Voice control and smart home

I’ve gotten my daughter a sonos one so that she can play her own music (she doesn’t have a mobile of her own yet so speaking to the speaker felt like a good solution). However any music started from google assistant takes over my music in the rest of the house. Has anyone configured their system to allow for two speakers connected to google assistant that can play different songs on different speakers  simultaneously? I use Spotify family subscription and separate accounts. Can anyone point me to the solution?

Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant do work in South America on other devices. But Sonos app have them blocked. Why is that?  If you by Alexa Dot, Google home or other smart speaker they do work on Ecuador. Only Sonos have them blocked on their app.  ​​​​​If I new this I would have bought the Sonos One (SL) version instead.   ​​​

Hi,   Is it possible to group speakers through Google Assistant? For example saying “Hi Google, play x in the kitchen and the living room”. It doesn’t seem to work for me.

I have set up a Sonos surround system (Playbase + 2 Sonos Ones) with Google Assistant.  I would like the Google Assistant to respond out of the RIGHT Sonos One surround, but at this time I believe it is not possible. I have tested and tried every combination of setting up the speakers without success.  When the Sonos Ones are not paired as surrounds to the Playbase, it is simple to add GA to either of them.  When they are paired as surrounds, the assistant can only present in one of them--which is understandable as the system recognizes the three speakers as one unit.  The default speaker Google Assistant is added to is the LEFT Sonos surround.  There does not appear to be a way to change this. I originally thought it may be defaulting to a certain speaker due to a naming preference--like it a naming appearing first alphabetially.  This is not the case--I tried every combination of unpairing and renaming the devices and testing.  I thought perhaps it was a case of a preference for cert

There have been a few posts on this, but I wanted to add another one. Please integrate with Google Podcasts!

Please find here under the description of the issue I have with the incorrect behavior of the app Mymedia for Alexa used in an Amazon Echo 8 configured with a default Sonos system:Description here under is based on an Echo 8 with my Sonos Port but is also valid with any of my Sonos equipments ( I have a PLAYBAR + bass + 2 Sonos 1, a Sonos 5, and a Sonos 3)First of all a quick sum up of my configuration:I use the last version of mymedia inside a docker of my Synology NASThe version is currently 1.3.133.0All my music is also in the NAS and except a very few exceptions uses the m4a formatI have a Amazon echo 8 configured to use a SONOS PORT as the default speaker system. I also have a Amazon Firestick 4 K configured to use the HDMI in pasthrough toward the TV set linked to a SONOS PLAYBAR via optical.Both systems Echo/Port and Firestick/TV/PLAYBAR don’t work “Don’t work” means that when I ask to play an album, I have the first track only of the album, the picture of the album only a few s

My Arc and Beam randomly make a sound or tome similar to the Alexa attention tone.   But when they do it there is no reason.  There is a quiet house.  And then [TONE]. ….   What’s causing this?   I could understand if people are talking and it mis-hears an “Alexa”It drives my wife crazy.   Or maybe it isn't Alexa...maybe it just makes its own noise?

Here’s the issue I’m having: I pair my Sonos Beam to my Amazon Alexa account. Everything is working great for a day or two. Then, Alexa stops responding to me after a few days. However, if I manually hold down the mute/mic button on the Beam, Alexa still works.I used to think it might be an authentication issue with my Alexa app. But I’m signed in and shows my Sonos is online. It’s also weird that I can still manually use Alexa by pressing a button on my Sonos.For whatever reason, voice just stops working with Beam. Exact same issue with Google Assistant. It just stops working.Anyone else experiencing similar voice issues? What’s the fix?

Here’s a strange one! I have a pair of Sonos Play 3 speakers linked to an Alexa-controlled Amazon Dot. The system has worked perfectly for 2 years. This week I upgraded my Amazon Music account to HD. Since then the system will play any music I choose but when I ask for any Beatles music I get silence. I have tested the Dot by isolating it and it will play Beatles just fine but as soon as I link it back to the Sonos speakers I get silence and Alexa says ‘Sorry there is a problem.’ I have contacted Amazon Customer Services and after re-setting and re-starting the Dot they can find nothing wrong with it. Any ideas? Thank you.

My Sonos One microphone touch control is not working, if anyone has an idea what might be wrong then tell me please.

Dear Sonos / Alexa / Google Assistant Community and Sonos Support...  I am an authorised reseller.  My client has in one home:200 Hue devices4 HUE Bridges (limit 50 per bridge):Study FamilyEntertainMaster4 Amazon accounts (limit 1:1 per HUE Bridge):Study FamilyEntertainMaster 12 Sonos devices on 1 Sonos account1 Spotify account Each time we amend Settings to remove the Sonos skill and add it back again, it prevents the other zones from working.  In order to test Alexa to play music from Spotify we say: "Alexa play Hooked on a feeling"  If successful, Sonos responds: "Playing Hooked on a feeling by Blue Suede from Spotify".  We end up in a circular loop like this: Set up Zone 1:Login to Amazon account #1Disable Sonos SkillEnable Sonos SkillLogin to Sonos account #1Connect Sonos Account to Amazon account #1Enable voice services for Device in Zone #1. Success message from Sonos / AlexaTest Zone 1Zone 1 = Succeed Set up Zone 2:Login to Amazon account #2Disable Sonos SkillEnable Sonos Skill

I’ve had my Samsung Family Hub with integrated display for a year now.  I have seen more music services come to it (including Spotify) - When will Sonos support the Samsung Family Hub?   This would be a terrific addition as I have Sonos throughout my home - and suspect a lot of other people own both Sonos and the Samsung Family Hub.    Please advise - Thanks! 

