Hi @Marvin_Bower, welcome to the Sonos Community!
Apologies for the delay in replying to your thread. You’ve already figured out that the Sonos Roam SL doesn’t have a microphone before I got around to this post but, if you haven’t done so already, then you could return the Roam SL and go for the Roam 2 instead.
This would allow you to use Sonos Voice Control (SVC) as well as Amazon Alexa. If you purchased directly from us then I expect you’re still in the return period and our sales team can help you set up a return and a new order. If you’re purchased from a retailer, you’ll have to check with them what their return policy is, but I expect a return or exchange at this early stage shouldn’t be too hard if that’s the case.
You could always keep the Roam SL but if you wanted to use a voice assistant, then you’d need a third-party device like an Echo Dot to issue voice commands.
I hope this helps!
Jamie
I did replace the SL with the following model
Roam - hw version : 1.33.1.9-2.10
It does have a microphone and the Voice Control (both Alexa and Sonos VC the latter unfortunately isn’t in my language (ITA) )