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  • 4 August 2021
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I subscribe to Amazon Music unlimited in the UK. I have the Amazon Music service installed in Sonos. 

When I search for an Artist (The Travelling Wilburys) in the app within Sonos they are not found yet this Artist is available when I use the freestanding  Amazon Music app. How do I fix this. I have tried Sonos support and Amazon Music support with no luck. It used to work.

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Best answer by controlav 4 August 2021, 14:49

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controlav
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Try with one L (American spelling I think). At least that is how it is spelt in Apple Music (USA). I don’t have an Amazon Unlimited account to test with.

There have been some occurrences of music services using the “wrong” database for some foreign users via SMAPI, I can’t remember if Amazon is one of the offenders.

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OMG… It’s me… I never thought I had misspelled their name… :tired_face:  

Thanks for pointing it out - Doh!

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It’s perhaps also a good example whereby Amazon/Sonos/Others may need to implement a ‘sounds-like’ and/or ‘wildcard’ feature (amongst other things) into the search facility within the Sonos App… the ‘Search Tab’ needs a bit of TLC from the developers/engineers, I think🤔.

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It’s perhaps also a good example whereby Amazon/Sonos/Others may need to implement a ‘sounds-like’ and/or ‘wildcard’ feature (amongst other things) into the search facility within the Sonos App… the ‘Search Tab’ needs a bit of TLC from the developers/engineers, I think🤔.

Some music services do a better “fuzzy match“ than others. I found this when doing my Alexa integration with the SMAPI search feature.

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It’s perhaps also a good example whereby Amazon/Sonos/Others may need to implement a ‘sounds-like’ and/or ‘wildcard’ feature (amongst other things) into the search facility within the Sonos App… the ‘Search Tab’ needs a bit of TLC from the developers/engineers, I think🤔.

It’s not the Sonos app which does the search. The string is simply shipped off for the service back end to interpret. Deezer is a lot less fussy -- or more fuzzy depending on one’s viewpoint.

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Fuzzy sort sounds good - find the nearest match spell checker   - just wish the fuzzy was not in my brain…

How to make it all idiot proof, I guess - I believe I could make a good tester!

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