linkage — or at least a way to specific when instance/account of a music service to play (ie Apple Music - mine, Apple Music - yours, etc…)Regardless of the above, you’re off to a roaring start. Keep up the great work!

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18 days ago
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sgoldswoContributor I
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Any plans to add Voice Control for Qobuz, BBC Sounds or Spotify?

Sonos Voice Control is excellent. It just works and does exactly what I need for my Apple Music account. I also listen to Qobuz, Spotify and BBC Sounds regularly - any idea if or when they might be added to Sonos Voice Control?

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106rallye
22 days ago
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RobG5Contributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Media account mismatch

“Sorry, the media account and the Google Account” do not match. Even though they do! Factory reset of device but same problem. Incredibly annoying problem that a lot of people seem to have. How can this be solved?

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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Gaston BAContributor I
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I move from one city to another but my system behave as its on previous place

I was living in San Miguel de Tucumán. I recently moved to Yerba Buena. My ARC was in my bedroom. In my bedroom was a lamp that I turn on and off with a Google Home Mini. Both, Arc and light, where on the same Bedroom, so the order “Turn on the light”, just turn the correct bedroom light.Now my Arc is in the living room on my new house. But when I ask the temperature, all my google devices answer with my new city temperature, but Arc answers with the previous city location. And when I ask “Turn on the light”, I get “I cannot find bedroom light”, even I place both, ARC and Lights, in a new room called Living.I’m lost on where to change something so the Arc recognizes it’s in the living room.Thanks

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106rallye
1 month ago
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lachieContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos voice control

Why cant i control spotify from sonos vouce control or use gooogle assistant to control spotify through sonos

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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JSC-DKContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Development suggestion - Temp. Vol. Increase

HiWhile I enjoy the new voice commands very much for modifying playback. I often end up asking for increased volume on great track, but forget to turn it down again.Suggestion: Voice command: “(Hey Sonos) This is a great track!”Response: Volume increase to a (in app?) set value, but for the remainder of the song only. For the next track, volume should return to whatever it was before.

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melvimbe
1 month ago
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netswipeContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

SVC - Easy Requests

There are some basic functions I am missing:Set a sleep timer increase/decrease Volume here (like in this room) Play this everywhere (like Group everything) Set a timer (in general)and… of course… I am missing Spotify.Apart from that - its great!! Thank you!

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1 month ago
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MikeiContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Assistant keeps "not understanding" when my wife is not talking to it.

We have Sonos in most rooms in our home. I've turned on the voice assistant in most of those rooms. Unfortunately, it keeps chiming in on my wife's 'regular' conversations in the house. Not me, just her. Anytime she says a word that contains or starts with a hard 'S', it will respond with that it doesn't understand and to check with the Sonos app. Well, frankly, we didn't ask you, and it's getting creepy!Since this is an edge device with no cloud component, how can we possibly troubleshoot this?

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2 months ago
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ListenerJContributor I
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‘Play new album’ bug?

When saying ‘Play the new album by [artist]’ Sonos Voice Control plays a random track instead of starting at the beginning of the album. Is this a known issue or related to a setting I’m unaware of?

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ratty
2 months ago
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Djm3955Contributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Roam - Sonos Voice Assistant does not work whilst music is playing

Hey Sonos used for work well on my Roam speaker, however over the last week or so - it fails to work if something is being played from the speaker. It’s almost as if the microphone is disabled once music plays automatically.  The voice assistant works when nothing is playing - once playing it doesn’t pick up any voice commands (not matter how loud I shout!). If I manually pause, I sing the buttons at the top - it will then recognise my voice again.  I am aware of the doable microphone button and this is not the issue.  Can anyone help! It’s really annoying 

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2 months ago
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xnigelxTrending Lyricist I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

SVC + Pandora control

Has anyone figured out how play a pandora station with voice control? I tried setting pandora as my default music provider but i cant get it to play anything from it. Im using the free version so i only have the stations. TIA

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2 months ago
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DeanShawTrending Lyricist I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

sonos voice smooth radio

Tried asking Sonos to play Smooth Radio and it doesn’t recognise it, ask Alexa, plays it no problem. Any reason?

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Ken_Griffiths
2 months ago
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dr1818Contributor II
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Transliterated foreign languages

I want to listen to some foreign language radio stations which are in Sonos Radio - with transliterated titles. I can not get it to recognize my voice with those radio stations. Any advice? Is there a way of creating my own labels? Thanks

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3 months ago
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dollarlongnecksContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

SVC & Muted Speaker - No audio feedback but it functions... Bug or 'Feature'?

As the title states, when a compatible speaker is muted, when using “Hey Sonos” there is no audio indication that it heard the command, but it appears to function as normal - at least in the sense that the action requested doesn’t rely on any audio feedback.Is this functioning as expected, or should the voice/responses be audible when the speaker is muted?

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Dominic DA
3 months ago
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flasuncoAvid Contributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Turn off spoken answers, use sound cues instead

Hello, as with any other voice assistant, I’d really like to see a minimal response option where I don’t get a spoken answer that’s twice as long as my command, but rather just a simple “pling” sound. Personally, as much as I like Giancarlo’s voice, I need voice assistants to be as unintrusive as possible - especially with “quick” commands which are used often, like volume control or grouping. UX-wise, a “pling” conveys a positive feedback as well as - or even better than - an actual answer. Any further ideas and discussion welcome.

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106rallye
3 months ago
JackFly
JackFlyContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

How vocal control works with goups

Hi,It seems that Sonos doesn’t understand the vocal command “Hey Sonos, play lounge music on the ‘rez de chaussée’”.Rez-de-chaussée is a group I created (it means : downstairs).It doesn’t works on any group (Étage, Partout or Rez-de-chaussée).I have the last version of Sonos App Beta.Thanx for your analyse.BR

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JackFly
3 months ago
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gfree1Contributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

No sound from ceiling speakers and cannot delete "Fixed Volume"

I have a system that is six years old in my home theater room. I have floor mounted speakers that work; however, the two ceiling speakers do not. My iphone app says the volume in that room is “fixed volume”. Can anyone offer advice before I reach out to Sonos directly?

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3 months ago
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ThePixelLifeContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Feature Request: Change to line-in source using Sonos Voice Control

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3 months ago
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flasuncoAvid Contributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Control answer volume too loud

Hello, I’m using SVC on the Roam. Any answer given by SVC is (subjectively) twice as loud as the actual media volume. This makes it extremely disturbing and unusable for me because it’s basically yelling to the whole neighborhood about my Sonos setup status… making me go to great lengths to actively not use it. What’s the solution here? Thanks in advance. (P.S. this goes somewhat hand in hand with a different topic of mine, discussing the need to not have answers at all.)

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3 months ago
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CarlRJContributor II
posted in Sonos Voice Control

SVC could use a "status" request command

Sonos Voice Control has a "what's playing" command, which is helpful, and there's apparently a way to check the battery level on battery powered speakers.I'd like to see another command added, something like "status", that would give more "state" information about my speakers (I can think of these offhand - there may be more):current Volume level current setting of Night Sound toggle current setting of Speech Enhancement toggle maybe which speakers/rooms, by name, are playingThe volume level would be particularly helpful - one can ask for louder or softer, or for specific volume levels, but I'm probably never going to ask for specific volume levels (even if I want to make a substantial change) without knowing what the volume level is *now*. Yes, I could look in the controller app. At that point, SVC has already lost, because if I have to open up the app, I'll just change the level there.

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3 months ago

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