Skip to main content

Sonos Voice Control

Talk about Sonos Voice Control

  • 190 Topics
  • 933 Replies
Corry P
Corry P
answered this question

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...
  • 13
  • 9
Corry P
Corry P
answered this question

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...
  • 15
  • 42
Information

Full list of Sonos Voice Commands

  • 17
  • 0
190 Topics
J
jl62Contributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control
Steuerung

Ist es möglich eine Sonos move Box per Sprachbefehl aus- und wieder einzuschalten, also neu zu starten?

1
G
9 months ago
A
amosbernierContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Liste de commandes en français

quelqu’un a t’il vu ou produit une liste de commande en français pour le Sonos Voice Control ??? mes commandes fonctionnent à 25% du temps… et je perd patience… merci

2
A
9 months ago
N
NevenEnthusiast I
posted in Sonos Voice Control
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

5
N
9 months ago
G
gsrbobContributor II
posted in Sonos Voice Control
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?

4
G
9 months ago
R
R0D1MUSPRIMEContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control
Sonos Voice "Drop In" or 2 way communication feature request.

We used to have Echo devices for home automation but when Sonos came out with voice control on their speakers I got rid of the Echos and put Sonos speakers throughout and used Alexa.  The only feature I miss is the “Drop In” feature from Alexa that is not available on Sonos.  We then switched to GA since it at least has the “Broadcast” feature.  I know you can use the Intercom app on your phone but that is not as easy as using a voice assistant especially with kids who dont have phones.  I was hoping the new Sonos Voice would include something like this.  What is the proper way to submit a feature request?  I see several “Feature Request” posts scattered throughout the forums but didnt know if Sonos had any other official way to request things.  I would like to use Sonos Voice but since it can’t be used with GA in order to keep using Broadcast it’s not really an option at this point.  I did play around with it this morning and it seems to work really well for the music side.  If they a

5
R
10 months ago
B
BrunoGWContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Annoying problem: SVC does not switch to the station I request. Answer ok but stay on the same station.

I listen to radio A or I listened to radio A the day before, I ask SVC for radio B, answer "ok good choice" but Sonos remains on radio A, I ask for radio B again, answer "ok..." and it's radio B finally.Sonos Roam 15.9Thanks

1
Corry P
10 months ago
D
DD87Contributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Sonos Voice versus Google Assistant Era 100

It's one thing that Google Assistant is missing, but the fact is Sonos Voice is rubbish. I asked Sonos "Hey Sonos, play [Song] by [Artist] everywhere" and it said it doesn't understand. Yet in the app, you can choose to play a song 'everywhere'. It also doesn't understand "Hey Sonos, play LBC radio". Also no Spotify control with Sonos Voice. Come on Sonos, I know you’re in dispute with Google, but their assistant is so much better. You’ve got to implement this ASAP for the Era range, the current voice assistant is unusable! 

14
K
11 months ago
C
Corry
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Voice control does not recognise tracks or artists

Hi All...hope there’s some help out there.I have had Sonos Play, moved away for a while, but back now with Era100 and Deezer as my subscribed streaming service. I have Sonos voice control (SVC) activated. SVC recognises and plays, say, The Ink Spots but will not recognise and play Slim Whitman. This is one example, there are many - it will not find Shostakovich Romance The Gadfly or Opus 97a - none of these trigger a response through Deezer, even though I have manually found the music I wanted through these keywords in the app search, and played them. What gives with this? I have a perfectly well rounded English voice, with no regional accent and am speaking clearly and close enough. I can elicit a response for Goldfrapp, Orbital, The Ink Spots etc, but not, it seems, the more rarely requested? Any thoughts?The American rejection voice is also becoming a little tedious I have to say, with today’s AI it would be nice to have a Kate Blanchett telling me to find what I want in the Sonos A

2
C
11 months ago
B
BtnorwayContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control
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?

5
106rallye
11 months ago
W
WIlliamcn66Contributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
can sonos voice control play music from my Music Library?

If I have my computer on, will Sonos voice assistance play songs from my Music Library?

2
Ken_Griffiths
11 months ago
P
PjPipContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Unable to (re)install Sonos Voice Control

I’ve been using a Sonos One with SVC and Alexa for 5 months. Recently, SVC stopped responding, so I tried removing it and reinstalling, but it fails near the end of the SVC installation process every time. I’ve tried from 2 different devices with the same result.  Today I’ve done a reset of the One and tried again, but it still fails. Alexa and music services appear to be working normally. Any suggestions?Moderator edit: combined posts:Scrub that! Since the system reset now Alexa won’t play any music. Internet queries are fine and Airplay still works 😞 Ok, got Alexa working again by removing the Sonos skill and re-adding it. Still can’t install SVC. I should add that I’m running the latest App and firmware versions available. The installation appears to fail at around 90% progress.

13
P
11 months ago
S
stevecoh1Contributor II
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Random output from Sonos speaker

Sonos randomly thinks someone has asked it a question and provides a useless (and loud) answer to the non-question.  It doesn’t happen often but it’s often unnerving if it does. It has nothing to do with the TV being on, as has been given as “the” answer on questions from other users.  It doesn’t ususally happen then. It sometimes happens when no one is in the room where Sonos lives. I am told to turn voice control off, and I may do that, but isn’t this a bug in SONOS software that they should fix?

