Voice control and smart home

I just set up a pair of new Sonos Five (2020) and updated the app to S2. Everything went smoothly. Then I went to add Alexa via the app, got into the Alexa app on an Ipad, it discovered the Sonos and added them fine but when I try to use it, nothing happens. I still can control the Sonos via separate Amazon echo device but not directly via built in Alexa. I tried to delete and rediscover method but it did not help. Is it the S2 app problem, Sonos skill for Amazon outdated or do I need to try something else? Thanks.

“OK Google” wake command has sensitivity settings in the Home app now. I have other assistant products that have had this feature a for a little while now. It is now available for for Sonos products too. I can confirm for the Sonos Beam and One as I have tweaked them this morning.   This should be good news for some of us.

Hi all,   I recently bought the Sonos arc + sonos one (gen 2). Just added the sonos 1 to play as a rear speaker and want to play together but right now its just either or.. Anyone know how to have the choice thru Google asst to play all? Cheers 👍  

Glad to see the new sub-forum. My Sonos speakers are an integral part of my Smart Home, which has been built around SmartThings (and webCore) but also utilizes IFTTT, Alexa, and Google Assistant. Just for those considering the possibilities, I'll share a few examples of things I've done. It would be interesting to see ideas and suggestions from other community members on the things they are doing with theirs. Automated Controls Scheduled Volume Adjustments for Day and Nighttime (if speakers are inactive) Auto Adjust Volume to Default When Speakers are Inactive for Preset Period Play Music at Bedtime & Slowly Fade before Stopping (Sleep Mode) Music Plays upon Arrival & Pauses on Departure Music Pauses on Receiving Phone Call Lower music volume when Doorbell Rings Voice Control (Alexa / Google) Adjust Volume of Individual Speaker in Group Adjust Volume of All Speakers in Group Play Random Station, Favorite Station or Playlist Security/Announceme

Can someone explain to me how I play the BBC Sounds app on an iPhone through a pair of Sonos One speakers?

I have multiple devices from multiple manufacturers that support the Amazon Alexa Drop In feature, will the Sonos One be getting this feature soon?

I was very excited to receive my new Sonos Arc yesterday, it is my 1st Sonos product!  The unpack and install was effortless.  The sound quality was amazing when listening to music and also produced outstanding surround effects with a dolby atmos rated movie. However, my proud purchase quickly turned sour when I was unable to integrate the arc with my existing Alexa speaker group. I read a few articles prior to purchasing the arc that ultimately misled me as they all stated the arc would integrate with Alexa groups, which is true - it does integrate with groups but it doesnt integrate with “speaker" groups! Has anyone else run into this issue with either the arc or other sonos product?  If so, is there a known work around? Any help would be greatly appreciated as I do not want to return this product but would be forced to do so if it cannot work with the rest of my speaker group. Regards, Chris    

I have 2 Sonos One's and use Alexa to access/play Spotify, I have now upgraded Spotify to a family account so we can have our own profiles. How do I get Alexa to switch between Spotify profiles?    I have been searching for days and have got nowhere... Any help would be very appreciated.

In the last two weeks or so, my Sonos One does this thing where I’ll ask it via Alexa to play a song and it will play whichever song I was listening to prior.   For example, if I listened to “Halo” by Beyoncé five minutes ago and then I say “Alexa, play ‘Perfect’ by Ed Sheeran,” it will start playing “Halo.” Per another person’s question I saw on here, I’ve disabled Alexa in my Sonos app, deregistered my Sonos in my Alexa app, signed out of all Amazon apps on my phone, and then reenabled Alexa voice services on my Sonos, reregistered my Sonos in my Alexa app, etc. and it’s still acting up. Any tips?

Question here is, how does Sonos determine your location, which therefore enables the use of Google Voice Assistant?  The reason I ask is because I live in Argentina, but have a VPN network linked to the US (which allows me to use some US streaming services as a result regardless of device).      I am able to link on the Google Home app with Sonos, but my speakers don't appear in the google home app.  I'm able to use the Alexa Voice Assistant with no problems.   I've tried switching my home address on my Google Home app to my US home address, but still no go. What could be a good way to get this running properly?   Thanks!

I bought Sonos One couple of months ago and connected the Google Assistant straight away. Despite the Google Assistant app was saying the Russian language not supported by the Sonos One device it actually was working in Russian - it was reacting on “Окей, Гугл” ( “OK, Google” in Russian ) and was understanding the Russian speech and responding in Russian just fine. Same as it was responding just fine in English when activated by “OK, Google”.   But (I assume) with the latest update of the Sonos about a month ago, the Russian language has disappeared. The Sonos is still can be activated by saying “Окей, Гугл” ( “OK, Google” in Russian ), but goes no further than that ( getting “Sorry, I don’t know how to help” for requests in Russian ). That’s a bit weird.   I want the Russian language back, please!   Especially considering it’s still reacting to “Окей, Гугл” !

