Voice control and smart home

Connected a Beam to a Samsung mu6400 40 inch TV via HDMI/ARC and installed Alexa. Beam works as well as it does on my other Sonos players/amp - with streaming services and local NAS Alexa seems to work OK - its my first use of this. The TV remote vol up/down works with the soundbar but shows 'device input' on the screen when I change volume. I tried to switch on TV with Alexa - OK and change volume - again OK. The problem is that, after issuing an Alexa command, the Samsung ( standard or smart ) remotes volume/mute buttons stop working. Only way to get working again is to switch the TV off/on. I've checked and even when the only command to Alexa is something unrelated to the TV e.g. "what's the weather", as long as the TV is on, the remote volume control stops working. NB: anynet + / HDMI-CEC is enabled on the samsung; there are no other HDMI devices attached to the TV. Even when the remote is not working, I can still change the Beam volume OK using the app (IOS ). I'll just put

Hi, I've 2 sonos one, configured in a room. On same network i've 2 echo dot. Alexa is so sloooooow to respond from sonos one,barely unusable. On amazon echo dot, connected on same wifi is working correctly. Anyone else has noted this issue or have any suggestion or workaround? Thanks

It's been several years that I have asked Sonos about adding a 12 Volt DC Trigger or Changing the Standby Light or Standby Voltage so that End Users with External Amplifiers can have a reliable method of turning on and off the external amplifier when not in use. Niles makes devices that can measure lights on devices that trigger the amp but Sonos light doesn't change enough when it's in Standby mode. Same thing with Xantech, SpeakerCraft, Furman and other companies that make similar control devices! I know I am not alone with this request, maybe if there is enough discussion here in the forum we can collectively get results!

Just to say I have upgraded to the hd and uhd and the sound from my sonos system is now even more incredible. Definitely recommend

I was excited to see integration with Google assistant, however when I try to add sonos, the following happens: 1) I go to voice services and add Google Assistant 2) this takes me to the Google screen where it authenticates me using the same email address that's on my sonos account 3) this then redirects me to the sonos authentication 4) after authenticating on sonos, it says I need to register my speakers to my account, so I click Go to Sonos App, and the process starts all over again. This doesn't make sense. My speakers are registered to my account. When I go to the sonos website, and sign in with the same email address, I can see all of my speakers. Elsewhere in this process it says if I go to More > Settings > Account Settings and I don't see "Account" I need to update my sonos system. I do not see "Account" - I see my email address as the linked account and then I see Transfer account. Where is "Account"? I've also confirmed my app and speakers are all up to date.

I was excited to see integration with Google assistant, however when I try to add sonos, the following happens: 1) I go to voice services and add Google Assistant 2) this takes me to the Google screen where it authenticates me using the same email address that's on my sonos account 3) this then redirects me to the sonos authentication 4) after authenticating on sonos, it says I need to register my speakers to my account, so I click Go to Sonos App, and the process starts all over again.

I recently switched my Sonos One from Alexa to Google Assistant, and it seems to mostly work for everything but the one thing I need a Sonos speaker for: playing music. Whenever I ask the assistant to play an album, all I get in reply is "Sorry, it looks like the requested content isn't currently available on Google Play Music". I'm able to play radio stations on GPM just fine; it seems to only be an issue playing albums or songs. I'm able to play my albums via GPM from the So os app as well, just not using voice control. I also can't play albums to my Sonos speaker from the Google Assistant on my phone; same error message. I have a Google Play Music premium account, and I've checked that Sonos and Google Assistant are using the same Google account. I'm not sure what else to try, so any help would be appreciated.

I was previously using Alexa, but have switched to Google Assistant now I've got an Android. The sensitivity of waking Google with "Ok Google" is much lower than when using Alexa - when can this be fixed? Also, in my case I have two sonos ones as rear speakers, with amp as front two with sub, when using Alexa both rear ones would listen, now only the rear left?????

I get this error when I try and connect Google Home to Sonos (via Home app) even though I’m using the same email address for both accounts.

It’s far too loud. When I ask for my flash briefing she speaks at a normal volume. Then when the briefing plays it’s incredibly low so I have to turn the volume up. Then when Alexa speaks up again she’s SO VERY LOUD. This issue seems to come up over and over with no actual solution. All n all the Sonos 1 seems to have been a gimmick. Well I fell for it. Had I known how sketchy Alexa was in this I wouldn’t have opted for it.

How do I get Sonos to turn smart plug lights on and off?

So, here's what I'd like to be able to do: When I'm streaming a movie/TV show to my TV via Chromecast, the audio plays through my crappy built-in TV speakers. I would like the audio to be played through my lovely Sonos One stereo pair instead. How would I go about doing that? Thanks in advance! Daniel

So I bought a pair of sonos one's in april because I wanted to combine great speakers with an alexa app. Boy has this been a nightmare. One problem after another. Called sonos on record at least a dozen times and they couldn't get the problems solved. They told me I needed a boost so spent $100 on that amd still had issues. Finally customer service told me its verizon and my routers fault and I should reach out to them even though I have 32 wireless devices being controlled on my network and never had an issue and I got the boost. Bs on them! Finally i reached out to a local installer who knows what they are talking about and who helped me for free get it to almost work. This guy was better than all 12 of the sonos technicians. Crazy. So now I can play music in stereo thru the speakers but cant get Alexa to work. I have that same error message that dozens of posters have reported in this community. Funny I never see a post that describes what the fix is. Does anyone know? We've tri

Very interested in the Move speaker. I will buy when it comes with HomeKit / Siri. Any idea when that will be?!

