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BaltocheContributor I
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Favorite radio stations via Sonos voice control

How can I play my favorite radio stations defined in  My Sonos (Favorites) via Sonos voicecontrol.Each time I ask “Hey Sonos ,,.” he searches into the Sonos library and not into My favorite stations. So stupid that I think something is wrongly configured at my side.Thank you for your help.

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thehideContributor I
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Voice assistant does not recognise Spotify

When asking Sonos voice assistant to play music it says that I must have a music subscription.I use Spotify all the time with sonos. Alexa has no trouble with Spotify. I recently used sonos voice assistant with One of my Sono One devices and it worked fine. When I moved the speaker to another location it stopped accepting Spotify.I have since deleted Spotify and reinstalledI have deleted Sonos and reinstalledI have removed voice assistant and reinstalledI have run out of choicesWhen I look at music services in setting I see that Spotify is greyed out with a comment … not compatible

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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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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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Dan.WillsTrending Lyricist 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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JamiestogdenContributor I
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Sonos Playlist via Synology NAS

Hi all, Just become a proud owner of a Sonos Era 100. Loving it so far and the app works very well. However, one issue I’m having, I’ve added my Synology NAS drive as a music library, I’ve then (through the app) created a Sonos Playlist with songs from this library. I can playback via the app itself, but the Era 100 will not accept a voice command to play the playlist, keeps saying that music service is unavailable. Any suggestions to fix would be welcome, I could keep a tablet next to Sonus to playback as all songs/playlists etc do work via the app but I’d prefer to use voice control if I can. Thanks in advance. Jamie

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pluto22Contributor I
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Sonos voice assistant only loading 100 songs from Amazon Playlist

My default music service is Amazon Music and when I ask the Sonos voice assistant to play or shuffle a playlist with 200+ songs and then look at the queue in the app, there are only 100 songs in queue. If I start the playlist through the Sonos app and check the queue I see the full list (200+ songs).  Is there some setting I am missing? 

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PralcockContributor I
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Microphone light won’t work 

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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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MistaKanContributor I
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Sonos Voice Control doesn't stay enabled?

So I just got an Arc, along with the Sub and surrounds. This is first week I’m using it.  I’m amazed I don’t see this more often on these threads, am I the only one whose Sonos Voice Control goes in and out? I have gone through three straight conversations with customer service the last three days about this, and no resolution. They get close but no cigar and tweaked a bunch of settings. I assume the microphone light should always be on so it can always hear your wake up command, but often it turns off, even when it’s playing music. They’ve tried everything. I’ll give it another day and then plan to get it replaced. Overall I think the system is really cool, but this is starting to get annoying. 

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flasuncoAvid Contributor I
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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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jl62Contributor I
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Steuerung

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

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amosbernierContributor I
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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

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NevenChromatic Producer 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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gsrbobAvid Contributor II
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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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R0D1MUSPRIMEContributor I
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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

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BrunoGWContributor I
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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

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DD87Contributor I
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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! 

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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

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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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WIlliamcn66Contributor I
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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?

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PjPipContributor I
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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.

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stevecoh1Contributor II
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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?

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meythoContributor I
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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

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DeeeluxxContributor I
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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?

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