Voice control and smart home

I feel stupid having to yell “Alexa” to ask her to stop the music when the volume is low. The Sonos One’s microphone is fine when the volume is not low, but really bad when low.

Does anyone have issues with using Alexa skills through Sonos speakers? I have a few linked to my account (Neato for my vacuum & Delta for my kitchen tap as examples). If I ask an Alexa enabled Sonos to vacuum, it will tell me it's unable to find a device or group named Neato. But if I ask the same from an Amazon Echo it works as it should. Same thing for the Delta skill. It's been like this for as long as I can remember. Alexa does work on the Sonos speaker as I can ask it to pause, play music etc. 

I can't get SVC to recognize KNX News 97.1 from Audacy.com on my Sonos Move. I've added it to my Sonos Favorites, my stations list and added the URL with a unique name via Tunein in the Sonos App. I've also tried renaming it in the Sonos app and calling it by the unique name. I'm able to play it on my Sonos Move using the app, but want to play it via Voice Control. I've tried calling it by "97.1" and other variations of the station's call letters. I tried logging out of Sonos, re-adding voice control, re-adding Audacy under Service Accounts, re-adding the Sonos skill in the Alexa app (for my Sonos 5), resetting my router, updating Sonos and cycling power.

I was wondering if there are any plans to expose some kind of developer API or custom commands for Sonos Voice Control?What I have in mind is invoking a webhook with a command recognized by Sonos. I’d love to use Sonos in my home automation system e.g. by saying Hey Sonos, turn off the lights.As developer I don’t actually need Sonos to integrate with any of the home automation systems. What I would be happy to have is Sonos system to call a defined webhook with recognized words or broadcasting this with MQTT or any other common protocol.In ecosystems like Google Assistant or Alexa these are vastly more complicated, but having this kind of easy-access API would open Sonos to home automation community and similar enthusiasts.

I was able to link Spotify and Voice Assistant Alexa through the Alexa App. However, I can’t play Spotify through “Alexa, play __ in Spotify”. It will respond, “Ok Playing...”, but then there’ll be nothing playing. I found a Sonos support page to try to disable Sonos Skill in Alexa and then re-enable it again. I tried that, but after click on Enable, I get this error from Sonos API page: Register your speakersYou need to link speakers to your _____ Sonos account before you can add this skill. But I have already linked my speakers to my Sonos account and I can see it on the Sonos app.  Sonos Era 100

Hi, I’ve recently bought a Sonos One, and I have been using the Google Assistant to set my alarm for the morning as part of a routine command. It sets the alarm, but it is waaay to quiet for the alarm to actually work and wake me up. Is there a way to set the alarm volume (from the google home) independtly, or at least make it louder?

I have 5 speakers.  2 plays, 2 ones, and a roam that I just purchased.  We moved and I changed the name of my speakers.  Now I have the old speaker names listed as devices on Alexa and there is no ability to delete under settings.  These names do not appear on Sonos system or Alexa.amazon.com devices.  But in the Alexa app the 4 duplicate speakers , the serial numbers are different/incorrect for these devices.  I’ve disabled the Sonos skill, logged out and deleted/reinstalled the Alexa app.They are still there!additionally all of my speakers have duplicates with the current name in the Alexa app — one with a speaker icon and one with a WiFi/spotify icon,Thanks for your help.

In the iOS Google Home app, I added the voice assistant as a favorite. When use voice commands to play music on the Play 5(gen 2) or the Playbar(gen 1) the assistant just shows a google search. Both the Playbar and Play 5 devices show up in the Google Home app after linking my Sonos account. I added Apple Music as the default music service to both Google Home and Sonos as well. When I use Youtube Music as the default music provider it works. 

Sometimes when I ask my Echo Dot Alexa located in the Kitchen to play a station on the Kitchen Sonos 5, she answers, "Station playing in Kitchen" on my Sonos Move in another room on the other side of the house. The station does play on the Sonos 5 in the Kitchen. The same thing will happen if I ask her about the weather or time. This is annoying because we can't hear her response.I tried logging out of both Sonos and Alexa, resetting my router, updating Sonos, cycling power and even changing my Amazon password. I also have a Sonos 3 in the Bedroom and a Connect:Amp in the Living Room. I've installed Sonos Voice Control on my Sonos Move. My setup worked fine for about a year and just started this problem about 2 months ago.

Hi,At 7.35am every morning, my Sonos One announces the time, via Alexa. After several months, this is really starting to irritate me! Please tell me how I can switch this off? I have looked about the Alexa app, but have not go anywhere with it. Many Thanks.

Does SONOS still sell speakers with Alexa built in? Current product list does not indicate this. I believe the SONOS One did this but apparently no longer offered. If so, can a SONOS speaker with Alexa voice control built in play YouTube music service? Did Amazon support YouTube music service directly (not Bluetooth) as this and other articles I read seem to indicate? https://www.ac3filter.net/can-you-play-youtube-music-on-alexa/ It certainly does not work on my new premium echo non-SONOS devices.Bottom line - I’m looking for a way to play YouTube music on SONOS directed from voice control from either a standalone echo device or that built-in to the SONOS speaker. I don’t do Google Home or Apple though - just SONOS, Android and Amazon stuff.Thanks

This auto-play feature is making me crazy. Please let me toggle it off!We spent more time at home over the holidays & myself, my wife & my kids all resented this feature more & more every day we were home. When I use voice to request a track, I NEVER want another track to auto-play afterwards. No no no.There isn’t a single music service on the planet that knows how to auto-recommend songs without absolutely destroying the vibe after 2-3 suggested tracks. Apple Music ruins it in 1 song almost every time! Genius, you are not, Siri. Maybe if Pandora worked in Canada & I could use voice to like & dislike songs, this wouldn’t be so egregious. But in no way to I want my 10,000+$ worth of smart speakers blasting Maroon Five in my house without my permission. Nope nope nope no thank you.  PLEASE let me toggle back to the way this used to work. I understand people hav

