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The place to discuss and get tips on voice control and smart home devices on Sonos. Which voice commands can I use? How does it work? Get your integration and Sonos related answers here.

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edyobContributor I
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Sonos One Alexa not finding stations on TuneIn that work on Echo Dot

"Alexa play Today FM" works with Echo Dot. Alexa replies with "I could not find a station named Today FM" when you say the same thing to Sonos One. Thoughts? This is just one example the same thing happens with other station names which match the names on TuneIn. Checking history on the Alexa app confirms that it is recognising the words correctly. Thanks.

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mrtienphamContributor I
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Routines workaround? Is there a macro record control for Alexa?

Hello, I noiticed the Routines cannot control the Sonos, and therefore, I can't get it to both turn off the lights and play music. I want Alexa to turn on a playlist, turn on shuffle mode, turn the volume to 1, turn on my living room lights to 20%, turn off all other lights. I can issue 5 separate commands to get what I want and they work fine with Sonos. If Routines were working perfectly, I could easily program one command to do all of that (except maybe turning on Shuffle Mode). However, it cannot, so is there a workaround like macro command recording? I noticed that in my Alexa history, I can see all the commands I've issued. Is there a way to record and use those commands in plain English (my language) in some type of macro? This would be similar to recording mouse movements/clicks on a desktop to get a simple movement macro. It seems like this "skill" could be so useful and simple to use, especially in a text format. For instance, you set up the macro name, and then i

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Ken_Griffiths
6 years ago
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efhalterContributor I
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Playing Alexa Skills through Sonos

So we're all thrilled to finally have this connectivity between Sonos and Alexa. A question: when I ask Alexa to do a skill that requires playback (like "Alexa, play my Flash Briefing") can this playback happen through Sonos speakers? If so, how do activate this? Thanks!

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blindsquirrelContributor I
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How to play from pandora using sonos one and alexa?

My Sonos account is linked to my Pandora account and I can play Pandora stations using the Sonos app on my phone. But if I ask Alexa to "Play whatever station on pandora" she responds "I didn't find your pandora account. You can link your account using the Alexa app." But if I open the Alexa app and go to Music, Video, & Books and then click pandora it says "App Support Unavailable". What am I missing?

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golfnut4211Contributor I
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Sonos One and Google

Once Google Assistant is available for Sonos One, will I be able to use it on my existing Sonos One or will there be a new product introduced to accommodate Google Assistant?

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RachelBardwellContributor I
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Sonos one voice control Spotify family premium

I'm having problems does anyone know if it's possible to use voice control to play music from different Spotify family premium accounts? As all set up on my husbands phone but when I try and set up Alexa on my phone it does not give option of Sonos device and I can't speak to Alexa to play the tracks on my Spotify account?

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6 years ago
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sheekgContributor I
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Alexa volume control

I don't have any problems with any voice control commands after setting up Alexa except volume control. "When I say Alexa, turn up Living Room" Alexa responds with "Living Room doesn't support that". This is the case in all rooms. Am I know phrasing this correctly?

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jgatie
6 years ago
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WillCDContributor I
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Sonos One hurting the Sonos brand

I have 13 Sonos products in my home. Needless to say, I love Sonos. When Sonos One was released, I definitely saw the advantage of adding Alexa to the mix. So I bought a pair of Sonos Ones to add one each to my upstairs 5.1 system and downstairs 5.1 system. That way we'd have Alexa in both levels of the house. I installed the first Sonos One upstairs replacing an existing Play 1 in our 5.1 system. And it would not add the new speaker to the 5.1. So I called tech support (which now routinely has 30+ minute hold times) to troubleshoot the problem. I was informed that to add Sonos One (and Alexa) to my 5.1 would require TWO Sonos Ones. Who in the world needs two Alexas in that close proximity to each other? Begrudgingly, I decided to put two Sonos Ones in a single 5.1 system because apparently I had no choice. And then I was hit with another doozy. When you connect two Sonos Ones to a 5.1 system, you lose Alexa! This is insane. So I removed both Sonos Ones from my system and returned

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golfnut4211Contributor I
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Changing music sources without the app

Is it possible to change music sources (ie radio channels) without opening the app and changing there. I assume Alexa can do that. Is that correct. I ask this because the Bose, for example, has 6 presets

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jgatie
6 years ago
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kevinisathoughtContributor I
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Sonos One - Alexa - Spotify

I don't know if the updates messed it up but Alexa isn't working with spotify anymore. When I ask her to play a song she says she is but she doesn't. Or the worst part is that I ask her to pause the music when I started spotify on the speaker from my phone and she says she paused it but it continues to play. Please help. I even tried to factory reset my sonos one and it still continues to have these problems.

