Voice control and smart home

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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bauerdh6345Contributor I
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Sonos Amp and Echo Dot

I have a Sonos Amp system that plays music throughout my house. I just bought an echo dot. Can I connect the dot to amp and have the dot run sonos? Note I do not have a sonos speaker, just the amp.

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Airgetlam
6 years ago
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ZaphodbbzContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa integration for SONOS

Does anyone know if/when Alexa will be supported by SONOS? I've seen a lot of conversations about a public trial in 2017 but nothing specific about dates and official release. Can anyone confirm if this integration is actually going to happen?

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Ryan S
6 years ago
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keanerContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Joining the Sonos Echo/Alexa beta

How can I join this beta please?

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jgatie
6 years ago
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Mark_274Contributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Connecting Amazon Echo Dot with Sonos Connect and playing back via Playbar TV setup

Hi there can anyone help me please? My whole house is full of Sonos speakers ?. In my playroom I have Sonos playbar, subwoofer and a couple of play ones so the full setup. I am getting an Amazon echo dot and plan to connect it via the audio out to a Sonos connect so that when I speak to the dot it will go via the connect and I then want it to play via my set up in the playroom (playbar, sub, 2 play ones) So I want to know that if the TV is playing and I then say 'Alexa play something from Coldplay' will the Amazon echo dot send audio to the Sonos connect which will then automatically play via my playroom setup and turn the tv audio off? Also, once I have finished listening to music via the amazon dot, how can I then get the audio back for the TV?

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6 years ago
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atomarchioContributor III
posted in Smart home integrations

Anyone using Nuimo for their Sonos system? Please help.

I am looking for separate piece of hardware to control my Sonos system. I keep seeing ads for Nuimo. What can you actually do with this device? Is it just play/stop or can you actually select various types of music sources? Also, is there way to hardwire the unit to avoid have to charge it so often? Please let me know. Thanks.

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4 years ago
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jimdaddarioContributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

Crestron

Great sounding product and managing your library and music is easy. Now why not make a complete interface for Crestron and other home control systems so that you can actually expand your market? The interaction between your product and Crestron is really crippled and lame. Don't be like MS and Apple and try to protect your IP by inconveniencing your customers and making them look for other choices.

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controlav
5 years ago
Dani Ionescu
Dani IonescuAvid Contributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

Finally!!!: Home Automation -> Auto lights ON and (sonos) music ON when you het home

Do you want when you get home (location aware), a specific music (list/radio) automatically play + a light scenario on? Of course you want... Great news: 0 costs and it can be done easily. Maybe a lot of you already have Sonos + Philips Hue... And we know that Sonos does not work yet with Apple Homekit... Boom!...just install [b]Yonomi[/b] app or [b]Gideon[/b] app and all above it can be achieved centralized without any further hardware. You don't find this solution over the internet (in this moment). You just to be lucky to discover it. I was lucky yesterday, I am very happy with it and I wanted to share with you... By the way, a smart plug (for thermostat, non-smart lights, etc.) that you wish to work with above apps is Belkin Wemo. Minim system requirements: a smartphone, almost any Sonos device, Philips Hue device. Optional -> Belkin Wemo smart plug. Have a nice life :).

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Ryan S
5 years ago
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quitclaimTrending Lyricist I
posted in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

How will Alexa work with Sonos?

I've heard about the recent videos demonstrating the Alexa/Sonos integration and so far it looks like you can use Alexa to play, pause, etc. I'm curious if anyone knows how this integration is going to work? Is it just Alexa voice controlling the Sonos app? Or are things that you might have heard through the Echo/dot speaker going to play through the Sonos speakers? For example, if I ask for the morning briefing from Alexa, will that play through Sonos speakers? I ask because I find the Sonos app very cumbersome for a lot of things I normally do, like listen to audiobooks or podcasts and switching from listening at home to in my car, etc. If Alexa provides voice control for Sonos, that won't really change any of that. But if what would normally play through Alexa speakers will now play through Sonos speakers, that's a huge difference (I would love to be able to connect my phone via bluetooth to Alexa and then play off my phone through Alexa to the Sonos speakers). I know the arg

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jgatie
7 years ago
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INFERNAL LISTENERContributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

Yonomi/IFTTT

I was doing a little research on Sonos and Amazon Echo integration. Most of the articles talk about how Sonos will support Alexa in 2017. That the integration will be impressive and the two services will work seamlessly. The thing is, I've already found two ways to get Sonos working with Alexa right now. IFTTT; If This Then That: Offers users a way to integrate various web based services together in really dynamic ways. Put simply can create simple recipes made of two ingredients. A) The Trigger B) The Action. For example; if it rains, text me a message that's raining outside. I saw a few recipes on IFTTT for controlling sonos, but there is one major issue with IFTTT at this time. If I use Alexa to send a command via IFTTT it can take quite a while to arrive on the other end. First Alexa interprets my voice command, then it gets sent to IFTTT's servers, IFTTT then tells the desired service to activate. This can take a lot longer than you might expect. The other option that I

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Ryan S
5 years ago
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spcdustAvid Contributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Amazon Echo / Dot and Sonos Integration

So with Sonos integrating Amazon Echo within their eco system a couple of questions: - If I install an Amazon Echo Dot in each room that I have Sonos speakers in will I be able to assign that particular dot to that rooms speakers? For example, I don't want to ask Alexa a question and then have all of the households Sonos speakers respond. - I assume using the Dots that as well as having full control of Sonos Music system I will also have full use of the usual Amazon Echo services i.e. Alexa, what's the weather forecast, and it will use that particular rooms Sonos speakers to respond? The potential is quite compelling if it's implemented well but good to get some clarification.

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Airgetlam
6 years ago
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stephp38Avid Contributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

Sonos doorbell

Hi all. Tom B an excellent support guy from Sonos suggested I post this here as he knows the tech guys keep an eye on the forums for ideas and problems. I suggested to him that as I live in a townhouse and have speakers throughout we cannot here our door bell while music is on through our system. So.............I would like to see a Sonos doorbell that feeds through the speakers when someone presses it, perhaps loweting the volume a little as it does so that the bell is obvious over the underlying music. What do you think? regards Stephen H

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Ryan S
5 years ago
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Joao_1Contributor III
posted in Smart home integrations

Spoken alarms/calendar integration

Sometimes I'm just listening to music, reading a book or surfing the web, and completely forget what time it is. I wish Sonos would lower the music volume and tell me "It's 11PM". That alert could be manually set up, or come from outlook/google calendar, or even come from Google Now/Siri/Cortana

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5 years ago
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Alister_3Contributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

IFTTT - If This Then That integration with Sonos

If-This-Then-That (IFTTT) integration could be cool. You could expose playlists to IFTTT as either triggers and/or actions. Use cases could be when a certain playlist is started trigger lights (via WeMo or Hue). So for lighting, a "Dinner" playlist could set a particular light pattern via Hue, or turn off some lights and dim others. You could also start a playlist when motion is detected via a WeMo motion detector, or when a switch is turned on, start a playlist. You could use a special playlist to provide a house-wide audio notifier of new emails, Facebook/Twitter/app.net mentions, or Google Calendar events.

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Ryan S
5 years ago
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