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JackFly
JackFlyContributor I
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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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gfree1Contributor I
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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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CarlRJContributor II
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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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PowerMoveContributor I
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Sonos Voice Control and NAS Server?

I’m excited to try the new Sonos Voice Control, but only if it allows me to choose music from the NAS server on my local network. I have not seen this functionality mentioned in information from Sonos, so does this mean music on my NAS won’t be supported?

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GSkull24Contributor I
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iTunes Match with Sonos Voice Control

Hello All,Wondering if there is a way to get the new Sonos Voice Control to work with iTunes Match? Technically, iTunes Match works by matching your physical copies of songs with songs on the Apple Music Library. On the Sonos App, I’ve linked my Apple Music (iTunes Match) subscription with their services, but because it is not legitimately “Apple Music”, I can’t get Sonos Voice Control to work properly with my Match catalogue. Anyone have any suggestions here? Would be nice to be able to send music easily from Roam to Move, but you can’t do that simply with Airplay Music, so I was hoping to be able to start up music directly on the speakers with the Sonos App.

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kvangorkContributor I
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Are all of your speakers working for SVC grouping commands?

I’d love to know your experiences with the Sonos voice control grouping commands. It’s been wildly inconsistent for me, and support is stumped. Maybe we can find a workaround together.Using many permutations of grouping commands (e.g. “Add <product name>”, “Group <product 1> and <product 2>”, “Remove <product name> from group”) some products work great, and others are inconsistent, regardless of which phrasing I use.Sometimes it silently fails (but the music goes back to normal volume when it stops listening, so I know I did wake it up), sometimes it says "I can't locate that, please check your product names in the Sonos app."For a long time I thought it was fine for one-word names but failing on with two-words, but then “Living Room” and “Dining Room” started working along with “Kitchen” and “Office.”Consistently failing:Front Room Master Bedroom Master Bathroom(Could these be reserved words? I might try renaming later and will update if anything changes.) Upda

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Abs2mlContributor I
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alexa says she will play radio but dosnt

I’ve had Sonos one speaker with Alexa for years. I ask her to play Virgin radio or even bbc radio 1 or 2 and she says “playing virgin radio from Lianne’s radio” then plays nothing.  it was working the other day, any ideas. 

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CarlRJContributor II
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SVC and "My Radio Stations"

I have numerous streams set up as URLs via the "My Radio Stations" functionality in my Sonos Arc. Included among these are Soma.FM's Groove Salad (and a number of Soma’s other streams), and a bunch of subscription-only streams from DI.FM.I can easily start these from the Sonos controllers on my Mac, iPhone, and iPad.How do I start these streams with Sonos Voice Control? I've tried a bunch of different ways of phrasing the request, and SVC doesn't seem to understand.I'm not looking for any level of interaction with these services (or the others that I use by URL) - I do NOT care about Next/Previous, Forward/Rewind, Shuffle, Repeat (none of these are available with a URL-based stream anyway) - I just want SVC to start playing the requested URL-based streams that are already saved in "My Radio Stations".(It would be nice if the "what's playing" request worked - the controller apps seem to be able to pull this from the mp3/aac stream just fine - but I'd give even that up if I could just as

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OneFast440Contributor I
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Sonos New Voice Control is not showing up as an option

It seems that I am unable to get the newly released Sonos Voice Assistance now that it has been released. I have updated all of my apps (both on the Mac and iPhone) checked for updates, which shows as up to date and I still don’t have the option available. I have power reset the entire system.I have tried using multiple mobile devices, same result.App Version: 14.8.1Build: 68329240Can I get assistance?

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SVC Not showing up

The title pretty much says it: the app is at 14.8.1 and the system is updated, but when I go to Settings>Services&Voice>Add a voice assistant I don’t get the SVC. Still only get Alexa and Google. Anyone else? --EA

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Richard PocockAvid Contributor III
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Sonos voice control in the UK

I live in the UK and I am able to use Sonos voice assistant. I didn’t think this was going to be available in the UK until later this year. I was able to use it from beginning of June.  Is this now available throughout Europe or just certain countries? Thanks

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Jack van SchalkwykContributor I
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Sonos voice control availability in South Africa

Hi there, is Sonos voice control service available in South Africa? thanksjack

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SarahN
SarahNHeadliner I
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Sonos Voice Control works out and about (in a basic way)

I’m currently on holiday, renting a cottage on the south coast of the UK. Took one of my Roam’s plus my Move with me to use with Bluetooth and I’m super impressed to find that Sonos Voice Control works on the speakers in a basic way on both the Roam and Move speaker. It will play/pause/go forward or back a song etc. I did notice when I got here that both white mic lights were on which I didn’t expect, but obviously they are on because it will work with basic functions (speaker only functions, rather than app functions). Do any of the other voice assistants works with a portable Sonos speaker out and about? I used to use Google Assistant but hadn’t at that point, taken any of my portable speakers out and about, so don’t know if it would have worked or not. I’m guessing not.

