Hi @JohnG666 

Thanks for your post!

I too occasionally get false triggers of the wake word, but only when watching TV. With Alexa, it’s usually pretty easy to hear what triggered the wake word, but I too have heard Sonos Voice Control respond without really making out what was said on the TV to cause it. It happens, is what I guess I am saying.

I can see how “8th of May” might be mistaken for “Play”, but I don’t understand how it mistook “8th of May” for “Hey Sonos, play” - that’s a bit more of a stretch, and not similar to anything I have noticed happen myself. I suppose if there were any background noises that sounded to the speaker like the sibilance of an “S”, it would make more sense.

Unfortunately, I can’t really give you any advice - the usual troubleshooting steps don’t really apply in this case, though if there are any sources of background noise near the speaker I would suggest separating them.

I hope this helps.

OK thanks very much for your reply. In some respects it’s good to know that it’s not just me who has had the occassional glitch like this :)

I will keep monitoring the situation to see if I can narrow down what happens. I did try repeating 8th of May a few times in different rooms but it never happened again. I did open the fridge door a second or so before saying that so that might have influenced it!