My Sonos beam will turn off the TV but won't turn it back on again. It's a hisense smart TV. All other functions turn up sound or down etc are ok.

Hi All, Is it real that Sonos Beam can’t support voice call with Google Assistant? It’s simply unbelievable that I need to verify this myself in a Sonos forum. Many thanks, Ken

Hi, The Global radio stations have stopped playing on my Sonos 1 when I ask Alexa.  Through either Global player or Tunein.  Radio 1 fine.   I have disabled skills in Sonos app and Alexa app and still not working.   does anyone have any ideas please?  Save my tired fingers from doing it via the Sonos app ;-)   thanks nick 

Hi all Im desperately trying to figure out how to get my samsung android phone & tablet non music (eg netflix, prime, you tube, itv etc) played through the 2x sonos ones g2 i just bought.  Trying to crack this before investing anymore in sonos systems.  The sonos move is the only sonos with blue tooth which gave me an idea.... Couple of questions: 1) firstly I'm assuming in blue tooth mode the move will connect to my android (samsung) tablet like a standard blue tooth speaker, and play non music like i want?  2) if the answer to the above is yes. Then in bluetooth mode can the move connect to my future sonos speakers (two ones g2, a sub, and a soundbar) which obviously aren't blue tooth? Could the move be the audio source (via bluetooth) to play (push audio) across multiple rooms / speaker groups?  Ps, any other ideas very welcome.  Thanks in advance Suzie         

I have Google Assistant on all of my Sonos devices.  And for the past year everything has worked great, including my integration with my smart home devices.   I can say things like “Google turn off the light” and it knows what room I’m in and does the right thing.   Today I moved a single ONE to a different room.  Re-assigned the room in the Sonos app.  Then re-assigned the room in the Google Home app.  Total chaos followed.  Now NONE of my devices know what room they are in, and turn lights on in the wrong room, or for the entire house.   I unlinked Sonos from Google Home, started over.  Didn’t help.   Then I tried moving things around to different rooms, experimented with a few things.  Didn’t help.  Unlinked a second time.  Didn’t help.    Any ideas?   It seems like when I re-link my Sonos to Google, Google still has a memory of the bad set-up.  Is there a way to totally wipe the Sonos configuration from Google and start over?  Unlinking didn’t help.

I have 2 sonos ones and a beam, when I ask to skip track with alexa on spotify, she just says I cant skip to the next song. Very frustrating.

Has anyone configured the Sonos One SL to play Visitor Announcements from the Google Nest Hello doorbell? I wasn’t entirely sure if this should work or not.   I know there’s not voice control on the actual SL device but I thought maybe linking the services on the app would allow for announcements. I haven’t been able to get it to work. 

When I want to add IFTTT to Sonos I get the error message: Error accessing the service. It won't load the rooms. What I already tried : - Set IFTTT-Sonos on my android phone, also the same problem - Disconnect Sonos and IFTTT and enable it again On the webpage the https://ifttt.com/activity/service/sonos I can see the service is connected. Can anyone help me?

Alexa says she cannot play the next song when asked to do so. This is a sonos problem because other alexa devices will skip when asked. Only sonos devices wont skip. Sonos and alexa seem to respond correctly to all.other requests, weather, timer, play music etc.

Hello, I purchased Sonos One, but the voice control option is unavailable in Slovakia. Are there any plans to add the voice control [Alexa] for Sonos in Slovakia? thanks, Milan

This is driving me mad! I can turn on night mode and speech enhancement mode on the Beam via Alexa  but how do I turn them off via Alexa? Please tell me this exists and hasn’t been overlooked by whoever develops the Sonos Alexa skill. Without it, the whole concept of a universal remote is broken. How hard would it have been to allow people to toggle these modes via Alexa (or via an IR code)?

Hi, Alexa accepts command to play tunein on Sonos and acknowledges but then fails to play anything. OK on Echo dot so seems like a Sonos problem. Started happening yesterday. Any suggestions please? Thanks   

Is anyone else finding Google Assistant very slow to respond? I have a Sonos One in Australia and with Alexa it would respond to a question in around 1s. Ever since Google Assistant was released here i find that the Google Assistant would take 3-5s to respond. Its much slower than Alexa and also compared to the Google Mini i have. Does anyone else have this issue? or a solution to it.