Pairing a Play:1 with the new Sonos One

Chris - are you saying that I can make a stereo pair of an original Play1 and a new 1 (with Alexa)? The queries and responses here are saying not. I see now that it’s still possible to purchase original play1s - so am unsure what you mean about an additional cost (as it’s less expensive). I have an Alexa speaker elsewhere in my home and would like, ideally, to be able to play same tracks/radio station, as same time, through a Sonos stereo system in one room and the Alexa in the next room.

Use the 3rd party app called SonoSequencr. Sonos will not do it natively because it considers them different units, but SonoSequencr gets around that rule.

Curly - if you read the numerous responses - yes you can pair and Sonos One and Play:1 even though Sonos doesn't officially say you should. You buy the ios app called Sonosequencr for like $2. It provides a lot of macros you can do with Sonos and one of the options is to create a stereo pair of any speaker you want. So you can make a permanent pairing of the two like you want you just have to do it in Sonosequencr app vs. the Sonos native app. It takes a few seconds and it is a permanent linking (so it works no different then if it was in the Native App).

You must have missed every other response being - yes you can do it just use Sonosequencr.

People like to complain so you get a thread like this but it is NOT AN ISSUE.

Yes the Play:1 is currently still sold as well as the Sonos One. I would buy the Sonos One as it will also give you upcoming features like Airplay2 for your system.

That this is NOT AN ISSUE is stated 17 times in just the last 2 pages of this thread alone and reference Sonosequencr.

Can someone here tell me the disadvantage of having to use the Sonosequencr app to make the Stereo Pairing? Sorry to anyone I'm being short with but people keep posting complaints about this like it was an issue. Its starting to really irritate me that people keep saying its an issue when it is not (and ignoring the posted solution).

Yes - you have to have or borrow for a couple minutes an IOS device
Yes - you have to buy the app for like $2 (it does a lot of stuff and developer is worth supporting)

Otherwise its no different then if the Sonos app allowed the mixed pairing natively.

If you have one Play 1 just get another and an echo dot. No worrying about Play one pairing with Sonos one.

I would be concerned with that in that if the user does not have a Play:5 (gen2), Playbar, or Sonos One they will lose out on some upcoming functionality like Airplay2. I would recommend the Sonos One above the Play:1 right now if the user does not have one of those 3 devices in order to keep their system current.

This is a deal breaker along with not be able to rename Alexa! Packing Sonos One up for return, sad been a Sonos user and fan since 2013!

This is a deal breaker along with not be able to rename Alexa! Packing Sonos One up for return, sad been a Sonos user and fan since 2013!
You should have done your research before buying the ONE, and not afterwards.

Perhaps, but these were things you shouldn’t have to spend hours researching about all of can do & can’t do of a fairly inexpensive product. My time has a price too.

Guess I expected more from SONOS since I’ve been a huge fan and customer of their products. I was one of the first to jump on their wifi band wagon.

Easy enough to return lol.

Perhaps, but these were things you shouldn’t have to spend hours researching about all of can do & can’t do of a fairly inexpensive product. My time has a price too. [...]
You should have figured out for yourself that different prototypes can't be paired together. Simple as that.