Voice control and smart home

Most of us "smart home" people have multiple devices in each room (lights, sonos, echos, etc). And most of our homes have the same rooms (kitchen, bedroom, den, etc.). What is the best practice naming convention for this situation? I am asking because I typically get a response from Alexa along the lines of "there are multiple devices named Kitchen, which one do you want?".

After an update to the Sonos software this weekend, the Alexa integration is "broken" in that now, starting music using voice commands breaks apart groups of speakers. Are there new commands, or is there a way to roll back the software version to one that actually worked? If this is the "new normal," then I will need to discuss returning all of the Sonos products I own and looking into a new Alexa compatible system.

Not an ideal place to ask, but I’m not signing up to another forum to just ask this... 🆒 Currently I have a couple of Play 1’s setup in the kitchen with an Echo Dot. Obviously, at the moment I have to say, ‘Alexa, play BBC 6 Music in the kitchen’ to kick things off. But I also have Sonos Ones and a Beam as well, so when I’m in the kitchen I often forget to say ‘kitchen’ so the bloody thing plays horrible sounds from the Echo Dot, or music as Amazon calls it -it’s almost rage inducing. I have tried to find out but does anybody know if the new Echo Input will pair with just one set of speakers, and therefore will a target room not be necessary? If I can just say, ‘Alexa, play BBC 6 Music’ and it comes out of the Play 1’s then my sanity is worth £40.

Can anyone tell me whether it SHOULD be feasible to have one sonos account servicing various speakers (in my case sonos one & connect) and have them controlled from one Alexa account via multiple alexa enabled devices (in my case alexa built into the sonos one and echo)? Alexa works via my echo dot & it voice controls my sonos connect just fine; BUT the built in Alexa on my sonos one isn't working (appears offline). It was working fine, but stopped working yesterday when I bought a sonos connect, added it to my sonos account & set connect to be the preferred speaker on my echo device. Help!

My “Start my day” routine isn’t triggering. Wondering if others got routines to work through a One.

Sonos One's integration with Alexa appears to not support the AudioPlayer interface. Our Alexa skill, "My Media for Alexa", uses this API to stream music, however, we see no requests being made by the Sonos One when we send an AudioPlayer Play command. Please can Sonos advise whether this is a bug and/or when it this capability will be added to the Sonos One? Thanks

I think this is a recurring theme but haven't seen a topic that actually solves my issue so hoping an expert will be able to help here. We've a couple of Sonos Ones just installed. They are working fine using WIFI and have elements such as Spotify set-up and they've been paired together, so basic config seems OK. Alexa seems to be working OK on it too. The speakers are visible from my phone such that I can direct streams to them, turn them on/off etc. We also installed a pair of Smart Life UP111 sockets to have a go using these devices via Alexa. I can control them using Alexa on my phone and from an Echo Dot but The Sonos speakers can't see them. I don't see anything in the Sonos config that I need to change and am stuck. Is it obvious to you what I have done wrong? Pretty sure the Alexa on the Sonos is meant to be able to control this kind of device? Thanks

Hi I have a Sonos beam that has continual problems with Alexa integration. I have restarted the beam re-installed the Sonos and Alexa app disabled/re - enabled Sonos skills and it still does not work. Sometimes it has worked but then fails after a period of time. At the moment it just doesnt work - any ideas?

I have a new Beam and Fire TV Edition. They are connected through all of the various apps, but the Beam will not launch apps on the Fire TV. If I say “Alexa, launch Netflix,” it simply searches for Netflix. My Echo on the other hand will actually open the app. How am I able to fix this?

Hello! As the topic says, my Sonos one can’t be found in the Spotify app. I can play Spotify through the Sonos App but I can’t play through Spotify connect. My Spotify account is premium. Also I can’t connect the speaker with AirPlay if that has something to do with the problem. Diagnostic 1755983867

Alexa has found my speakers ( generation 1) but when I ask it to play through them it says it's not recognised????? Are gen 1 compatible with Alexa? Or am I just making a mistake in the set up

Can you adjust the volume of the Alexa voice without changing the volume of the music?

The 3rd party "Intercom for Sonos" App appears to no longer work. Has Sonos disabled this/plans to do it's own soon?