'OK google 'responds can't reach the Internet check modem. using sonos app can listen to music no problem. so definitely connected. any suggestions to resolve problem?

I had purchased my Sonos set up from 2018 onwards when it was advertised as speakers that would come with Google Assistant. After a long wait, Sonos became GA-capable. Does anyone know when Sonos will become GA-capable in Asia. Looking at the list of countries for Alexa, I am dismayed that there does not seem to be any further development for Alexa in Asia. Would the same happen to GA in Asia too?

I currently have a Sonos playbar. Im fully aware that I can add the Gen 1 or Gen 2 play 1's to the playbar to create surround sound and great TV / sound experience. My question is if I buy 1 x gen 2 play one and then the original gen 1 play 1 and connect them all up, when I use Alexa and the voice controls for example to ask it to play Oasis greatest hits, will all the speakers work or just the Gen 2? I'm trying to establish if i need to buy 2 x Gen 2 speakers when they will be sitting 5 meters apart.I like the Gen2 new feathers but it seems silly have 2 of the speakers in the same room. Thanks

Hello, all. I am curious if anyone has ever tried to use Qlab with Sonos speakers or app? I would like to be able to program some basic sound cue functions to play over 1 or 2 speakers using Qlab. Essentially looking to pre-program a volume fad up and fad out time, but need to trigger the action myself. Anyone have experience with this? Thank you!

I'm fairly new to the world of Sonos, having had a Play 1 for nine months and having been impressed enough by its capabilities to buy a Sonos One. I'm also a committed Amazon Alexa person. I have an Echo and three Dots. I decided to buy a Sonos One rather than a second Play 1 as a replacement for the Amazon Echo in my kitchen, believing (mistakenly as it turns out) that this would mean using the Sonos One alone rather than a Play 1 plus an Echo or a Dot. I was unaware that the abilities of the Alexa enabled Sonos fall short of those with which a dedicated Alexa device is endowed. One such shortcoming was revealed when I asked the Sonos One to set a daily Alexa reminder to prompt me to check the temperature of my stored hot water. The Sonos One responded to my voice request in exactly the same way as an Echo and I expected to be reminded by a spoken message every day at the time set. I think, on the first occasion, that the Sonos One spoke the reminder, but on every subsequent occasi

I have 5 Google home mini. One for every room I have a Sonos connect amp speaker (speakers in the sealing, and the amp's in my AV room). So. In my bathroom for example, i tell Google "Hi Google. Play some music from my playlist in the bathroom". Then the music starts playing from the mini... My sonos speaker is called "bathroom" and the mini is called "mini 2". And yes. I have done the setup both in home and sonos app. I

My sonos system has stopped working with Alexa post the 10.4 update. When you ask Alexa to play xxx it queues the music but doesn't play the music. Really annoying any fixes. I also added a new sonos amp to my set up tonight and Alexa cannot find this device either!

I've been using Sonos with Google Assistant since it first became available, but over the last several days there's a new problem: Google Assistant frequently forgets what room my Sonos One stereo pair is in, so when I say "Hey Google, turn on the light" I get the surprising and annoying response "Ok, turning on 8 lights" (that's a stupid bug on Google's part - there's no way that "the light" should ever be interpreted as "all lights" if it doesn't know what room it's in, but leaving that aside as a Google bug...) When I check the Google Home app, I see my Sonos speaker pair in the correct room. A couple of times the problem fixed itself spontaneously after a while. A couple of times I was able to fix it manually by removing the Sonos speaker pair from the room and re-adding it. And a couple of times, like today, that didn't work because Google Home stubbornly says "There was a problem communicating with Google" whenever I try to touch the Sonos speaker room assignment (and it only af

Recently I purchased Sonos One from USA. I am not able to use the voice activation in India. Can someone guide me as to have I can work around this problem ? Any way to change the location to USA so that it works ?

Is it possible to disable the Google Assistant Voice control and keep the linked status in google home? I want to continue to control the Sonos Beams but use my Google Nest Hubs for voice commands. My wife misses having her own personal assistant settings and assistant voice. Right now I have the mics turned off as a work around. I am also using airplay more and more 2 group my Sonos system for music since that feature is not available yet from google. On a side note just having the flexibility to use both Google and Apple are why I use and enjoy my Sonos system every day. Thanks

I have had a sonos one for about a year and everything worked fine until about a month ago. Now it won't not play spotify via a voice command. It just says "sorry that device is offline". If I unplug the Sonos One, do a factory reset, and reconnect to Alexa and Spotify, things work fine for a day or two and then that message comes back. Any ideas?