Voice control and smart home

I've given this two attempts so far and am getting pretty frustrated with the process. Hoping this can shortcut me to a solution. :) I just got my Sonos Beam. It's setup and working fine as a standalone speaker (I can play music on it through the Sonos App), and it's also working fine as a speaker for my TV (connected via HDMI-ARC). I also have an Amazon Echo in the same room. I'm trying to power on/off my TV using Alexa. When I say, "Alexa, turn the TV on" she responds with, "Sorry, I didn't find a device named TV." From within the Alexa app, when I select "Add Device," the discovering devices wizard begins but always comes back with "No new devices found." ???? Thanks, Chris

Hi, I have an echo dot and a sonos setup in my living room, it all seems to be working fine in general (e.g. streaming music/radio by voice command). I also have a record player which can stream via bluetooth to a speaker - and I can connect this to the echo dot and play on its internal speaker. However, I would like to direct the output to the sonos setup. Is this possible? I tried various voice commands (e.g. 'play on living room', 'play bluetooth on living room' etc.) - but they aren't accepted. Is it possible to use an echo dot as a bridge in this way? Thanks

Hello. Does anyone know if you can control the Sonos speakers through the Amazon Echo Spot like you can with the Echo Dot? Everything I saw online said just the Echo and Echo Dot, but I couldn't find anything about the Spot.

I have 4 echos in my house grouped to the “everywhere” group through Alexa. I added my Sonos Play 1 and it works fine by itself with any simple alexa commands. However, I tried to add my Sonos speaker to my everywhere group but it doesn’t seem like this is an option. Can anybody tell me if I can play my music on ALL of my echo devices AND my Sonos at the same time? If I can’t add Sonos speakers to the everywhere group along with my Echo devices, I’m less likely to purchase an additional Sonos like I planned. Isn’t the whole point to be able to play music in all the speakers at the same time?

I have received and configured the new BEAM and grouped it with two Sonos Ones with a Sony A1. The Beam is ethernet connected to the house network and ARC connected via HDMI to a Sony A1 TV. I also have a Sonos 1 in a separate group. Alexa is working on the Beam and L/R Sones Ones - answers questions - tells the time - controls Hue lights etc. However: Alexa - when requested to play music from Tune In / Amazon Music etc (all configured in the Sonos App) - acknowledge the request. "Play WSM Country in Tune In"... response... Playing WSM Country. "Play Freedom 90 by the Bellas"...response... Playing Freedom 90 by the Bellas etc etc. But - NO Music - no Internet Radio. ** The Alexa App is unable to discover any new devices. ** I also have a Sonos 1 - called PATIO - when summoned from another Echo device "Play LBC radio from Global Player on Patio".. response ... Playing LBC Radio on Patio... again no Radio. ** Everything works fine - the

I've connected the same Spotify account in both the Alexa app, where I've used it for months and now the Sonos app, where playing music "manually" through the app (you know - like a labourer!) and from the Spotify app itself (through Airplay I suppose) work just fine, but if I say something like "Alexa, play The Beatles" it starts trying to sell me Amazon Unlimited, which I am not interested in. So I try again, with "Alexa, play The Beatles from Spotify", and it says "Spotify music is not supported on this device" - which I am currently disproving by listening to Spotify while writing this. I'm aware linking all these accounts and services together must be a hard job - in fact, I spend 8 hours a day writing integration services for the educational sector - but when something I write breaks down I have a stack trace to help me debug the issue. All you've given me is a lie! :?

Connect my Phone with Amazon Echo dot with Bluetooth or Headphone jack and play songs from my phone and can i transfer this music to my Sonos Play-1 using voice command. Is this Possible?

Can Alexa be used to switch the input on a playbar from music to TV input? If so, what is the command? Thanks

I installed Spotify app on Sonos. I have the Sonos skill in Alexa. In Alexa Sonos appears 2 times : 1) as sonos one with my name (location Belgium where I live) 2) as living room (location Belgium again) I can not change my device (sonos) location , not in my app on iphone , not online at alexa.amazon.com to a supported country Under settings "Music settings" "choose default music service" I can not select Spotify What I can do : Open Spotify on iphone , select a play list , play it through the Sonos and then say "alexa play next song"

I have a new Beam. Set up worked fine until Alexa which does work. Also noticed I cannot get the mic light to turn on.

Hi, I just installed my Sonos one last night. Got all the skills, apps setup. Go to ask Alexa to play a song from Amazon Music, she replies saying 'playing (artist name) from Amazon Music' then nothing happens. Anyone else having these problems or know a solution? Thanks!

So i'm pleased that the Spotify integration landed early - not so pleased that it doesn't seem to work properly. I can get Alexa to play my playlists "play my Prince playlist" will work. But when I say "Play songs by Prince" Alexa responds: "Playing songs by Prince, on Spotify" but then precisely nothing happens. Whatever song was playing before I issued the command continues to play. Anyone else suffering with this? Thanks

Set alexa up. I can play music by command through my living room speakers. But what command do you use to go back to playing the TV audio?