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dkmcfeeContributor I
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Sonos voice control with with Sonos One SL and Playbar

Hello --   I have one Sonos One speaker (voice enabled), one Sonos One SL (no mic) and two Sonos Playbars (no mic).  I’m trying to create various groups so I can ask my voice enabled Sonos One to play music “upstairs.”  This would require grouping the Sonos One, Sonos One SL and a Playbar (as an example).  Will my Sonos One group itself with my Sonos One SL and Playbar, both of which do not have mics? Thanks. Dave

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Jeffrey_35Headliner III
posted in Sonos Voice Control
issue with Sonos Radio HD images using SVC

Is this an issue or am I being picky? Whenever I call out a station through Hey Sonos, an image of the station is not there, just a grey box even for Sonos Radio HD station. 

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Lardo5150Contributor II
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Controlling Sonos Connect Amp (Second Gen) with Voice Control.

Bare with me here:My setup for the past few years since we got our pool is this.Sonos Second Gen Connect Amp (the white/grey one, not the new black one).This powers two outdoor speakers.  I had a google mini speaker outside, that I would talk to while in the pool to change songs, change artist, etc.  This has all been working until I changed to the Nest Audio.Below is my thread I have created on the google forums just for reference. I was thinking of purchasing a Sonos Roam since it is portable and waterproof.  I would use this to tell Sonos what to do while I am in the pool.My question is, can I get it to function similar to the google speaker, where it does not play music, it just plays on the amp and two speakers.For example, if I am in the pool and I tell the Roam to play an artist, it will start playing on the connect amp, and not the roam.  Basically just want the Roam for Sonos voice control.  Can it work like this?I am considering an Alexa device just for this, but all my stuff

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TuxUserTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos Voice Control - roll out dates?

It seems US has already got the SVC released and seen online that France will get SVC (French?) later this year, but what about the rest of the world? Would be nice to see some kind of timeline for us who don’t want to share what we say with google or amazon.I would be happy to be able to use the same version as for the US, as English is still the main language in my household and I wouldn’t want a local language version.

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LILELMTREEContributor I
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Voice control, Voice Options.

Hello Sonos, I was wondering if there would be multiple voice options in the future for the Sonos voice control?

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Gman2018Avid Contributor I
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Sonos Voice Control is GREAT!

Just got Sonos Voice Control on my Beam Gen 2.(I have 5 other speakers around my home) I purposely avoided all the other voice Sonos speakers because I didn’t like the idea of Amazon or Google listening in on me, not to mention their annoying voices.  But Sonos knocked it outta the park with their new Sonos Voice Control. The professional actor chosen is perfect.  It is quick as can be and best of all never interrupts the mood or feel of the music.  His voice truly has the class and charm of Sonos.  I like how it listens a bit longer so when you say “Hey Sonos turn it down” you can wait and see if you like the volume, if not, follow up with “More” and the volume will go down more.  This is a nice touch without any chime or voice interrupting the music. You can follow when Sonos Voice Control is listening if you look at the brightness level on the light near the mic. Now I have a massive music library that lives on Dropbox and is meticulously organized in Apple Music(iTunes).  I play my

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RykrumTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos Voice not working with radio stations.

I've been trying for the last few days to get Sonos Voice to play radio stations but to no avail. I've tried just asking, I've tried specifying '...on sonos radio', it just says it doesn't understand, or it can't find that content. Anyone else have this issue or could offer any suggestions?For info, the specific station I really need to work is LBC (my wife listens to it all the time and until this works I can't switch from alexa) but I've tried various others too.

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TerrapinMContributor I
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Unable to add Sonos Voice

I am trying to add Sonos voice to a Beam.  The Beam is powered on and is on the latest version (I checked in the app).  I can play Sonos radio on it fine from the app so the Wifi is working correctly.  However when I step through the process of adding Sonos voice I get the end and always get this error:“There was a problem connecting to Family Room.  Make sure all your products are powered on and connected to Wifi”I’m not sure what to do at this point.

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NollindProminent Collaborator I
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A More "Music-Optimized" Sonos Voice Assistant

Back in 2019, Sonos purchased Snips, a voice platform, with the intention of making “the voice experience on Sonos even better”. Reflecting on my own experiences lately using both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, I really hope Sonos is close to launching their own voice assistant soon that can overcome many of the shortcomings of these two voice assistants, especially in terms of playing music.In particular, I’d like to see a voice assistant that can:Play lossless / Hi-Res / HiFi music from a music service Differentiate between your personal playlists and public music platform playlists Play music from your own local music libraryWhat would you like to see it do, based upon the issues and frustrations you’re encountering in trying to play music with your voice assistant of choice?

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donricougaContributor I
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Sonos Voice Assistant Default Service

Hi All, I just started using the new Sonos Voice Assistant and it seems to be working quite well so far. Whenever I ask it to play an album or a song it likes to always default to Apple Music, but I’d rather it default to Amazon Music without have to always specify “On amazon Music” every time I ask it something.  Any ideas how to achieve this?Thanks

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Caroline V.
Caroline V.Retired Community Manager
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Full list of Sonos Voice Commands
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 Controlling your music Changing your music Controlling your music service library Grouping, ungrouping, and moving your music Informational Home Theater controls Sleep Timers Timers Controlling your music playback from Spotify SVC Weather Update (May 2024)The basics

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"Hey Sonos" - Sonos Voice Assistant

Coming June 1?https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/4/23056149/sonos-voice-assistant-features-release-date?“Hey Sonos” will be the wake word for Sonos Voice Control, and the company’s internal tests show it to be quicker than competing assistant services at core music tasks.I would love to see the ability to play songs from my personal music library using Sonos Voice.

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