I have 3 Play:1 units and a Playbar which I’m very happy with. I’d like to use Alexa and was gutted to find that the Play:1 doesn’t have a mic. I understand I can get an Echo Dot for £50 to overcome this, and will then be able to use Alexa to control the speakers.
But... does this mean that I’ll need to buy a Dot for every room I want to speak in? Then it would be £150... and I might be better off starting to replace the Play:1’s instead?
If I buy a Dot I presume I can connect to my ‘old’ Play:1’s (only bought a year ago or so - sob!) and will have to use the Dot for controlling other smart devices.
But if I upgrade the Play:1’s to Sonos One’s bit by bit, I think I will eventually just be able to talk to the new Sonos One’s and never need to get an Amazon device at all.
Can you tell me if these statements are correct? It will take me a while to afford upgrades but it seems silly to invest more money in retrofitting the old speakers. I also don’t really want another umpteen devices all over my house! I am also assuming here that the Sonos One / Play:1 are far superior to the Amazon Echo speakers?
Thanks,
Sally
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