Voice control and smart home

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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SewnossTrending Lyricist I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Control and Miss Honey

Whenever I say “Hey Sonos, play Miss Honey by Eats Everything” it completely blanks me like nah gurrrl, not today. The only song it ever behaves like this when I ask for 😂

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Airgetlam
9 days ago
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SJEMContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Listening to radio - Sonos Voice Control and BBC

I can use voice control to listen to music on Spotify. When I ask for Radio 4 i am told there is an issue with my music provider. I have reauthorised etc. I can connect to Radio 4 via the app but not with voice control. 

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Sotiris C.
9 days ago
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bluesmanAvid Contributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

alexa command beeps on Sonos Era 100

Bought Era 100 today, I use amazon Alexa with it for our music. The speaker kept beeping with every command. I turned off the request beeps on the Alexa app, which stopped it, but for some reason the Era starts beeping again on voice commands, despite it still being turned off on the Alexa app. We have a couple of Sonos Ones in other rooms, and have never had any issues with them. Am I missing something with the Era 100. 

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9 days ago
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Stéphane LencludCollaborator II
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa Spotify: This device is offline

When asking Alexa to play Spotify through Sonos Arc it would say: "This device is offline".When asking through an Alexa Echo device it would say: "Sonos is offline".Playing Spotify worked fine when not using Alexa.

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10 days ago
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Gary_84Contributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos

Sonos 1 app and Google

My Google Nest works fine, responding to my voice.  My Sonos works fine and has an Alexa Dot attached to it.  I am trying to make my Google Nest play/respond through my Sonos system.  Due to the age of my devices, I am running the Sonos S1 Controller on my Android.  When I choose Services and Voice and under Voice select Add a Service, I am given a choice to select Google Assistant.  However, when clicking Add Google Assistant, nothing happens. Sonos has been added in the Google Assistant app directly. Suggestions?

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Sotiris C.
10 days ago
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Eddiemac100Contributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Amazon Alexa on Era 100

Hi.More times than not I have to ask Alexa at least 3 times before it will respond. Dont get me wrong, everytime you speak the light goes green but disconnects straight away but then after 3 attempts light stays solid and carries out your request. Have spoken (web chat) to Sonos but no joy. Sonos had me disconnect  both power cables for 10 seconds ( have 2 Era 100s ) but no change. Then disable the skill from Alexa app and renable but its basically still the same. Does anyone have the same issue and if so fixed it. Its just a bit annoying continuously having to repeat things over and over. Would be grateful for anyone's help or advice. ThanksEddie   

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Schlumpf
11 days ago
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LozfoxxxContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa Grouping Nightmare!!

Hi all,I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall with this forever … I have Sonos speakers distributed through the house, along with various Alexa devices (dots and flex mainly). My Sonos kit uses a variety of models from old to relatively new, and includes a couple with SVC. I have groups for each room, and then an over arching ‘House’ group with all my Sonos speakers in it. This used to work fine … I could call out specific rooms are ask any of my Alexa devices to play music everywhere (House).  For the last year or so (possibly since changing to a mesh WiFi system) I’ve had nothing but difficulties. If I ask Alexa to play music, the speaker she choses appears to be completely at random. She will never play from all the speakers in the group. SVC is much better,  but once music has been started from Alexa I have to manually go in and deselect then regroup all the speakers. Does anyone have an experience on a similar set up? I did chat to Sonos sometime ago, but they got stuck on

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11 days ago
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pspdxContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos voice pouts?

Does sonos voice pout?  I feel like it is a petulant brat.  As long as it is able to comply with my command, it remains eager to serve.  As soon as it cannot, it just ignores me.  These are not complex demands.  They are things like “Hey sonos, play Jazz.” I know it is still listening because I can see the little green light winking on the speaker (Beam).  After it pouts for awhile, sometimes overnight, it will cheerfully begin responding to my requests again.  Restarting the app and even deleting and reloading voice does not solve the problem.

