Voice control and smart home

I’m curious, if you have multiple Ones in the same room (either as stereo pair or both standalone), do they all listen for Alexa commands? Or do you select just one to manage the voice control? How well does this work? I know having multiple echos and Echo dots can be a bit clunky as they will both listen and then decide after activation which one will process the request.

So, I know these threads tend to generate some heated debate, but this is my view and my feedback to Sonos. I also know very well what a Beta programme is, and have worked for a major OS vendor and know exactly what good or harm such public betas can do for a product. I don't think you can call this a beta product. It's more an open Alpha test which IMO is very risky. I get that this whole market is evolving rapidly, and is getting very competitive, so missing out on being there is in itself a risk, but sometimes being open and honest about the problems that are not yours can do wonders for public perception. I've had Sonos since 2009 and now have a mix of Connects, and Play speakers for different rooms. Most of my listening is via local library, but I do find myself using streaming more and more, with Qobuz being my favourite service. So straight away, I'm at a bit of a disadvantage. I do have limited Amazon music access as any CD's I've bought are mostly available through tha

Alexa says she doesn't have the function to control my volume.

New to Sonos. Gone through searches on this subject. Tried many. I own 2 play ones. Located in kitchen and family room. Sound and play great with sonos app. Can use voice command with Alexa to play in both rooms and can manually switch each on and off with Sonos app. Unfortunately the devices are not discoverable in Alexa so I can’t voice command room choices.

My sonos one will not update to find 8.2.3 update - i would like ot get this alexa issue fixed.

Will my existing Sonos one have support to Google assistant in next year or near future? Or do I have to purchase a new Sonos one get Google assistant. My current sonos one with Alexa really is pathetic and I’m really looking forward to have Sonos one with Google assistant. I hope I don’t have to buy a brand-new Sonos one with Google assistant. Could you please confirm if the new hardware purchase with Google assistant going to waste my money.

When asked “Alexa what time is it?” my newly installed Sonos smart one replies incorrectly for the UK I.e. 8 hours ago whereas all of my other amazon Alexa devices reply with the correct UK time. How do I change that?

I have existing sonos play 1 and play 3 and have just bought a sonos one. I previously used Napster but understand this is not compatible with Alexa. I also have amazon prime but rarely use it. Trying to use it now but I request a track I know is available on prime and Alexa says "Here's a sample of.... and plays about 20 seconds of the track.

I would like to know if others feel the same way about Alexa’s volume steps being too large. In my living room I have a Playbar and two Play Ones so the Volume is louder than just having a single speaker. When I ask Alexa to change from volume one to two, the difference is too great! I have to keep reaching for the app to find a level in between manually. It would be much better to either introduce a scale of 1-100, but I understand that would be harder to achieve for Sonos as it’s an Alexa scale used on all their products. Instead, how about a mode (similar to night mode which handles compression) where you can have half power? For my everyday needs I currently don’t go past volume 4 anyway, but if half power was introduced then it would mean this would become 8 which would give me an extra step in between.

Voice Services for Alexa not available in our country Philippines. When Can this be available so that I could fully use my Sonos One with Alexa

I'm purchasing a PLAY:1 and a Playbar and I know the Playbar only has an optical input. Can I plug my Amazon Dot or Google Mini (with aux/auxiliary stereo jack) into the PLAY:1? If so, will it also play music through the Playbar? Thanks in advance for the help.

When using my One I ask Alexa to play BBC Radio 2 and it plays it using Tunein radio, it keeps dropping out. if I listen using My Sonos it does not, why?

Convincing the Sonos One to respond to the wake word is intermittent at best, utterly useless at worst. On some rare occasions, it’ll pick it up first time. Great! But other times I’m stood there repeating Alexa over and over again. I’ve just said Alexa twenty times. Nothing. My echo dot in the kitchen responds first time, every time. So, is the One broke? Will it ever function as advertised? Will it be updated to function properly or shall I just give up hope as Sonos have given up making decent products??

Hi, I have found a work around to download alexa app on my android using US VPN since I'm outside US. I have sign in on my Amazon account as part of using Alexa app and click on skill then search for sonos to link my Sonos One with Alexa App. I enabled sonos then go through discover devices for Alexa app to discover my Sonos One but unfortunately when I click ädd Device, an error occurred saying Discovery failed. When I check my sonos app, the voice services the message is still not available in my country. May I ask help if my set up requires a separate alexa device like echo dot to connect or discover my Sonos One or is there another work around to enable my sonos One with ALexa skill. I both tried discovering my devices using the US VPN as well as my local wifi, signing in, on my sonos account on both occasion when I click the skills under Alexa App for sonos . Hope somebody could help to break this last obstacle on getting my sonos one get alexa skill. thanks in advance.