Got my beam yesterday , and easy to set up , all working including Alexa .....or so I thought !!!! There are a lot of features and settings not available on Alexa with the Beam , I can't change sound settings , and other settings , also when trying to make a call using Alexa on the beam it says it is not supported on this device , Have I done something wrong in set up , or is this a cut down version of Alexa ?

Hi we just got a dot and we are trying to link it to our Sonos play1, I am getting an error at the songs login each time. When I start to add the Skill I login to the Amazon side, it then takes me to the Sonos login. when I login to that I get this error Add your Sonos speakers to your account You need to link speakers to r******@********.co.uk before you can add this skill. Go to More > Settings > Sonos Account in the Sonos app to link your speakers. (If you don't see Sonos Account, your Sonos system needs an update.) Sign in with a different account I've fixed the problem The Sonos is up to date (done today) and I can see the device in the Sonos account and manage it through the website and phone app so I don't see why it thinks I need to add a device. I have tried this on my phone and via the Alexa website, using two different browsers I can't get past this, can anyone help? Cheers Tom

I have created a playlist on the sonos playlist but I want to know if there is a way to access it via alexa. It's a pain in the butt to have to go to the sonos app every time to start it. Then what's the point in having Alexa?

Hi, Is it possible to connect the audio from my fire tv stick to my sonos via an echo dot? Seems like we're close but I have not figured it out. What I can do: 1. I can push the sound from fire stick to echo dot. 2. I can instruct echo dot to play music (Pandora, spotify etc.) on my sonos Now is there a way to daisy chain all this together?

Can anybody tell me why Alexa doesn't recognise I Heart Radio NZ stations even though I have favourites saved? It keeps going to US stations. Is this not available in New Zealand yet? Thanks.

I already know how to control Sonos with Alexa. But I want the Alexa speaker to group together with the rest of Sonos speakers. Is it possible?

Alexa will not discover my Playbase as a device. It is in the Sonus App in the TV room. I can play music from the Sonus app on the playbase. But Alexa will not play on the Playbase saying there is no such device. I have even set p multiroom on Alexa.

I have 6 Sonos Play 1 speakers in my house, and purchased an Echo Dot to enable Alexa with my speakers. Here are my initial impressions of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly": ========== THE GOOD ========== 1) Voice commands to Alexa initiate requests to play music from Amazon Prime Music on my Sonos Play 1 speakers. Requests such as artist, album, song, etc. My speakers across my house are set up as a group, and the music plays in all rooms in my house. LIKE! But see also: #2 in "THE BAD", below. 2) Voice commands to Alexa *control volume* on my Sonos Play 1 speakers, regardless of source of music. If it's playing in my Sonos app (including music I'm playing from "On this iPhone" on my Sonos app), I can control the volume with voice commands to Alexa. LIKE! 3) Voice commands to Alexa *skip tracks* in playlists that I'm playing, regardless of source of music. If it's playing in my Sonos app, (including music I'm playing from "On this iPhone" on my Sonos app) I can skip tr

Hi I have a pair of One's , one is in the living room and the other is in the dining room. Sometimes when I ask Alexa a question they both answer or one will answer followed by the other a few seconds later. Any ideas how I can rectify this so only one answers? Thanks

I have a Playbar connected to my tv and a Sonos One in another room and other Sonos speakers in other rooms. I am able to group rooms in the Sonos ap to play the tv on any other speakers. How do I tell Alexa via my Sonos One to play the sound from the playbar (while it is providing audio for my tv) in other rooms? Everything I have tried is met with a dead end.

Hi! I use Sonos mobile app for playing music. I have premium Di.Fm radio station account and I linked that radio via Radio by TuneIn. I have Amazon Eco and connected speakers to it. I can listen to music using Alexa's voice commands. Thanks to Sonos! However, I can listen to music from Alexa device only. I do not know how to ask her to change the source of my music. For instance, I want to ask Alexa to play certain radio station which I added into my favorites list (“My Sonos” in the mobile app). How can I do that? Thank you!

I have three Sonos speakers: a Play:1 in the Kitchen, a Play:5 in the adjacent dining room, and a Play:1 in the living room. I also have an Echo Dot in the Kitchen, and I have enabled the Sonos skill in Alexa. I have placed all three of Sonos my speakers in an Alexa group called "Downstairs". Alexa can't find it. At best, I can specify one speaker, say "Kitchen", and hope the other speakers are linked somehow. Also, Alexa can't find any Sonos playlists. Or, adjust the volume of the Sonos speakers. What exactly can Alexa do with the Sonos skill? Because it seems like, not much of nothing.