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ValdemiraContributor I
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Echo Show will control Sonos One and other Sonos products but will not play mucic when sonos does.

I can control all of my Sonos products with Echo Show but Echo Show will not play music when Sonos does. I have tried to give Echo a duplicate command but it says its already streaming music to other players. Sonos tech support could not help me with this.

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Chris
6 years ago
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jcvangentContributor I
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Echo Dot on Sonos Connect Line-in

So I got myself an Echo dot, I connected it with an RCA-Y cable to the line in of my Sonos Connect. During setup I can hear the audio feedback of Alexa coming over the speakers connected to the receiver of the connect. However, when I tell the wake word and ask Alexa anything no audio feedback is coming through the speakers. I attached my Sonos configuration of the connect. Am I doing something wrong?

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UKRachelContributor I
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Sonos Play:3, Alexa and Amazon Music Unlimited

Hi, I've bought an echo dot to use with the Play:3 that's in my bedroom. I've had the play 3 for a number of years and it happily plays anything I ask it to from my Amazon Music Unlimited account when using the phone app. However if I try to use voice control via Alexa to play music, it will only play things that have been added to 'My Library', it won't search and play from the general streaming service. The streaming service is available on my Sonos system, as described above it works fine when I control from the phone app, but it won't let me via voice control. If I ask Alexa to play a piece from that is only available from the Amazon Music Unlimited streaming service it will happily play it out over the dot's little speaker, if I then ask Alexa to 'Play this music in my bedroom' it will happily transfer the playing music to the Sonos Play:3 in my bedroom. Proving that it is actually possible for it to do it. So my question is : Why can't I just ask Alexa to do this d

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MarobenicContributor II
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Voice Control Australia

Does anyone know when the above will be available to Australian users?

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emjayemContributor I
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Duplicate speakers in Alexa App

I've been having problems with Alex voice control over a pair of Sonos One speakers I recently added to an existing Echo. While poking around the Alexa app I found 5 speakers listed -- Echo, Living Room (Sonos), Master Bedroom (Sonos), First Sonos One and Second Sonos One. The 4 Sonos speakers have 4 individual serial numbers listed. Only Living Room and Master Bedroom are listed in the Sonos app, but the Alexa app says the two other speakers, not Living Room and Master Bedroom, are online. Can I assume the two "MyName" speakers are just duplicates that were created when I inadvertently asked the Alexa app to search a second time for speakers on the network. Should they be deleted? How do I do that? If so, will the Living Room and Master Bedroom speakers automatically go "online"? Thanks.

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Belly M
6 years ago
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pdaltonContributor II
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SONOS & ROKU

I read today on CNet that ROKU is initiating a license program to work with streaming audio equipment, which I assume could include SONOS. We have a SONOS multiroom system to which we just added a SONOS One, which provides Alexa voice control capability. We love the SONOS One and the voice control over our entire SONOS system its Alexa connection permits, but we're finding that its practical utility is limited the absence of a visual reminder of precisely what is accessible through our SONOS system so we can know how to ask for it, as we can so easily do when using the SONOS phone app with its visual display. I believe controlling SONOS by voice would be GREATLY improved if accompanied by a visible reference screen. So this ROKU announcement makes me wonder whether SONOS can take advantage of a relationship with ROKU to facilitate an onscreen display to assist SONOS users more easily 'voice control" their SONOS systems by displaying onscreen the user's own SONOS system'

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Chris
6 years ago
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jlykinsContributor I
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Sonos One and Smart Home Automation

I just bought my first Sonos product today in the Sonons One. It's replacing my Alexa as that unit has sub par audio quality. I followed all steps to set up alexa with the One however I'm not able to control my Philips hue kitchen lights like I was before with voice command. This is a function of the smart home skills in Alexa. Is it not possible with Sonos One or am I doing something wrong?