I was successful in getting Alexa to play a specific Pandora station on my Sonos speakers. Then I added some new stations and edited the names of a few others. Now Alexa does not recognize any of the new or edited stations. I tried waiting overnight thinking it would take time the changes to sync. I tried disconnection Alexa from Pandora and then reconnecting them. No luck. She still recognizes and plays older and unchanged stations and plans them on whatever Sonos speaker i dictate. Any suggestions?

I can’t even begin to voice the level of disappointment I have with the Sonos One. It’s advertised as a Sonos speaker with Alexa in it, and I guess at a very high level that’s accurate but it’s riddled with issues. The microphone sensitivity is woeful, I’ve stood in front of it shouting Alexa only to hear my Echo Dot in the living room respond. It also seems to have more issues understanding what I’m saying than my Echo Dots, probably again linked to microphone sensitivity. It doesn’t show up as an Alexa enabled device severely limiting its functionality in a smart home eco system, it can’t be included in groups, doesn’t want to seem to play as a multi room speaker with my echos. I couldn’t recommend this unless you’re only interested in having it play music, but even if that’s all you wanted I struggle to see how a Sonos One in it’s current form could compete with the flexibility of a Play 1 and an Echo Dot. I have to admit I was hoping for a Sonos speaker paired with t

I have numerous Sonos speakers throughout the house, all with individual names. I have also added them all to a group called "All Speakers". I can get Alexa to control any one speaker individually, but when I try to get her to play the same music on all speakers throughout the house by directing her to play on "All Speakers", she says she understands, but it doesn't work. It just ends up playing on one speaker. Oddly, when I then tell her to stop playing music, and then repeat the request to try playing on all speakers, she will end up playing two different songs on two different speakers.

I say, "Alexa, play DeepTracks [name of station] on SiriusXM in Library [name of speakers]." Alexa makes a deep tone, and nothing plays.

For people who are wiring an Echo Dot into their Sonos Play5 or Connect Amp you might want to check out the new Echo Spot. I just replaced my Dot in the Dining Room, which feeds a pair of Play5 Gen1s, with an Echo Spot and immediately noticed a few cool things about this setup. First, like the Dot, you are dealing with full Alexa so you get all Alexa features including Drop-In, only now they are video calls. You also get a nice display for artwork and lyrics in a form factor that doesn't take up any more space than the Dot did and is nicer looking than the Echo Show. The display can also do useful things when you are not listening to music like alert you to upcoming events on your Google Calendar or display video of your front door camera. The screen also lets you set up and manage the Spot without needing to fish out a phone and fire up the Alexa app. And with this wired configuration you can still use the Sonos app with your Play5s or Connect Amp if you want to use your

Hello i see a lot of posts regarding the alexa integration and it limitations. Do you guys have a roadmap you can post? Just a little information on what to expect in the coming months and what NOT to expect would keep most users here very happy. it doesnt bode well for your customer service/reputation when so many people are asking the same questions and all we here are crickets Arun

Will the Echo Connect phone accessory be usable with the new Sonos One? Can I then have Sonos become my home phone?

I'm in the US, and as far as I know there's no VPN funny business going on with our router. I just submitted diagnostics 8239702 Help!

In the past week or so, Amazon have updated the smart home section of the iOS Amazon Alexa App (see screenshots) and there is currently no way to 'forget' existing devices or scenes. That feature has been replaced with an option to enable/disable a device or scene. It’s not as tidy as the previous version of the app in my humble opinion, but I assume that things are not yet complete with the software update at this moment in time. I have now discovered that it is still possible to 'forget' smart home devices and scenes however by going to the online web portal version of the app which is located here for UK users: https://alexa.amazon.co.uk/spa/index.html (note it is perhaps best to access this via a PC, as you may find a mobile browser will try to launch the mobile app instead, albeit there are ways to resolve this which I won’t go into at this time). ...Anyhow, the web portal still has the 'forget' option and so any devices etc. can still be removed or forgotten here. Ho

I have tried to ask Alexa to call eg. My husband, it says it can not. I thought it could do this? or this only alexa to alexa at present?

Sonos/Amazon Alexa - Please let those of us that have Mulitiple Sonos Speakers in house when your APP and Alexa intergration is ready for prime time. My Setup - Play 5, PlayBase, Sonos One, 3 Sonos Play-1's, 2 setup as a stero pair. I'm Tired of trying to get my Sonos One to understand commands for other speakers in my house, Setting up Smart Home, adding devices, configuring and configuring things, All to hear Alexa say basically "I can't do that" I am a DIE HARD Sonos fan, as you can tell by my setup, but the Alexa Intergration with other SONOS speakers in a home is no where it needs to be. While your at it, you can Work with DEEZER, so goof ball Alexa can understand my commands to play Deezer through my speakers. Though I'd like this Alexa Sonos-One, Right now, it might just get re-wrapped and give to someone on my Christmas list.