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Airgetlam
14 days ago
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seb_ukContributor I
posted in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Microphone Sensitivity on Sonos Arc

Hi all,I recently enabled Alexa on my Sonos Arc and we are having awful problems with the Arc “stealing” the Alexa response.We have a large open plan living space and Echo devices in the dining area, kitchen, snug and hallway, the Sonos is the AV system in the living area.  Before adding the Sonos system, the Echos were VERY good at working out which speaker was being addressed, you could be standing exactly between two Echos but if you turned your head towards one it would work out that was the one being addressed.  So if you were standing in the kitchen area and said “Alexa play the radio” it would only play in the Kitchen.  Amazing.Since adding the Sonos Arc to Alexa system the Arc now ‘steals’ every response no matter where you are standing in the room.  Weirdly even if you specifically say the speaker like “Alexa play music in the kitchen” the Arc still steals the response and will start playing.  It’s like the two systems don’t talk to each other, if I’m standing in the kitchen a

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skullc
15 days ago
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antny024Contributor I
posted in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa volume VERY low on Sonos Beam

When my Sonos Beam volume is set a comfortable level for watching tv and I ask Alexa a question, the volume of her response is too low. I am unable to hear the answer.  If I raise the volume of the Fire Cube it doesn’t change the volume on the Beam. If I raise the volume of the Beam I can hear her response, BUT the volume is WAY too loud to watch tv.. 

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16 days ago
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mtwomeyContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa announcements and routines 2

Creating another thread for this as it’s closed, but still not resolved. Add me to the list of people also having this issue.Issue is about Sonos One Gen2s not being able to be used as announcement devices for Alexa.Original Thread here.

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Sotiris C.
16 days ago
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Emmanuel GaabucayanContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

alexa wont connect to sonos

After a power interruption Sonos won't respond to Alexa command. So I went to the Alexa app and disabled the Sonos skill.  Thereafter, I enable the skill. While my Alexa account get linked with Sonos, once the Alexa app looks for a device to connect, it cannot find my Sonos.  How do I fix this?   And when I tried to add Sonos voice, it does not fully install and I get a message that there was something wrong.  I checked the wifi connection and the Sonos app indicates the signal is excellent.  Now I do not have either voice command. 

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Airgetlam
17 days ago
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KalypsoContributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

Have a Sonos speaker compatible with home-assistant (home automation)

Sonos would gain new customers by integrating Home Assistant voice compatibility into its speakers, and as with many open source projects, there are many qualified people in the community.A large portion of users would buy a Sonos speaker if it could include their voice assistant! Should Sonos consider this question?Especially since Sonos won its lawsuit against Google (patent infringement), and the next one will be Amazon, with Alexa. How will Sonos speakers continue to be compatible with "OK, Google" (which doesn't work for me!!!) and "Alexa" in the long run?Google has already withdrawn 17 features since the end of January 2024. Google and Amazon are refocusing on AI for home connectivity, either with new products that will be compatible with their AI, and new apps, which will undoubtedly be incompatible with Sonos speakers, as Google refuses to pay royalties to Sonos to integrate its patents into its own connected speakers.I'll let you guess what is likely to happen... And what will

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Master Devwi
19 days ago
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boogeyTrending Lyricist I
posted in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Trouble finding things to play from Amazon Music

I’ve had a Sonos + Alexa going on for a good time. It works normally quite well and most issues in recent few years have been about Alexa. Yeah, Sonos speakers tend to take the command (my outside speaker replies when I speak 20cm from my Kitchen Echo Show) that’s meant for devices with a display, but I’ve come to understand I should only execute commands and not really expect an answer, so that’s fine.. But I’ve noticed recently a growing problem of not finding what I want to play with the Sonos app. With Alexa I can just say “Alexa, play dreamy edm” and it chooses a channel and plays something. Surprisingly often it chooses right and I’m happy with whatever comes out of the speakers. But there are situations when I want to use the app instead of voice commands, say during past week Alexa has always stopped playing music after one song no matter what album playlist or station I ask it to play. With Sonos app, the playback continues fine. But with Sonos app I have to know exactly the n

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Corry P
21 days ago
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Om4ck4Contributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos

Adding Era 100 to google home

I cannot conect my Sonos Era 100 with my google home. They writed: not supported in czech republic.Can help me?

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Ken_Griffiths
23 days ago
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garrettj94Contributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa can't set volume of Sonos group

I figured out how to make a speaker group in the Sonos app, the only issue is when I ask Alexa to change the volume, it only changes it for the one that was activated using Alexa. I tried making a group in the Alexa app combining the speakers into one, but nothing happens.

