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How to stop Sonos voice feedback?

Hi @SwissTony Welcome to the Sonos Community!Thank you for the feedback - at present, there is no way to alter the responses of Sonos Voice...
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Sonos Voice Control voice response way too loud .... How to change resp...

Hi @kjs-uke Welcome to the Sonos Community!Currently, the Sonos Voice Control volume is locked to that of the player - there are no separate...
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Daz 68Contributor I
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cant connect to sonos voice control.

My sonos move can't connect to sonos voice control. It times out and asks me if I have a wifi connection, which I do,a good one.

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1 year ago
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NevenEnthusiast I
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Give the command via the one gen 2 to one sl's

Hi all!I have just purchased a pair of One SL’s which I plan to put in stereo in the room named stereo. Since I own a One Gen2 allready can I say Hey Sonos play “something” in stereo? Do I have to group the SL’s and One Gen2 first?Thank youNeven

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10 months ago
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chrisreevebContributor I
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My Sonos Voice Control won't install

 I'm not sure if it's a Beam or Internet issue, the mic just stopped responding to my queries. I uninstalled SVA then when I'm trying to install it, the installation takes a long time and fail afterwards. Even Alexa won't install. Any ideas? I already tried reset and rebooting my phone it still won't install.  

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1 month ago
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BtnorwayContributor I
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Sonos Voice Control & Youtube Music

When will Sonos Voice Control work ok with Youtube Music? I want to speak to my Sonos Roam in the bathroom. Giving commands like «play something from Nirvana», «play relaxing music».Not able to do this. I can’t believe it! Please fix this already.When will Sonos get this basic functionality?

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106rallye
11 months ago
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PPE44Trending Lyricist II
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sonos voice not connected to music service

Hi,I’ve tried Sonos voice new in France.Configuration is ok, basic commands work very well on all my Sonos  But when I try a command like « play Dire Straits in kitchen », all my Sonos answers something like this in french « sorry, Sonos can’t connect to your music service » Same thing for Apple Music, Sonos Radio, and Amazon Music.Any idea to resolve the problem ?

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UKMedia
1 year ago
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DominikDominikContributor II
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Custom commands for Sonos Voice Control [developer API?]

I was wondering if there are any plans to expose some kind of developer API or custom commands for Sonos Voice Control?What I have in mind is invoking a webhook with a command recognized by Sonos. I’d love to use Sonos in my home automation system e.g. by saying Hey Sonos, turn off the lights.As developer I don’t actually need Sonos to integrate with any of the home automation systems. What I would be happy to have is Sonos system to call a defined webhook with recognized words or broadcasting this with MQTT or any other common protocol.In ecosystems like Google Assistant or Alexa these are vastly more complicated, but having this kind of easy-access API would open Sonos to home automation community and similar enthusiasts.

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7 months ago
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Dan.WillsContributor I
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voice control finding radio stations

is there any way to specify where SVC will look for stations when the command is “PLAY xxx”?there are two local radio stations, both in Sonos Radio, both added to my favorites and Sonos favorites.KBCO KBCO Studio Cfor the life of me I cant get SVC to play the top one. various wording will bring up all kinds of crazy channels from around the world.my goal is to have SVC cycle through a short list of preferred (sonos) radio channels.thanks

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8 months ago
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SsebContributor I
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Sonos Voice Control + Apple Music: error "file not encoded properly"

HelloI’m a bit puzzled by an issue which started just few days ago (can’t pinpoint exactly when).I’ve been using Sonos Voice Control since it’s been released on a Sonos Roam and Sonos One to stream from my Apple Music, and it’s been working perfectly fine.Then suddenly, when requesting a specific song, I started to see error in the app “Unable to play song xxx, file not encoded correctly”, and nothing plays.The song is recognised and added properly to the queue, but can’t play. Pressing play button in the app at that stage gives the same error.If I then try to search the same song through the app and play it, it works perfectly fine. So it’s really just when finding the song through voice assistant that it doesn’t work.If there’s nothing in the queue to start with and I just say “Hey Sonos, play music” (so nothing specific), it starts playing from my “station” and it works well… I tried to remove Sonos Voice Assistant and re-add it, I tried to remove Apple Music and re-add it, I tried

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jgatie
1 year ago
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SJEMContributor I
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Listening to radio - Sonos Voice Control and BBC

I can use voice control to listen to music on Spotify. When I ask for Radio 4 i am told there is an issue with my music provider. I have reauthorised etc. I can connect to Radio 4 via the app but not with voice control. 

