Voice control and smart home

Just went through all the settings on Sonos app as well as Alexa app named my new Sonos One OFFICE in the Sonos app and group it with all my 7 other Sonos. I can play music on all Sonos through the Sonos app, I can use Alexa to play music on any speaker, EXCEPT the new Sonos One. Alexa keeps on telling that OFFICE SONOS is OFFLINE...

When will Alexa be available for use with Sonos One in India?

Now that the Sonos One has arrived in Gen 2 only to sport more RAM and CPU I cannot help to think they pushed the original with undermined specs to earn more money and be greedy. Maybe that's why they can't push google assistant yet? Because the device has too little ram and cpu power? Maybe its just too underpowered? Maybe they even knew that and that the developers had to find a creative solution to this? And that is really hard for them. That's why GA never comes out or will have limited functions (like alexa). This is just a feeling I have and it makes sense. I feel very ripped off by sonos because of no GA yet.

Hello! I’ve recently bought a Sonos Beam and two Play 1s and am absolutely loving it! (Shifted my loyalty from Bose but no regrets!). Its working well and I’m playing around with the Alexa feature. I wanted to check if it’s possible to control Netflix/Amazon prime videos through Alexa? I’m able to grasp all the music commands but not sure why it is not recognising my TV related commands. Any help please?

Has anyone been able to get the Sonos beam voice command: "Alexa turn off TV" to work? At this point I am able to get it to turn ON with voice and so far everything seem to be good except that the turn tv OFF via voice command is not working (and the random airplay not working and requiring to power cycle the beam). The TV i have is the Samsung MU8000 series... I have checked the TV option and do have Anynet+ enabled.. don't see any options as mentioned in this thread for samsung (https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/enabling-cec-on-your-tv-for-beam-6810049) I have other devices in which if I connect it to the tv ARC HDMI port (at this point not using beam)... those device would shut the tv down when they are power off or go to sleep... So it seem like the TV is capable of having devices connected via its ARC HDMI shut the tv down... I just can't seem to get the beam to via the Alexa voice command... Has anyone had any luck with the Sonos Beam Alexa voic

Asking Alexa on Sonos One to play flash briefing results in "Here's your flash briefing" and no flash briefing. I've checked the following: - my Sonos android app is latest - the firmware on my Sonos one is latest - Amazon Alexa app on android is latest - Sonos one is correctly registered with my Amazon account - I've verified that the "play flash briefing" routine works as expected on other devices like Amazon echo Is anyone experiencing this? Is this expected?

When activated, Alexa replies with I'm having trouble understanding right now, please try a little later. In an American accent.

I am using the Sonos One I received today. I’ve got everything set up properly I believe but here’s the issue I’m having... the music plays fine through sonos app and commands but any non sonos commands aren’t outputting through the speaker. For example, if I ask for the flash briefing it will tell me “here’s your flash briefing” and then nothing will come out of the speaker. Same for “sleep sounds.” If I ask it to play a sleep sound it will say it’s playing but it won’t actually play. Seems to be the skill outputs but I could be wrong. My echo dot is working fine.

I know that Logitech Harmony supports and works with Sonos but does it also allow you to select Sonos (+ specific rooms) as a TV audio output? TV being connected via 3.5 / Optical --> Play 5?

Do you think the new Gen 2 Sonos One will make Alexa better? Or will it stay the same as it is on Gen 1. Just wondering if I should upgrade in the future. Maybe with Gen 2 it can support more Alexa functions. That would be nice and a worthy upgrade.

I have an Echo dot beside my bed, and a Sonos 1 with Alexa in the bathroom at the other end of the room. When I want to tell Echo dot to do something (turn on a light), the Sonos 1, which for some reason cannot turn on lights, takes over and tells me it cannot do the requested action. I am RIGHT beside the dot, but for some reason the Sonos 1 hears me first/better. How can I turn down the mic sensitivity on the Sonos 1 without turning it off completely?

I'm frustrated and annoyed with two Sonos Ones. I operate holiday lets in Devon and have recently set up three luxury Shepherds Huts in an orchard on a hill overlooking our local river valley. In two of the huts I put Sonos One - in the third I put an Echo Plus because it supports Bluetooth and I've also put a small Audio-Technica Bluetooth turntable and a headphone amp and nice headphones; the turntable can stream to the Echo Plus but Sonos don't support Bluetooth. I liked the idea of smart speakers for all sorts of reasons, including easy access to music, but also because I could set up Amazon blueprints and give my guests a personalised guide: 'where's the best pub in the area', 'where's the nearest supermarket', 'how do I light the fire' and so on. The Echo Plus has worked faultlessly but the Sonos 1's have been very frustrating and I'm on the verge of sending them back and replacing them with two Echo Pluses despite the slightly lower sound quality. The latest confusion i

Hi. I've had Alexa (Dot) working great with my four zones for the last couple of years. Over the last few days Alexa can only control one of the Zones (Office). When i ask Alexa to play songs in the kitchen (one of my zones), Alexa announces "songs paying by ,,,, in the kitchen" but no music plays. .. it's the same in 2 of the other zones. However one zone (Office) is controllable by Alexa. I've tried deleting and re-adding the sonos skill in the Alexa app, and deleted the zones and asked Alexa to re-add - but no change. Any tips ?

