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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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marycul22Contributor I
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No music coming from alexa

I added my new sonos one and alexa - i've enabled skills - when i ask it to play music, it says it is going to ... then nothing happens... help 🙂

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User455494Contributor I
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Music will not play via Sonos, only Echo Dot

Hi, I have a number of play 1 speakers in 5 rooms and in each one I also have an echo dot. I have linked the account successfully and can discover the Sonos speakers in Alexa app. The speakers are named with the room and the dots named [room name] echo dot. However when I say "Alexa play radio 1 in [room name]" it always plays via the echo dot, not sonos. How can I make it always play via Sonos?

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Airgetlam
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russell22Contributor I
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Alexa - sonos Setup

I have successfully logged in and linked both my Amazon account and Sonos account, added the Sonos skill to Alexa. Aleax wont discover any of my Sonos speakers .. just says there has been an error discovering your devices

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DiverHPTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos One - Alexa Setup for the UK

After a bit of playing around, I managed to setup my new Sonos One to be part of both my current Sonos system as well as Alexa (I already have several Amazon Alexa devices). Much of the setup needs to be done in the Amazon Alexa App for things like TimeZone, Location, Metric Units etc. There are still a couple of things that it'd be good to see if it's possible to fix... 1) All the other Alexa-enabled devices have the same British accented voice. The Sonos One has a North American accent. Can this be changed ? 2) Asking Alexa to play things (and other requests) is noticeably slower on the Sonos One than my other Echo and Echo Dots. Is there a difference in how or where the speech is processed ?

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TerrierLContributor I
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Sonos One NAS Integration

Will the new Sonos One stream music directly from a NAS device on the same network?

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bruce1Avid Contributor I
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Sonos one

Could anyone answer this, if you have the Sonos one can you ask it to play music on a play 5 for example, I have set up the Sonos skill in Alexa , I suppose my question does Alexa on Sonos one control only that Sonos one or can you ask it to play music on a different not Sonos one device Thanks Bruce

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Stuart_W
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bemplummerContributor I
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Plays one song on Sonos when I ask Alexa to play music -then stops

so now I have both echo dots playing through both my sonos - one in bedroom and one in kitchen - however when I ask Alexa - play rock music on bedroom - one song gets played then the music stops - when I say Alexa pause music - Alexa skip to next song - the volume goes down (ducking) then after a few seconds goes up again - it only plays one song :? and then stops? any idea what I am doing wrong on setup? thanks :?:?:?:?

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ryteeeContributor I
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Set up Sonos One with Alexa

I've followed the set up connected both accounts as described, alexa responds to questions but when i ask to play music/radio etc she says its playing but no sound. i've also found she thinks shes in USA even though i've set all the devices to europe/london summer time.

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jonnypolite1Contributor I
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New Sonos One with Alexa: Can it pair with an existing Play: 1?

If I buy a new Sonos 1 with Alexa capability/mic, will it be able to pair with my Sonos 1 without Alexa for stereo?

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JohnssonsTrending Lyricist I
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Sonos alexa integration

I updated my connect amp and activated alexa integration (echo dot in my case). Now, according to https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4158/~/amazon-alexa-and-sonos it is only able to play music (and of course spotify is not included) through the sonos device? So they spend more than a year to develop a skill that just allows it to play music but not let sonos work as a remote speaker?

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Sonos offering $25 off coupon for Echo Dots

According to this story, Sonos will be sending all its customers a unique code for $25 off an Amazon Echo Dot. UK, US and Germany only. https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/17/16489516/sonos-25-dollar-coupon-amazon-echo-dot-sale

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coltaboyoneContributor I
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Featured Music services and Alexa.

I understand that Alexa will play music from several music services including Amazon Music and named streaming stations but will it play all existing music from my Sonos Music Library which has not necessarily been gathered from these named services?

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