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Airgetlam
25 days ago
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Fábio Da CostaContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

account eliminato

Non riuscendo a connettermi ad Alexa ho eliminato il mio account vorrei poter continuare a mantenerlo attivo

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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Radek_koContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Control Alarm playing only in one speaker on Era 100 stereo pair

Hi I have a stereo pair of Era 100s setup in a room. I have activated Sonos Voice Control on the right speaker.When I issue an alarm command “Hey Sonos set alarm for 5 minutes”, the right speaker responds confirming the command, however when the alarm chime sounds after 5 minutes it only plays in the left speaker and I can only turn it off at the left speaker.Any suggestion on how to get the alarm to play in both speakers? And so I don’t have to walk over to the left speaker to turn it off and can do it on the right speaker. 

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1 month ago
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kdubseaContributor I
asked in Sonos Voice Control

Sonos Voice Control Group Leveling

Recently started using Sonos Voice Control and tried using the command to level out the volume for all speakers. Sonos voice assistant shot back with a confirmation, even going so far as to say, “Setting the volume for all speakers to 20%,” but when I checked the app for confirmation I was getting different volume levels across the board. Anyone else having a similar experience? Tried doing a quick search but the only solution I found was the one I previously employed which required me to go into the app, slide the group volume down all the way, let go for half a second, and drag the slider back up.Any insights would be appreciated.

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Corry P
1 month ago
SkipperGreg
SkipperGregContributor I
posted in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Alexa Not Recognizing Sonos One (Gen 1) Speakers

Known bug (on Sonos support page) that with the March 14, 2024 Alexa App and Sonos 1 app updates, Alexa voice does not work on the Sonos One (Gen 1) speakers. When I look at devices in the Alexa app it says my 2 Sonos One speakers are unresponsive and offline. I’ve tried to clean out or log out of all apps to get my Sonos speakers to work with Alexa without success but have further data to support that the latest Alexa app (updated 3/14/2024) is recognizing my Sonos One FIRST Edition speakers as SECOND Edition speakers and that explains why they are not working. See screen shot below of my devices in the Alexa app for that corroboration.i tried to email this to Sonos (support@sonos.com) but got a reply saying that address is not monitored. A support link for posting was provided but that is the generic support page with phone and chat but no way to submit any info except here. Hence this post to share with Sonos and the community. As mentioned, I have Sonos One GEN 1 (first edition) bu

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1 month ago
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Tommy BoneContributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Microphone Stopped Working Sonos One

Sonos One microphone stopped working.Alexa still announces reminders, yet it does not respond to voice commands. The microphone has been turned off and on; the device has been unplugged and restarted; I even went as far as restoring the device to factory settings (which I have learned may not have been the best idea). I also deleted the Alexa service and then added the service back with the speaker announcing that the service has been “successfully added and the device is ready to use.” Microphone is still dead. 

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Corry P
1 month ago
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chuckjjonesContributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos

Getting rid of Google talk back on Sonos Beam

Hi All, I have a Sonos beam and I use Google assistant.  I would like to get the assistant to not repeat the command or describe what it is doing. For example if I say “Hey Google, turn out all the lights” it will say “Alright, turning off all the lights” and also do the command. Is there anyway for it to do just the command and not talkback and say “Alright turning off all lights”  My partner is going crazy and to be honest I find it a little annoying as well. Depending on what sound level it's on it's either extremely loud or very soft. Any help would be much appreciated. 

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106rallye
1 month ago
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HighlifeContributor I
posted in Smart home integrations

How to start a playlist via a motion detector?

Hi,I would love my Sonos to start playing when I enter my bathroom. Is there any easy integration with motion detectors, that can trigger/ stopp Sonos PlayOne?Thanks a million.Leif

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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Roscoe2023Contributor I
asked in Amazon Alexa and Sonos

Setting up Alexa

How to set up alexa?

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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BermannycContributor II
asked in Smart home integrations

Sonos with Homekit integration is terrible

Is it me or is Sonos integration within Homekit just sad/stupid? I can’t really do much in Homekit (except turn it on/off) with Sonos. I can’t control it or even simply see what’s playing. I can’t set an alarm in Homekit and tell Sonos what to play for the alarm (a Spotify playlist for example) so adding it to a scene is useless. It’ll just resume what was last playing in the Sonos app which is stupid. What I listen to at night is vastly different from what I want to wake up to.  Even when I Airplay to the speaker from my laptop that doesn’t even register as playing anything in Homekit. It’s almost as if it’s just a placeholder in the HK app so I don’t understand why it’s there taking up space. Am I wrong? As solid as the Sonos app is the way it works with Homekit is pretty bad. I have a fully updated Sonos One FYI and a fully updated MBP. 

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Ken_Griffiths
1 month ago
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