1
G
11 months ago
M
meythoContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Sonos Voice Control and individual Apple Music Family accounts

Dear community,My family consists of me (father), my wife and my two sons. We have SONOS speakers all over the house, among them Play One’s in my kid’s rooms. We all have the SONOS S2 app installed on our individual iPhones, and each of us is logged into his or her own respective account of Apple Music Family, also being logged in to each one’s individual account of the Apple Music Family service on each one’s SONOS app. The SONOS system is registered to me.Obviously, we want to prevent that our four different music tastes are mixed. All works fine as long as the (Apple Music or SONOS) apps are used. Even when started by everyone’s SONOS app, the library, “recently played” section and music suggestions on the Apple Music accounts do not mix, it’s all allocated to the right account.Now enter voice control. My sons have Sonos One’s in their rooms and I understand that only one Apple Music account can be allocated to the houshold’s Alexa. Then we tried Sonos Voice Control and initially go

2
M
11 months ago
D
DeeeluxxContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Hey Sonos Won't Play Playlists

I can’t seem to play any playlist from either Apple Music or My Sonos using Voice Control.  Can using app.Just installed new One’s and Move’s on my existing Connect and Play1 system.  Love the voice control, but something doesn’t seem right.Removed Apple Music and reinstalled.  Also made Apple Music default.Observation:  Within Apple Music App the playlists are shown in a typical list with a color logo for each.  Within Sonos App, under Apple Music, the playlists are shown without a logo but also not all are shown.  Under “recently added” what appears to be all the Apple playlists are shown and most have a color logo.  All this makes me think there’s a syncing issue or something.Ideas on how to resolve?

1
Corry P
11 months ago
G
geoffkatzContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Sonos One + Sonos Voice Control + Apple Music -- Poor Accuracy

I am a long time Amazon Music + Assistant user on my Sonos One, and am attempting to change to Apple Music.  Since my listening workflow is calling out songs or bands using voice-control, which works fairly well with Amazon, I am trying to use the Sonos Voice Assistant with my new Apple Music sub.Here is my problem -- accuracy is ABYSMAL for me so far!  I’m not seeing this complaint often online, so I wonder (and hope) I am doing something wrong.  The Sonos Assistant is using Apple Music (in fact I disconnected Amazon entirely from Sonos to make sure it wasn’t causing issues), but nearly all of my requests are failing entirely or being mistaken.  Here is a sample workflow:Q: “Hey Sonos.  Please the song ‘Solitary Man’ by ‘Crooked Fingers’”  A: “Sorry, I didn’t understand what you asked for.  Do you want to play something by Crooked Fingers instead?” Q: “Hey Sonos.  Play the song ‘Solitary Man’ A: [Plays ‘Solid Men to the Front’] Q: “Hey Sonos.  Play the song ‘Solitary Man’ A: [Plays ‘S

7
D
11 months ago
D
doko911Avid Contributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Voice Control does not access Napster music

I have no problem using the app to play music from the music service Napster. but when I try to play music using Sonos Voice Control, it says that it cannot do that until I register with a music service. I tried to name Napster as my default music service but the app says that Napster is incompatible. I m using the app with the Sonos Roam, which I will have to return if I can’t play music with the voice controls (which is why I bought it).

3
106rallye
11 months ago
S
SsebContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
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

5
jgatie
1 year ago
D
Daz 68Contributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
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.

5
D
1 year ago
P
PatafromContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
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

4
Airgetlam
1 year ago
M
mk89kmContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control
Feature Request: Turn on/off Autoplay per SVC

Hi.I like to start browsing Video services while still playing music and turn off Autoplay, if I don’t forget it. Otherwise obviously the music stops. Would be great if I could turn off/on Autoplay with Alexa or Sonos Voice Control.what do you think?regards,mao 

1
Corry P
1 year ago
D
DanyboyContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
add spotify or sirius on hey sonos

Hi, I need to know how to configure sirius and spotify on the hey sonos voice

1
G
1 year ago
S
StuartBeeContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control
Sonos Voice Control + Apple Music - "This Item is no longer available"

Hi All, I switched to Sonos Voice Control (SVC) several months ago and loved the fact that it was more accurate than Alexa because it had a narrower list of things to do.  However, more recently, I’ve started to notice that there is an error with the way that it works with Apple Music. I have never used SVC with any other music service.  What seems to be happening is this: I say “Hey Sonos - play Out of Touch by Hall and Oats”  SVC correctly interprets my request and finds the correct song from somewhere (i’ll come back to this point).  The song is not played.  To the user it seems like the voice command didn’t work. I check the app and it shows the correct song, but it is not playing.   I click “Play” and I get the message “This item is no longer available.”  If I search for Out of Touch by Hall and Oats manually on the app, the album version which Sonos found earlier is not displayed, and I am instead shown a different version.  For example, whereas SVC found and tried to play “The V

1
Corry P
1 year ago
B
Bgi8Contributor II
asked in Sonos Voice Control
sonos voice control does not recognize apple music

When asking to play music from apple music via voice control I get the following answer Apple Music is not activated on your system while it is.anyone has the same issue? 

1
B
1 year ago
V
VanillaIceeContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control
Apple Music Playlists not working on SVC

I can't get SVC to play my Apple Music playlists (on a Sonos Roam). I've tried to rename them to simpler names and tried all types of ways of phrasing, it always fails or gets confused. Sometimes it will load my "station" but never the playlist.I tried to add the playlist to My Sonos playlist section and I similarly can't get it to work. Is there a reliable way to get this to work or is playlist support broken for Apple Music using SVC?

1
F
1 year ago
P
PhliRContributor I
posted in Sonos Voice Control
SVC

I’ve read several posts regarding SVC no longer working for Spotify and some answering that it never has?  SVC worked for Spotify on my Sonos Move2 until last week, I agree with the person that started this thread, SVC and Spotify did work.

2
UKMedia
1 year ago
Terms & ConditionsCookie settings