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October 5, 2017

Pairing a Play:1 with the new Sonos One

Can this be done? Will it sound the same in stereo? I don’t need two microphoned speakers surely.
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    Jeff S
    Jeff S
    Retired Sonos Staff
    November 27, 2018
    mmm so can I access and manage the "couple" via standard android app once paired? What kind of sorcery is this?

    Creating a stereo pair between a Play:1 and Sonos one is not supported by the Sonos app. The reasons for this can be found in this thread. There is a third party smartphone app, not made by Sonos, which forces a pair.

    That said, you can group together a Sonos One and a Play:1 to play in unison, but doing so does not separate out the left and right channels.
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    MatthewR
    Lyricist III
    November 27, 2018
    Understood. But now my question is: once I paired them thru unofficial app can I see them as "legit" pair in the sonos app or do I need to use the unofficial app?
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    November 27, 2018
    Yes - once you pair them in Sonoseqencr the regular Sonos app sees them as a normal paired zone. No difference between this pairing and one you could do in Sonos app.
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    MatthewR
    Lyricist III
    November 27, 2018
    thanks to all of you... I'm going to find some iDevice to do the sorcery
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    November 27, 2018
    Do some trueplay tuning while you have it.
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    MikeV
    MikeV
    November 28, 2018
    Note that it's recommended to use the One as your left speaker and the Play:1 as your right, since the left speaker coordinates everything for the pair.

    Also note that in the future if you have any issues, Sonos will likely want you to remove the pairing between the two speakers before they provide any assistance, since that's not a supported setup. So while it's a set-it-and-forget-it thing, having an iOS device available for future needs is still highly recommended.
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      MatthewR
      Lyricist III
      November 30, 2018
      Done! 😃
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      Avanhall
      Lyricist I
      December 7, 2018
      I have many Sonos products in my home, In the den I have a play bar, a sub and two play 1's. I also have an Ecco Dot in the den, and bought a sonos one to get rid of the Dot...SO DISAPPOINTED in Sonos for not allowing me to pair the new One. Love the products but hate this omission!
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      pjotr12
      Trending Lyricist I
      December 7, 2018
      I have many Sonos products in my home, In the den I have a play bar, a sub and two play 1's. I also have an Ecco Dot in the den, and bought a sonos one to get rid of the Dot...SO DISAPPOINTED in Sonos for not allowing me to pair the new One. Love the products but hate this omission!

      I have good news for you. You can pair a Sonos 1 and a Sonos One. Tadaaaa !!
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      I love the pair of play 5's in my living room, but I simply adore the play 1 in my kitchen.
      richburns
      Lyricist I
      January 23, 2019
      A Play:1 and Sonos One can be GROUPED together as two different zones playing the same content.

      They cannot be PAIRED (or bonded) together as one zone in stereo (one speaker as the left, one as the right) or as part of a surround sound system with a Playbar or Playbase. Hopefully, with the number of requests for this over just the past couple of days (there are at least three or four topics about it around here so far), Sonos will figure out how to make it happen, but it's up to them to do it.

      Added 5/5/2018 - UPDATE - there is a third-party iOS app called SonoSequencr that is capable of creating a stereo pair out of mismatched speakers, including the Sonos One and the Play:1. Mismatched speaker pairs are not recommended, as despite the visual similarities between these two speakers, there are significantly different audio "fingerprints" between them. That said, it can be done with this third-party app. The app is not free, however it's a very reasonable price if pairing these speakers is a priority for you.

      I've heard that an Android app called Macronos can do the same, though I have no personal experience with this app so I can't vouch for what it can or can't do.
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