Pairing a Play:1 with the new Sonos One

Grouping is not pairing. Grouping is using the group button to make them all play the same source in sync. Pairing is done via the Settings menu and is a semi-permanent configuration in which the pair of speakers is designated to play the left and right channels of a stereo signal.

Bottom line, they are two different models, and Sonos has never allowed the pairing of two different models. Nothing new here, and if they did allow pairing, it would be an anomaly.Sonos has never had two speakers that look so similar and, to many , sound very, very similar or pretty much indistinguishable - or maybe totally so with the help of TruPlay.
So although there's 'history' here, the reasoning isn't really the same Suggesting so is deliberately missing the point of the numerous requests. So much so that Sonos are considering allowing stereo pairing of these two speakers that 'only have two components in common'. Not that would ever hold my breath on anything Sonos is 'considering'.

There were as many people who ranted endlessly about not being able to pair a 1st and 2nd gen Play:5 and they looked nothing alike. My faith in the reasonable and rational analysis of those who complain about such things is not really strong.

Can i add my voice to requesting that the Sonos One be allowed to pair with the Play 1. I have a Play 1 and Play 5 in separate rooms, along with a full 5.1 setup in the lounge. I was considering buying a new Sonos One to replace one of the paired Play 1s in the lounge to enable integrated voice functionality (I already have a dot that I use in various rooms), and then to move the usurped Play 1 to the bedroom. However, as it seems I would have to spend another £400.00 to accomplish this and have not one but 2 Play 1s to rehome I think I'll pass.

Definitely eager for Sonos to bring this functionality - it would be an elegant solution to adding voice control to my living room without adding a redundant speaker or dot. Can't really justify buying 2 Sonos ones to replace the pair and only need a spare play 1 for the spare bedroom.

Please add me to the list of users who wish to see some form of pairing between Play:1 and One.

The main reason I bought the Sonos One was for the Alexa functionality AND to pair to with a Player 1. Please address this soonest. Seems like a complete waste. Who needs to Alexa's in the same bloody room.

I am also disappointed. I had never attempted to pair a Play 1 with a 3 or 5 as that would not make much sense. My house is organized such that the kitchen and living room are separated by a stairwell with a short walkway spanning its width that connects the kitchen to the living room. I have a 5.1 system in the living room with two Play 1's as the surrounds. My intent with buying the new Sonos One was to replace the Play 1 that was mounted to the wall at that little walkway, thereby allowing voice control using Alexa via that one speaker from both rooms. I had never thought there would be an issue of swapping out that Play 1 with the new Sonos One as I'd never read about any issues or suspected it would be a problem. I bought a new Flexson mount for the Sonos One from Crutchfield and swapped out all the hardware. Went to set up the surrounds and stumbled upon this odd lack of functionality.

As mentioned, I understand that it would be odd to pair different sized models (i.e. a 1 with a 3 or 5), but these two are sooooooo similar to each other that if someone pointed out that they aren't aesthetic equals then you should probably kick them out of your house right then and there. The acoustics are going to be so similar that your average person is not going to pick up on the difference, and I am certainly not as discerning as the conductor of the Boston Pops.

I just don't understand why in the Sonos even gives a hoot. They aren't like Steve Jobs -- designing everything purposely to limit integration with other products as they have gone out of their way to allow you to link old speakers, sync with Pandora, Spotify, TuneIn, etc. To me this is an unnecessary sticking point.

Better yet, it's a place they might lose money. People might upgrade a speaker for added functionality, but they might draw the line at two. I'm considering taking mine back because it's caused me to now waste an extra $50 for the mount plus the added expense over a Play 1.

Needs a patch soon.

I’ve recently made the leap to Sonos and bought the Sonos One, combining the sound quality of Sonos and the functionality of Alexa voice control.
I was so impressed with the sound quality and having read that the One is pretty much a Play 1 with Alexa, I decided only this week to spend another £150 on a Play 1 to pair and introduce stereo sound to my lounge.
Needless to say I had no reason to believe that these two couldn’t be paired and am now very dissapointed and frustrated having read all of these comments that there is no official fix. Who in their right mind would think that you need two voice activated speakers in the same room to get them to pair?
Why aren’t Sonos listening to all of these requests. If it can be done with a third party app, how difficult can it be for the manufacturer to sort it out themselves.
Please listen and sort this out soon

+1 on wanting to pair a play:1 with my new ONE