This seems like it should be really easy, but I keep going around with this. We have an Echo Show device in our kitchen/living room (it’s an open space). We also have Sonos speakers in this same space. I want what’s playing on Echo Show to also play on the Sonos speakers.I have setup Alexa skills, also added Alexa to Sonos. But they operate as if two separate systems. I want to amplify what I am playing on Echo Show — same stuff — on the other speakers. The speakers are Sonos 1. Shouldn’t that be easy? Thank you.

Will Sonos ever allow my Sonos Speakers to be added to my Google Home Speaker Group? I have my Sonos One speakers in my bedroom working with google assistant, and able to play my Spotify play lists through google assistant commands, and that is a huge improvement. However, I have all my other sound systems in the whole house working together through a google home speaker group I named “All Rooms” - EXCEPT SONOS. I cannot add them to my speaker groups in the Google Home app. If this is a marketing decision, I think it will backfire, since apparently the other companies are allowing it. I hope there is either a trick I am missing, or otherwise a software patch will correct it. Ideas?

I have an Apple TV 4K and use a stereo pair of Sonos Ones for audio via Airplay 2. Problem is, the audio output on the Apple TV never stays set to the Sonos, so I always have to manually switch it back via the control center, which is quite cumbersome when you have to do it constantly. What I’m looking for is a shortcut that would allow me to tell the ATV to switch its audio output to that group of Sonos speakers to avoid needing to do this every time. I’m running the iOS 14 beta, which does have several more options for controlling the Apple TV, but I still do not see a way to do this. Do any of you Shortcuts wizards know of a way to do this?

Hi,Having an issue playing Spotify using google assistant on Sonos arc. Says Spotify premium isn’t set up on the Sonos app. The same Spotify account is set up in both Google assistant and Sonos app and I have tried several times removing both google assistant and Spotify and still says that the Spotify premium account is not set up on the Sonos app. I can use the sonos app to play music via Spotify and can use the Spotify app, works fine, but when using voice it doesn’t work. I can play Spotify via voice using any other speaker, just not Sonos.Any help would be appreciated.

we are trying to use google home to control a brand new sonos amp connected to a set of in ceiling sonos speakers, but the google home mini does not recognise any instructions for the device, any tips?

I am trying to play music on the Sonos Move at the same  time as my Echo devices. I am not trying to set up a Smart Group or to group multiple Sonos speakers.

Hi all, If I am not mistaken, Voice Match doesn't seem to work on the Sonos One. Is Sonos thinking of implementing it? Thanks

So as I understand the new ducking possibilies which rolled out some months ago, all speakers within an Alexa group should duck. I have the following speakers: 1x Play One SL stereo pair 1x Play:5 stereo pair 1x Play One 1x Echo Dot 2nd Gen All three Sonos are in a group, and also selected as “Preferred Speaker” The Sonos One and the Echo Dot are selected as Alexa enabled devices.   When I talk to the Dot all speakers duck, when I talk to the Sonos One only the Sonos One ducks? That does not seem right. Due to another bug i have undergone a full factory reset of all speakers, so it probably is an issue everyone is having? Can anyone confirm?

I’m thinking about buying a Sonos One to replace my google home. I would like to know if the Sonos One can accept the following voice commands seamlessly: "Hey Google, play What's Up by Miles Davis" (using Google Play Music) and "Hey Google, play Seventies on Seven on SiriusXM" (using SiriusXM)

Hi,2 things hopefully able to be fixed:Listening to sonos with higher volume on the day and then asking with Google Assistant later, e.g. switch the lights of. Is very annoying. As Sonos repeats with the last volume set very loud.Either a separate volume for voice assistant or a scheduled maximum volume set would be important.IFTT does not work as well because I can only set to a specific volume what could potentially increase the volume while watching TV.The second wish would be scheduled activation of the night mode.Thanks,Lukas

Hello.   I updated to 11.1 yesterday, and it now appears IFTTT integration has stopped working. When I try to edit an existing applet or create a new one, I receive an error that IFTTT cannot connect to the service. I’m not sure if these two events are linked, but is anyone else experiencing IFTTT issues after updating to 11.1?

I’ve tried so many different groups and settings and preferred speaker choices and this doesn’t seem to be possible.    I have an Echo, and an echo dot. I also have a Sonos beam with a sub and 2 play 1’s for surround. When I added Alexa third party to my Sonos app, I’m able to use Alexa on my Sonos beam which is great! However, when I create a group to include Sonos and the 2 Alexa devices I have, I can only choose the Alexa devices to play together OR just the Sonos devices. I can’t choose all of them so they ALL play music everywhere.   Does anyone know if this is possible?! Please advise😊

   I’ve been using Sonos system with units throughout my house for a couple of years.    Recently, (just over a month) I’ve been noticing that when we tell Alexa to skip a song, it tells us that we can’t, even when running iHeart Radio.    The second issue that has also been going on for about a month is looping.  At night we like to listen to Rain/Thunderstorms while we sleep.  Normally, after requesting Alexia play Thunderstorms, we then tell Alexa “Loop On”.  This will play the 5 minute Sound until we turn it off in the morning.  Now when we request Loop On, Alexa says it cannot loop music.   What has changed?  I see that several people have made similar posts and I wanted to add my own so Sonos will see that this is a problem.   Jeff Southern Florida 33467