My two Sonos Ones have previously been playing BBC radio stations via TuneIn without any problems: 'Alexa, play BBC Radio 4' would return 'Playing BBC Radio 4 from TuneIn' and the appropriate audio stream. Something strange has started happening today. Alexa is now trying to use a BBC skill and, depending on exactly how I ask, may or may not play audio. If I say 'Alexa, play BBC Radio 4', it returns 'Here's Radio 4 FM (tone) the BBC' and no audio stream. If I say 'Alexa, play BBC Radio 4 from the BBC', it again returns 'Here's Radio 4 FM (tone) the BBC' but now with the correct audio stream. Weird, I know: I have tested it again and again. When I look at my Alexa settings, it has added a new BBC skill. If I remove the skill, it just adds it back whenever I request a BBC radio channel. I don't mind using TuneIn or the BBC, but I don't want to have to specify the source every time. I don't know whether this relates to yesterday's 8.6 upgrade or perhaps Amazon have made a c

Is it possible to stop Sonos from muting all zones when alexa is answering a question. My daughter was very chatty with Alexa in her room this evening and it made listening to music in the living room unbearable. At first I thought the music was cutting out but it was just that she was asking her alexa questions.

I am in the UK and I'm trying to get my Sonos one to play Spotify via Alexa Voice commands - my spotify account is premium and it is linked to both Sonos and Alexa I have tried relinking them both multiple times with no success. No matter what I try Alexa tells me that "you need to link your Spotify premium account to play Spotify". I can only assume the problem is with Sonos because I've never had this issue with any echo devices. If someone has any suggestions it would be appreciated this is super annoying trying to get this working there is no reason it shouldn't work. Diagnostic ID - 1535996763

When I ask Alexa to play on a particular named speaker it will play on whatever group of speakers where playing at the last usage. Rather than just the one I ask for.

Dear all Earlier, hvem setting up alarm automations in Home assistant, I was querying http://:1400/support/review for the various alarm ID's, that I need for the purpose. It doesnt seem to be listed anymore. Does anyone know another way to identify all alarm ID's, so I can pick the correct one ? Michael

For a variety of Home Automation tasks I would like to know whether Sonos is in "Play" or "Pause" state for the whole group and for each individual speaker. I use SmartThings and Stringify - how can they (or another tool) see the current state of the Sonos?

It is really confusing! I purchase SOnos One in Switzerland , some time ago. At the time Alexa was NOT available in Italian, so I found some trick with the location to run in English. Now it seams that it is available in Italian, but it is NOT possible to switch the language (like if you ask Alexa how to change the language!!). I already try to Reset SONOS, but no way, Alexa is really stupid, no way to switch to Italian! I already try to set the location to Italy, but no way. The Alexa support and integration on SonOS is really confusing. Any suggestions? Stefano

So, I’ve got a Synology Nas, with my music stored, which I would like to access via Alexa. Now I’ve read lots of threads that say it’s not possible. But I’ve also just read an article here- https://nascompares.com/how-to-play-music-from-nas-on-alexa/ So if the Alexa can access the music then surely it will play over the speaker ? I know there are lots of threads that states it’s not possible. I can pick up play 3s quite cheap as they are being discontinued, and was going to get a connect. An Amazon Dot could then wire connect to the Connect. I guess I am missing something, as I’ve read all the threads

I have a sonos connect downstairs which i control with my vouce via alexa on my echo dot. Upstairs i have a sonos one with built in alexa. Since linking alexa on echo dot to sonos connect my alexa no longer works on the sonos one. Both connect and sonos one are on my sonos account & app as separate rooms. To get alexa to work upstairs I think i need to remove the sonos one from my sonos account and set it up under a different sonos account. Anyone know how to do this please?

I have set Alexa up with a routine to start my favourite radio station. However I can't see a way to stop to radio playing as part of a routine

hi. i am using sonos one. is there a way to play radio (from tunein) and turn on hue lights...in one-single alexa voice command ? every morning, i will turn on my radio and switch on my kitchen lighting. by doing these, i need to tell alexa to 1) alexa switch on my kitchen lights. 2) alexa play radio. is there a lazier method to link both commands up? haha. i understand that i cant add sonos one audio to "routine"...

I can turn it on and adjust the volume, but can’t turn it off. Everything else works great! There are no options for additional CEC control for the TV.