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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Caroline V.
Caroline V.Retired Community Manager
published in Sonos Voice Control

Full list of Sonos Voice CommandsInformation

Hi all,This is a list of all current (date of release) voice commands you can use to control your Sonos system with Sonos Voice Control.Sonos Voice control will work in any region, however it only understands US English at the moment.We have added in a table of contents to make the list a little easier to scan through, to find what you’re looking for.Remember, to activate Sonos Voice Control you start by saying “Hey Sonos” and then you follow with your chosen command, for instance volume control:“Hey Sonos, volume up”You can also specify where the command should be executed:“Hey Sonos, Volume up in the kitchen”Click through the list here to find what you’re looking for, and click ‘show content’ to see the details.The basics Getting started with Sonos Voice Control Controlling your music Play Playing music through supported music services and playlists Stop Pause Resume Control Volume Mute / Unmute Changing your music Previous Song Next Song Shuffle Repeat Restart Forward /

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Caroline V.
1 year ago
SarahN
SarahNHeadliner I
posted in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Control works out and about (in a basic way)

I’m currently on holiday, renting a cottage on the south coast of the UK. Took one of my Roam’s plus my Move with me to use with Bluetooth and I’m super impressed to find that Sonos Voice Control works on the speakers in a basic way on both the Roam and Move speaker. It will play/pause/go forward or back a song etc. I did notice when I got here that both white mic lights were on which I didn’t expect, but obviously they are on because it will work with basic functions (speaker only functions, rather than app functions). Do any of the other voice assistants works with a portable Sonos speaker out and about? I used to use Google Assistant but hadn’t at that point, taken any of my portable speakers out and about, so don’t know if it would have worked or not. I’m guessing not.

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SarahN
1 year ago
OliNix
OliNixContributor I
posted in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa Routines Do Not Finish

I found several posts related to this, but no answers how to make it work. I have a solution that I would like to share:ProblemAlexa routine will stop if Alexa is asked to say something (Good Morning phrase, flash briefing, weather, etc.). This only happens when running a routine on a SONOS (or any other non-Amazon) speaker.  SolutionAs a work around you can use and IFTTT trigger to run another routine in parallel. To stop things happening at the same time, you can add a time delay to your original routine. See examples below of how this works pragmatically. The solution is a workaround, not an ideal solution. However, I would rather have a higgldy piggldy workaround rather than the function no longer working as I want better audio than an Echo! Before:- Routine would stop after bracketed actionWorkaround:- Subroutine is run and delay is added IFTTT Subroutine:- 

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1 year ago
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NollindProminent Collaborator I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Can You Play Your Own Playlists on Apple Music via Sonos Voice?

Can someone else confirm that they are able to play their own custom playlists on Apple Music using the Sonos Voice Assistant?For some reason, it keeps telling me to setup Amazon Music when I try to play one of my custom playlists on Apple Music (which have the exact same names as the custom playlists I had on Amazon Music which I’m no longer using).So either the Sonos Voice Assistant can’t play custom playlists from Apple Music (which would be weird) or the Sonos Voice Assistant is remembering (caching) that I previously used Amazon Music and is stuck somehow using that (even though I’ve removed it as a music service). Yet when I ask the Sonos Assistant to just generally “play Elton John”, it does so using Apple Music without any problems. So it’s just an issue when trying to play a custom playlist.

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blueblac92Contributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos keep saying "your Spotify account needs to be linked first" when it is linked

Hi, My sonos beam keep saying "your Spotify account needs to be linked first" even though it is linked on google assistant/google home.  My beam worked just fine with Spotify, but for some reason suddenly stopped and keep throwing this error.  When I use Sonos app on my phone and click Spotify and play music on the app, it will still play though. Only when I am trying to play Spotify using voice command, it won’t work. (when I ask Sonos to play music on youtube, my other music provider, it will play through the voice command though)  When I use my google assistant with my mobile device and ask it to play Spotify, it will play so it’s not a google assistant issue.  Could you please check if there’s a way to fix it? i’ve linked and unlinked Spotify on google assistant, uninstalled and installed all relevant app (google home, assistant, Spotify, Sonos...) Thanks  

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lsmith77Contributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Apple Music limitations

I noticed that for many albums (especially anything somewhat popular, ie. non children's music), when I use Apple Music (with Alexa/Sonos Voice), I end up with no way to manage the playlist, I cannot repeat or decide which song to play next. I just have an “end session” button if I go to the Sonos playlist.When using Youtube Music I don’t have this issue, so I guess this is an intentional limitation of Apple Music?Backstory: I have Youtube Premium because I don’t want adds on Youtube. But it seems like Sonos isn’t prioritizing Google given its law suit. A while ago Google Assistant “announce” stopped working. I also wanted to be able to use Sonos Voice, so I switched to Sonos Voice + Alexa. But neither supports Youtube Music. As a result I started a trial of Apple Music but so far I am quite disappointed. Apple Music + Alexa also seems less good when it comes to dealing with music requests from my child (in German). I guess I might give Amazon Music a try. 