From 1 month ago, when i ask to my sonos (google assistant):“Can you put the radio franceinfo” , it take the swindon 105.5 US radio on tunein, not the french national radio.I have added france info to my favourites, but without succes.Can you fix it pls ?Thanks

I have Sonos Move speakers (connected to sonos app), Samsung UE665 Series 8 TV, Amazon Alexa, Smartthings app, Vizio soundbar connected to optical on tv.  I’ve read other threads but end up going down the rabbit hole.  So I’m asking for my specific scenario. 1. Can Alexa control the Sonos speakers, like the volumn, turn on/off?2. How do I connect the Samsung TV to Sonos. Samsung doesn't have an app for sonos (at least mine doesn't)?I probably will have other follow up questions, but I'll start here.

Alexa will not connect to my sonos roam correctly- it will respond but then not play news, flash briefing, or music. All of my sonos devices (roam, beam, and move) will not play spotify through alexa. I have called support twice, and already tried the following:On sonos app: disconnect and reconnect devices On alexa app:  Disable sonos skill and enable again  Disable spotify skill and enable again Delete all sonos devices and add again Deregister all sonos devices and register again None of these things have resolved the issue. I was told to post on beta community but I don’t have any projects open so cannot post on that board.One of the reasons I bought the roam was for handsfree use of Alexa and to play music with spotify- none of these things are working. 

As Smart Home enthusiast i want to control my home by voice without the cloud. There are solutions like rhasspy (https://rhasspy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for this. But there is no out of the box Hardware like Sonos Speakers which can be used for input. To not reinventing the wheel for every solution of this kind a streaming server as option for voice assistants would be very helpfull. So each third party service can hookup this stream and do its thing with the audio.

We have had our Move for several years, and all was good until a few days ago. Suddenly I cannot play Apple music nor play NPR News Now or the Daily or anything. I ask Alexa to “play NPR News Now” and she replies with “getting NPR News Now from Amazon. Here’s the latest episode for Jan 18th”….and then she stops. Likewise, I will ask her to “play David Bowie on Apple Music” and she will say “David Bowie on Apple Music” but then go silent. She responds to all other Alexa commands normally though. I also have an Amazon Echo Plus in the same room. When I ask her to play NPR News Now or Apple Music she does...so this is not an internet issue, not an account issue. I have hard reset my Move back, and reset it up again. Did not work. Would appreciate help to fix this. 

is there any way to specify where SVC will look for stations when the command is “PLAY xxx”?there are two local radio stations, both in Sonos Radio, both added to my favorites and Sonos favorites.KBCO KBCO Studio Cfor the life of me I cant get SVC to play the top one. various wording will bring up all kinds of crazy channels from around the world.my goal is to have SVC cycle through a short list of preferred (sonos) radio channels.thanks

TLDR: A new Move 2 that I believe is properly configured on the same Alexa account as all my other Sonos and Alexa devices is not appearing as an Alexa-Enabled device in the Alexa app. I am trying to add the Move 2 to an Alexa ‘group’ so that I can say “turn on the lights” and it will know where it is but can’t the device doesn’t show up. Details:I have an environment with many Sonos devices, several of which are Alexa-enabled (Moves, Ones, Roam and the new Move 2). All are properly configured and work perfectly in the Sonos app. All work properly with Alexa. On this new Move 2, I have Alexa enabled and it works perfectly.I have added the Move 2 as a “speaker” to the group, “Office.” When I say, “Alexa, play music in the Office,” it works. I have other smart devices in the group “Office” and would like to control them with this Move 2 by saying “Alexa, turn on the lights.” To do that, I need to edit the group and add the Move 2 as an Alexa-enabled device.

cannot add sonos roam as goggle assistant tried reset tried reinstalling the app nothing works

Alexa says she's found my music selection and announces it's playing but there's no music. Alexa will play music on my phone but not with verbal requests. 

Since a few days the integration between IFTTT and Sonos stopped working. I can connect from IFTTT to Sonos but no room/favorite infos show up. Has there been any change? 

I have a big problem. I’m sick and tired of assistant confirms everything I ask her to. I can’t figure out how to remove “talk back” it’s been an option in the past, but now I can’t find it. Is it really not possible anymore?

I’m trying to add YouTube Music to my account in the Sonos 2 app as follows:Add YouTube Music. I already have an account. Add YouTube Music account Please use the following code… Authorize When I click on Authorize I get a pop-up to enter the code. After entering the code, another pop-up ask me to select my Google account to access YouTube Music on Sonos. A last pop-up ask me to authorize Youtube Music on Sonos to access to my Google Account. I click Authorize and I receive a new pop-up with Congratualtions.When I returned in Sonos 2 app, an error connexion message appear. No connexion can be establish with Toutube Music. Can you help me ? 

Hi all, Just become a proud owner of a Sonos Era 100. Loving it so far and the app works very well. However, one issue I’m having, I’ve added my Synology NAS drive as a music library, I’ve then (through the app) created a Sonos Playlist with songs from this library. I can playback via the app itself, but the Era 100 will not accept a voice command to play the playlist, keeps saying that music service is unavailable. Any suggestions to fix would be welcome, I could keep a tablet next to Sonus to playback as all songs/playlists etc do work via the app but I’d prefer to use voice control if I can. Thanks in advance. Jamie