Since a few weeks Deezer loses the connection after about 2 minutes of a song. It doesn't matter if I use it via the Sonos app or via Alexa. Deezer support tells me they don't see the problem because it works well in their office. If Deezer doesn't realize that this is a problem, they're not working to solve it either. Has anyone from the Sonos community solved the problem - have they seen that it's been posted similarly several times...?

We’ve been using Alexa with Sonos since the Beta test and everything’s been hunky dory until last week I’ve replaced a couple of Sonos with Sonos ones and in doing so lost the hard wired link to the Mac. After a bit of faff I’ve reconnected and all seems to work from the desktop and app but sadly Alexa seems to have issues when you ask her to play radio or music she does the usual “bbc radio 2 from tunein” followed by “sorry the device is offline” I’ve tried searching for devices etc but nothing seems to work. Any advice greatfully received. Thanks

Hey Can somebody tell me something about Sonos and Siri Shortcuts. Would be fine in there are options to use Sonos in the Siri Shortcuts App

Why won’t my Alexa app connect to my premium Spotify account it won’t let me click on Spotify as it’s all greyed out

Is there a product where I can turn my apartment into a rave where the lights are synced to the music playing on the Sonos system?

Hi, as i'm now almost having Sonos One speakers for 1 year waiting for a miracle to happen that Alexa will work in Belgium, i'm giving up. So when is Google assistant coming to Sonos speakers with voice control? There are competitors like LG ThinQ WK7 that are able to offer a speaker with Google assistant! Why is Sonos not able to offer the same? It takes now a year and no progress? best regards, Dirk

While the new sonos one is a step in the right direction I gather the functionality probably is limited as most speakers are set up in acoustically strategic locations in any given room where it might be a bit far from your favorite lounge chair, the dining table or even your bed. Unless one lives in a sonically sterile environment or enjoy having a loud conversation it might be cumbersome except maybe for fitbit enthusiasts to rack up the steps to get within earshot of a given speaker in a given room. Also secondary problem of integrating voice control to existing\legacy speakers. Sonos if you are listening I present my case, a miniature microphone array control device (like the echo dot\ google home mini) maybe smaller integrated with the boost which can be on your dining\coffee\center table and would accommodate a practical solution to not discount your loyal customer base over the years. Think about it, will you! PS- I own a play 5, 2 play 1's and a connect. Next additio

Please can someone tell me how to set up my Beam to work with Amazon Echo's in a multiroom set up. I cannot find the Beam in the Alexa App.

Thought I'd start a conversation to help other Rako users and the Sonos community to dismistify the setup. To control Sonos speakers from a Rako Controls keypad, you'll need a Rako Bridge and Rako Cloud Gateway (includes an Audio Control Module license) which combined discover and communicate locally to the Sonos speakers. You then need to register your Cloud Gateway at my.rakocontrols.com. Once the Cloud Gateway is configured, you can create a MyRako Sonos activity containing input mappings to control Sonos favourites, setting volume, changing tracks, etc. To give you a scenario for this, I've converted my garage to a gym. In the garage I have a Play 3 and Rako keypad to control the lighting. I got fed up with having to use my phone's Sonos or Spotify app to control the music. So I mapped the garage keypad so that when "1" (scene 1) is pressed the lights come on AND a Sonos favourite is selected on the Play 3. When "Off" is pressed, the lighting goes off and the Play 3 is paused

I noticed I had an Alexa update on my phone and it made me hopeful of a change. So I enabled the Sonos skill and the Sonos speakers all over the house still Duck. I tried disabling a couple of rooms in the app but they still Duck! I made a room for those speakers and a different room for the Dot... nope, still Ducks other speakers. This is just crazy. Please tell me the last update fixed it but I'm just not bright enough to figure it out 🆒

I have the issue that Alexa is not responding. The microphone is on. It works for a couple of hours after I redo the setup process of Alexa in the Sonos App but then it stops working. No response at all when saying "Alexa". Is there a fix or someone else with the same problem? Thanks Max

Is there a right way to position a Sonos:One in order for Alexa to hear me better? Having difficulties using the wake word. This is my first Alexa/Echo type product.