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Caroline V.
Caroline V.Retired Community Manager
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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 Getting started with Sonos Voice Control Controlling your music Play Playing music through supported music services and playlists Stop Pause Resume Control Volume Mute / Unmute Changing your music Previous Song Next Song Shuffle Repeat Restart Forward /

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Caroline V.
1 year ago
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sgoldswoContributor I
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Any plans to add Voice Control for Qobuz, BBC Sounds or Spotify?

Sonos Voice Control is excellent. It just works and does exactly what I need for my Apple Music account. I also listen to Qobuz, Spotify and BBC Sounds regularly - any idea if or when they might be added to Sonos Voice Control?

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2 months ago
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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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11 months ago
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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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16 days ago
Rydelluk
RydellukContributor I
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Sonos voice control for BBC radio 2

I want Sonos voice control to play BBC Radio 2 on my Beam but each time I ask it to play I say Hey Sonos play radio 2 it plays the wrong channel it plays some Welsh BBC radio not the standard BBC radio 2 Does anyone know how to get Sonos voice control to play BBC radio 2? I have BBC Sounds in my Sonos app and can use Alexa to play but I want to use the new Sonos voice not Alexa please help if anyone knows if this can be done? Thankyou

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Airgetlam
5 months ago
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GuitarSuperstarMaestro
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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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1 year ago
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Crunch89Contributor I
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sonos all of sudden male voice comes thru

Says it can't stop music while in tv mode and I didn't ask it anything. 

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8 months ago
Joel-RhinebeckNY
Joel-RhinebeckNYContributor I
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Play a sonos playlist using sonos voice control

How can I get the hey Sonos command to play one of my Sonos playlists. Whenever I tell Sonos to play the playlist it automatically goes and play some radio station or other. Not very helpful so far.

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Mike R. H.
3 months ago
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AksulotliContributor I
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Intercom feature request

Hey! Since many of your products have both speaker and microphone in the same device, would it be impossible to contact two (or more of these) in a “call” with each other?  Apparently Sonos isn’t able to use Amazon Alexa drop in feature (because of missing blinking LEDs or something?), but could you perhaps make it’s own intercom feature for multiroom homes with multiple speakers? Just use Sonos Voice Control instead of Alexa/Google Assistant to enable this feature so you wouldn’t be affected by other companies like Amazon? I know I’m not alone wanting badly this feature without use of any additional echo devices. Sincerely yours,Aksulotli

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4 months ago
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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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1 month ago
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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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Smilja
11 months ago
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ea237Trending Lyricist I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

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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11 months ago
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jalexandratosContributor I
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Feature Requests

Digging the privacy angle of your Sonos Voice Control. Would love to see it supplant other services. Any chance of considering the following feature requests:Set alarms via voice Set timers (multiple, please) — really useful in the kitchen Intercom functionality (speak a phrase/announcement and have that play on all Sonos speakers — including S1 if possible) Multiple voice recognition & service linkage — or at least a way to specific when instance/account of a music service to play (ie Apple Music - mine, Apple Music - yours, etc…)Regardless of the above, you’re off to a roaring start. Keep up the great work!

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8 months ago
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TuxUserContributor 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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1 year ago
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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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106rallye
1 year ago
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koberlin1Contributor II
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The only "Controlling Sonos with an Amazon Speaker/Alexa" thread you'll ever need!

I know there are tons of topics and megathreads explaining how to control your Sonos system using an Amazon speaker/Alexa however they all seem fragmented with different procedures and troubleshooting steps and are daunting to try and get through. I wanted to detail out the method that finally worked for me (and that Sonos Tier 1 tech support never reviewed with me).I am a custom integrator and at some point I found out that some of my customer’s Sonos systems no longer worked in conjunction with an Amazon speaker that had previously worked just fine. For example saying “Alexa, play some holiday music” to an Echo Dot with holiday music following in the associated Sonos zone...this stopped working at some point. This was no good as they had adapted to this simple method of playing music through their Sonos systems by simply telling it to.I am not referring to setting up Alexa on an Alexa-enabled Sonos speaker w/ a built-in mic (ARC, BEAM, ONE) as that seems very stable. I am referring t

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6 months ago
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Johnson_145Contributor I
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Sonos Voice: Sorry, your Amazon Music subscription does not allow you to play this content

I’m using Sonos Voice Assistant with Amazon Music. A few days ago, it suddenly stopped working. Almost any content I request gets denied. For instance, I say “Hey Sonos, play Michael Jackson”. Unfortunately, the answer is (almost?) always “Sorry, your Amazon Music subscription does not allow you to play this content.”. I don’t have Amazon Music Unlimited, but Prime Music. It used to work just fine. Furthermore, it does still work if I choose the same content via the Sonos app or the Amazon Music app. Thus, I guess this is an issue with the Sonos Voice Assistant. Maybe it got something to do with the latest changes for Amazon Music, which increased the number of available songs from 2M to 100M I think? I already removed the Amazon Music service from the Sonos app and re-added it. Didn’t change anything.

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6 months ago
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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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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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1 year ago
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gildorContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Voice command - radio station

How can I turn on the radio station via voice control? There are more stations with the same name.

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controlav
7 months ago
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mtwomeyContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Control support through S1 app?

This link here:https://www.sonos.com/en-us/guides/s1clearly indicates that Sonos Voice Control should be possible in the S1 app. Is this something that is “coming” but not yet here? Or is this a mistake?I would love to enable it on my S1 system. 

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6 months ago
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shaun mottersheadTrending Lyricist I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

sonos voice control

svc cannot recognise any playlists in the my sonos part of the app i am running android.

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Corry P
1 month ago
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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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Mr. T
11 months ago
skullc
skullcProdigy III
posted in Sonos Voice Control

voice assistant issues

I just remarked in my kitchen “this pan makes a great omelette “ immediately the sonos move responded YES loudly not in the assistants voice I might addChecked my network for unknown devices there were none I have removed all voice assistants and disabled the microphone on all devices Most disconcerting....

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Ken_Griffiths
5 months ago
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DominikDominikContributor II
posted in Sonos Voice Control

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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melvimbe
17 days ago

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