Pairing a Play:1 with the new Sonos One

I’ve just got the Sonosequencr app but can’t see how you can pair a One with a Play:One; the Sterio Pair section says that it will only pair speakers that are designed to be paired

Choose the ‘create stereo pair’ command and, despite the explanation, you can choose any 2 unmatched speakers you like !

Does this mean then that using this app, you can pair a one and play1 together, then when you command for the volume to be adjusted, it will turn them both down because they are stereo paired and not group paired?

yes

Yes. I've actually created two actions within the app, one for creating the pair, one for unpairing. It makes it quick and easy, in the event I have an issue and Sonos wants me to undo the pair and see if the problem persists.

I went out and bought two Sono's one's one for the home and one for our office (where we have a sonos 1 play...pretty disappointed with the SONOS One and the complete lack of functionality with Alexa, it's pretty much a pointless service at the moment, it cant even do basic reminders...disappointing, ill be sending my £350's worth back.

Or you can get the Sonosequencer app, which allows you to force pair any Sonos units.

Why do you have to force pair anything, it's insane to think you spend £180 on a speaker that cant connect with other devices related to the same brand that are pretty much identical technology...someone simply releases an app to force it, it should be right out of the box

You can connect it. It is perfectly compatible with all other Sonos devices. You can connect it, group it, play it individually, anything you can do with any other Sonos device. But it will only pair with itself as a stereo pair or surrounds. This is no different than the Play:1, the Play:3, or both versions of the Play:5.

Please also add me to the list of dissapointed users because of this reason. Thanks.

Seriously annoyed by this. As it looks like a 1 and plays similarly this should be stated very clearly in all copy and on the box. Major fail Sonos.

Seems SONOS is taking some much crap over this release, talk about getting things wrong. They need to buck up their ideas. After such a successful set of hardware, i've lost quite a bit of trust in SONOS 😞