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Lardo5150Contributor II
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos

Nest Audio only partly controlling Sonos

I am not sure if this is a bug, part of the lawsuit or what.I have a Nest Audio.I have Sonos Connect Amp powering two outdoor speakers.Sonos is linked to my Google Home.From the Nest Audio, I can tell it to change songs. That is it.It seems it no longer adjusts the volume. It also will no longer play a different artist. For example, if I am listening to Van Halen, if I say "Ok Google, Play Pantera on Pool Radio", it says it can't do that on this device. If I say "OK Google, Next song", that works.Trying to change volume as I said, does not work anymore either.On my phone, if I say "OK Google, play Van Halen on Pool Radio", it will work.Is there something with the Nest Devices that is now broke or a bug?I removed the sonos, readded it, reauthorized YouTube Music. nothing.I tried a second Nest Audio, same thing. It will not do "Ok Google, Play "artist" on Pool Radio".Seems it is just related to the Nest Audio.

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1 year ago
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KomaContributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos

could you please add a status while playing Google Assistant content

When you ask for something that is streamed right back from assistant api and not from an app like Spotify you don't have control on Sonos va app but only the option to ask Google assistant to stop. Substantially when the playback of something like "hei google tell me the news" you'll notice the status of the player from the app or the exposed API as "nothing in play".Missing the option to stop it via any other external API but pressing the physical buttons or asking for "ok Google stop".For speech impaired and movement impaired people this is frustrating. Could you please add a status like "assistant engaged" and a stop button on API and APP?As the playing status is already there this shouldn't be too hard to implement.Thank you.

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1 year ago
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MikeNyteContributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

Sonos PORT Fixed Output vs Pass-Through

I noticed that when connecting a Sonos PORT to an outboard amplifier that the volume limit on Fixed output will work while the player is playing audio, but will reset itself to OFF or 100% after the player is stopped and started once again. This is not the correct way to set the volume limit setting when using third party amplification and volume controls. ONLY Using the Pass-through setting, keeps your Volume Limit setting in place thus allowing you to maintain the desired gain output of the Sonos PORT to your outboard amplifier system and not overload the inputs to the outboard gear.  I thought this would be very useful info to the right people, as I had chased this issue for a while not knowing if my third party control system (Savant) was causing this to happen or if it was a software issue of some other sort.

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CarlRJContributor II
asked in Sonos Voice Control

SVC and "My Radio Stations"

I have numerous streams set up as URLs via the "My Radio Stations" functionality in my Sonos Arc. Included among these are Soma.FM's Groove Salad (and a number of Soma’s other streams), and a bunch of subscription-only streams from DI.FM.I can easily start these from the Sonos controllers on my Mac, iPhone, and iPad.How do I start these streams with Sonos Voice Control? I've tried a bunch of different ways of phrasing the request, and SVC doesn't seem to understand.I'm not looking for any level of interaction with these services (or the others that I use by URL) - I do NOT care about Next/Previous, Forward/Rewind, Shuffle, Repeat (none of these are available with a URL-based stream anyway) - I just want SVC to start playing the requested URL-based streams that are already saved in "My Radio Stations".(It would be nice if the "what's playing" request worked - the controller apps seem to be able to pull this from the mp3/aac stream just fine - but I'd give even that up if I could just as

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1 year ago
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eowynContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Does yonomi pick up Sonos Favourites or Sonos playlist?

I have had Sonos, Alexa, and Yonomi for  a few years now.   I would really like to create some yonomi routines that play a Sonos playlist or Sonos favourite.   Is this possible?     When creating a yonomi routine, i can choose the sonos speaker (one is a Sonos One),  and it then shows a selection option for “Play Favorite’ and “Play Playlist”  (and others) but i can’t select anything.  It just says “Nothing found”.Solved:   Removed devices from alexa (but not sure i got them all.   Disabled Alexa Sonos skill.  . Reenabled Sonos skill.     Discover devices in Alexa ap (multiple times, after about ½ hour it actually found them again).   Now yonomi is showing the list of playlists and favorites.

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1 year ago
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Douidou75Contributor II
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos

My Sonos Beam with Google won't vocally manage my GoogleTV Chromecast anymore ?

I used to manage my chromecast using my voice via Google Assistant, for instance “ok google, put Chromecast on pause” ou “switch Chromcast off”. But now, the answer si “unfortunately living room is not compatible”. In french : “malheureusement salon n’est pas compatible”.Is that a change on sonos products ? I have a Sonos BEAM (not the latest generation).Thanks  

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