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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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stuwatContributor I
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Problem playing radio station when using Amazon Echo to launch station

Hi, if I say Alexa, play Triple M Melbourne in the bedroom, Alexa responds with Cannot find a station based on Triple M Melbourne, instead of actually playing the station. Other stations work fine. How can I resolve this?

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7 years ago
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Illoyd21Avid Contributor I
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Is there an easy step by step guide of what sonos and alexa will do?

All connected. added some music to the queue in the app... can pause music one time in 5, can't get amazon music unlimited to play any music at all using the phrases supplied here, It just plays whatever song is in the queue, so basically at a loss of how to use this, I have the echo dot and each has a play 5 or playbar. cant get the volume to go up or down and has some generic message about can't do it while there is no music playing - even though the queue plays.. guys have we really waited a year for this?

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Keith N
7 years ago
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simonjhutton84Contributor I
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Multiple Sonos one in 1 room and Alexa

I've just got 2 Sonos one players and configured Alexa, works about 75% of the time and I think it's because both are responding when I say Alexa. Is there any way to make only 1 of the Sonos One players respond when you say Alexa?

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Ryan S
7 years ago
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andrew pContributor I
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Getting Alexa to play over multiple groups

I got alexa connected, but I cannot seem to get her to play on more than one room at a time. She does not recognize Everywhere and she doesn't response to "play X in Kitchen and Living room" just one or the other.

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jgatie
7 years ago
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stujTrending Lyricist I
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Alexa only playing one track from Amazon Music

Alexa is only playing one track from Amazon music. I have seen this fixed with a patch on here for Spotify. Is there similar for Amazon Music? Also; Sonos.com states that you can play all your music on Sonos using Alexa. My music is on my computer and in Apple Music. How do I play that? Diagnostic number 8000800

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jgatie
7 years ago
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Erich SchroederContributor I
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IFTTT use - always need to "trigger"?

When using Alexa for opening the garage with gogogate it works only when I start with: Alexa, trigger open garage. What I need to change to just say: Alexa, open garage?

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jgatie
7 years ago
careynjulian
careynjulianContributor I
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Sonos One multi room compatibility

When will Alexa Sonos One be compatible with multi-room playing with Alexa dots and echos?

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jgatie
7 years ago
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NjrContributor I
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Sonos, Alexa and spotify

Very disappointed so far with voice control. Been waiting for nearly a year and finally it's here. But you can't voice control via alexa to play locally stored files of Spotify the no1 streaming service. Does anyone know how long it will be before Spotify or local files will be supported? Really surprise Sonos would release this without Spotify support, since we have all been waiting so long.

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dkhatton62
7 years ago
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samsjContributor I
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Sonos One or Bose Sound touch 10

I was looking at the Sonos one since it has Alexa integrated and Google assistant might come in the future. But i only have free music services and no paid/premium subscriptions. I was wondering if its still worth getting the Sonos One or consider Bose Sound touch 10 with Amazon echo dot (amounts to similar price) which adds Bluetooth and Aux input.

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7 years ago
johnrjury
johnrjuryContributor I
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Sonos One and Echo Dot

Can Alexa be used to control my system from each device?

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johnrjury
7 years ago
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SirAlContributor I
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Sonos one not playing anything.

New to the sonos and alexa game, treated myself to a sonos one. Want to love it, but it's currently a fairly useless, but nice sounding white box. All connected up ok, but when I ask it to play anything on tunein for example it says, "playing bbc radio" but then doesn't find or change the station. Only way I can get it to play is direct through the sonos app. Help?!

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7 years ago
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felix.graebertContributor I
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Sonos with Alexa no screw at the back for wall holder

are there wall holders that can be used with new Play 1?

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Paulw123
7 years ago
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CantonalivesContributor I
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Alexa seems to play attack but no sound

Hi all, Got the new Sonos 1 with Alexa yesterday and experiencing some annoying issues. I must state that i have had it working and playing sounds. But now i say "Alexa play...." and she says she is playing it but no sound. On my Alexa app it has the device name of Sonos 1 and the 'Family Room' name. Sonos 1 says online but Alexa says she is playing in the 'Family Room'. Its like there are 2 devices and she plays to the wrong one. I should state that askkng her a question gets an audible answer. Oncw i have it working, if i unplug ita back to not working again... At the moment i am somewhat disappointed with the product as i expected more. Any help much appreciated. CL

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7 years ago
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Jaymoss12Contributor I
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Sonos Echo play together

I would like to play same music on my Sonos speakers and Echo speakers. Will this feature be added?

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jgatie
7 years ago