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6 years ago
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FergieBergieTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos One: Voice control for Sonos is not supported in your country, yet

Hi there Sonos community, This is probably a very early question to ask but I have been waiting to buy Sonos just for the Alexa integration. And now they are releasing the Sonos One YAY 😃. BUT... when preordering it says "Voice control for Sonos is not supported in your country, yet". Alexa is actually not supported in Sweden but I have imported it and it works but somewhat limited in regards to location services etc.That doesn't really bother me since I use it to control my Philips Hue, entertainment setup and of course timers when cooking food. I recently purchased the Logitech Harmony Hub Elite which Alexa doesn't fully support in Sweden (location restricted skill). I have managed to get around it using Yonomi but missing out on play/pause/volume up/volume down functions. I know Yonomi works with Sonos but will Alexa actually work in the Sonos One in Sweden. TL;DR Will I be able to take my echo dot and replace it with the Sonos One or will it sense my location (Swe

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ErthpigContributor I
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Control Sonos One with another Alexa device

Apologies if this has been asked and answered before. I have seen so many variations of answers and questions of this sort, I thought I would come to the source. We have Alexa in every room, as first time Sonos One users, I would like to know if we place the two new Sonos Ones in our living room,(Stereo Paired) can we control them with the Alexa in our Kitchen, and if playing music, will both Sonos and Alexa play music at the same time? (Amazon Music Unlimited) TIA!

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Chris
6 years ago
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masayakoTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos One: "An error occurred while attempting to link alexa with sonos. Please try again later."

Hi guys, in an attempt to setup Sonos One with Alex, I have encountered this error message. WHAT SHOULD I DO? Amazon Alexa: "An error occurred while attempting to link alexa with sonos. Please try again later."

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Keith N
6 years ago
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Tek_Freek
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Sonos One problems

I'm starting another thread because someone marked my other one answered and it hasn't been answered. Why would someone do that? :@ Anyway.... Here is a link to the other topic. Ignore the first page as I was pretty ticked off for a while. Actually, I'm still ticked off, and I'm trying to not rant. https://en.community.sonos.com/amazon-alexa-and-sonos-229102/i-think-i-ve-made-an-expensive-mistake-6796277 After all I've gone through the comment that best fits the current circumstance is "One step forward. Twelve steps back." I thought I was getting there. I really did. Everything was close to working except Alexa kept dropping music in the middle of a song or after only two or three songs. It was taking verbal requests as well. I had to stop working on it and do some shopping. When I got home I found that none of the buttons on the top of the speakers worked. No volume up/down or play/pause. No sound or response when pressing them. And when I said "Alexa", I got the

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Tek_Freek
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I think I've made an expensive mistake.

Alexa - what a piece of junk. I'm serious. :@ I ask it to play a group (Cream today) and it will either play one, or if I'm lucky two songs then stop. Or if it does move to a third song it plays rap. Rap for God's sake. The last thing I want to listen to is rap crap. I asked it to play sixties music today. Two songs and silence. It has become very obvious to me that the people who program this device do not know what they are doing. A lot of money for a piece of garbage. Merry Christmas to my wife.... not.

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Sonos One with Alexa and Google Home Working Together_Sort Of....

I've been living with the Sonos One since release date 10/24/17. I am very pleased with Sonos One/Alexa marriage. Before the Sonos One with Alexa I was using a Google Home device with Chrome Cast Audio to play music through my Sonos Play 5's in stereo pair with Sonos Sub. I also used Google Home to control my lights which brings me to the point of this conversation. Using the Sonos One with Alexa for IoT devices such as the Philips Hue works in harmony with Google Home! I can control my lights with one or the other and it doesn't matter with which device the original command was given. That said I wonder if when Google Home assistant is made available to the Sonos One will we have to choose a default (i.e. Alexa or Google Home). I hope they might work together as Google Play Music has it's offerings as does Amazon Prime Music. However, my gut tells me that even with multiple AIA's available only one at a time will be allowed as active. We can only hope. What are your th

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JoelEnquistContributor I
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Sonos One stereo pair suddenly became extremely buggy

Hi Sonos Community! From being perfectly functioning, yesterday my One stereo pair just started becoming extremely buggy: 1. Alexa stopped working just stopped working completely responding "sorry something went wrong" to any command related to music services 2. I get the "1001" error code when trying to start a song manually in the app. Sometimes it works but can barely play a full song (just become silent after a while). Commands like "Alexa, discover my devices" works perfectly. Extremely frustrating as it is New Years eve tomorrow and we will have a bunch of friends coming over. Would appreciate any help here!

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UKMedia
6 years ago
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RjagersContributor I
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Alexa Multiroom

Hello, I have a now a few sonos products. This is my set set up: Living Room: Play 3 2 times Sub Playbar Kitchen One Bedroom Play 1 Bathroom: Play 1 Now if i use alexa it will not pair my groups and if i say for example volume 2 only the Sonos One will change its volume. How can i do this and other tips and tricks the use of spotify is not as easy she will not play anything i say. Kind Regards, Roy

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