“Can i connect my Amazon echo dot to the Play:5 wirelessly”
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not really, no. at least, not yet. there are some hacks on the internet that involve writing code, etc., but I don't have the confidence to try that. HOWEVER, sonos said last fall that they were going to come out with an update (over the air) to enable Alexa functionality. it was supposed to be available early this year (2017), but it hasn't been released yet. Sonos did demo the feature recently and it worked, but they said they still weren't happy with it, so they are still working to polish it up to their standards. my guess is in the next couple/few months, they'll release the update. i'm happy to wait, knowing that it won't require me to upgrade any hardware, and will only be a matter of a software update. hope that answers your question.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Hi. Currently they don't work together, but I've seen a press release that they are planning on adding that sometime this year. https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-alexa-coming-to-sonos-music-systems/ In the meantime, I bought a Logitech Harmony and through that I can now turn my Sonos on and pause it by asking Alexa, but that's it unless you are just controlling one speaker at a time. In that case, you can control volume too, but if you have more than one speaker grouped, it will only do the volume for the "master" speaker, which would be the first one you choose when you do a grouping. For me, I have several Sonos and most of them are grouped together so I can just hear my music/radio in every room as I move around the house. With that, you can only tell Alexa to turn it on or pause. I've only had this going a week and it hasn't been working very well on playing, but pause works. Frustrating, You can read all about how this works on Logitech site under the Harmony products. Hope this helps!
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Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Not yet as far as I know. I did read that sonos is working on it for early 2017.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I have mine connected to my smartthings hub along with a couple Alexa devices and I can play and pause controls. Haven't played with the integration to much but when I ask Alexa to play something specific on Sonos she has trouble understanding.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.No not directly. Sonos and Echo are supposed to be releasing an update this year so they can communicate directly with each other. However, I say directly because if you have Smartthings connected to your Echo Dot you can tell Alexa to turn on or off Sonos. Basically you can just turn on the last station that was playing when you used it last, and that is it until the update.
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