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BaldyBouncer
3 months ago
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Shayne ShepherdContributor I
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Voice Control Weirdness

I have two issues/questions regarding voice control I am hoping to solve.The first is when I ask Sonos to turn my tv on (Arc connected to Vizio m55-c2 tv via arc) it turns on the TV but the input is switched to the hdmi that the Arc is connected to, showing a weird black and white screen saver. Is there a way to make the TV come on with voice and stay on the last hmdi input it was set to? Second, using my firestick TV remote voice control to do anything causes the TV to switch to the hdmi input the ARC is connected to with the same black and white screen saver? What is going on here? Thanks.

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1 year ago
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VembuContributor I
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sonos sound bar

HiPlease suggest.Now I am in usa. Can I purchase sonas soundbar in usa and carry to india? Will google & Alexa voice assistant work in India   

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UKMedia
10 days ago
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Eug7Trending Lyricist I
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Prevent ARC from Sonos Voice Control command play everywhere

I have 6 Sonos devices in the house (3 Era 100, a Port, Arc and Sub Mini). Just want to use the SCV command play everywhere without playing to the Arc. Can do? The other night after play everywhere turned on the TV and TV audio was coming through the other speakers in the house, That shouldn’t happen.

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1 year ago
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J-manCollaborator I
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Sonos Voice Control Won't Recognize Station KNX News 97.1

I can't get SVC to recognize KNX News 97.1 from Audacy.com on my Sonos Move. I've added it to my Sonos Favorites, my stations list and added the URL with a unique name via Tunein in the Sonos App. I've also tried renaming it in the Sonos app and calling it by the unique name. I'm able to play it on my Sonos Move using the app, but want to play it via Voice Control. I've tried calling it by "97.1" and other variations of the station's call letters. I tried logging out of Sonos, re-adding voice control, re-adding Audacy under Service Accounts, re-adding the Sonos skill in the Alexa app (for my Sonos 5), resetting my router, updating Sonos and cycling power.

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7 months ago
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John160Avid Contributor I
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How to play music from my Apple Music Library by voice control

Hi, I have Apple Music and my own curated library of albums in my Apple Music Library (ie with tracks I don’t like removed). I can get the Sonos app to play albums on Apple Music via voice control, but I can’t find a way to get voice control to play albums from my Apple Music Library. Can anyone help?

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9 months ago
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PatafromContributor I
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Sotify and sonos voice control

Hi, I am about to acquire an Arc and some Era300. I watched some youtube video saying sonos voice control does not work with spotify.  Are these video still up to date ? Maybe this has been fixed recently ? Does it ? Thanks for you share. P

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Airgetlam
1 year ago
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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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Ken_Griffiths
2 years ago
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gsrbobAvid Contributor I
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Sonos Voice control for Bass/ Treble/ & Sub Volume

I would really love to see voice control for more settings like Bass/ Treble/ & Sub Volume.  Example-“Hey Sonos, set bass to -4””Hey Sonos, set sub volume to -2”Also it would be cool if you had different options for the increments raising and lowering those settings. For example, instead of just Volume percentage, also add a 0 through 10 scale like the Alexa voice control has. Less spoken words equals easier voice control, e.g., Alexa, set volume to 5.  Would anyone else love to see these features added?

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10 months ago
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pspdxContributor I
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Sonos voice pouts?

Does sonos voice pout?  I feel like it is a petulant brat.  As long as it is able to comply with my command, it remains eager to serve.  As soon as it cannot, it just ignores me.  These are not complex demands.  They are things like “Hey sonos, play Jazz.” I know it is still listening because I can see the little green light winking on the speaker (Beam).  After it pouts for awhile, sometimes overnight, it will cheerfully begin responding to my requests again.  Restarting the app and even deleting and reloading voice does not solve the problem.

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3 months ago
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adriansb1986Contributor I
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Sonos Voice Control keeps asking that I reauthorize my Deezer account

Hi everyone,I’m trying to set up Sonos Voice Control with Deezer, but I’m unable to.Every time I try to search Deezer music via voice control, I get the error that I have to reauthorize my Deezer account in the Sonos app.I have done that multiple times (successfully), but the error does not go away. I’m unable to search Deezer library via voice control.I also tried to remove and add Deezer account altogether, but it didn’t help. I also tried to remove and add again Sonos Voice control.However, when I play the Deezer music manually with the Sonos app, basic voice controls such as “next track” and similar work ok.Thank for your help and I’ll be glad to provide any more info if necessary. 

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1 year ago
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VokalemilchContributor I
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cant set default service for sonos assistant

I wanted to use the so os assistant, but when I ask it to play music it tells me I need to subscribe to a service. I have a YouTube music subscription and a spotify account added. But when I try to set either as the default service for the assistant, the app shows not compatible. How can that be? Anyone knows why this could be? Help appreciated :)  

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melvimbe
1 year ago
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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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2 years ago
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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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2 years ago
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dr1818Avid Contributor I
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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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2 years ago
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flasuncoAvid Contributor I
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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
2 years ago
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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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Ken_Griffiths
2 years ago
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