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How to set up Alexa voice control for Sonos speakers (CNET How To)

2017-10-19
sonís is one of the first audio companies to enable voice control via Amazon Alexa and we're going to walk you through setting up your existing seller speaker with an Amazon echo dot as an example and then how to control it firstly make sure you have the latest version of the Amazon Alexa app and then make sure your sonar system is also up-to-date at the moment Amazon control is part of the Sonos public beta so you need to sign up for it first so in the Sonos app press more then settings and then advanced settings tap beta program and then select join the beta program once you have your sonís up and running most of the work then involves the Alexa app so using the Alexa app go to skills in the menu and search for Sonos once you've found it add it and then click yes until you need to give permission for Alexa to control your sonís there press ok next you'll need to sign into your Amazon account next you'll get a pop up for you to choose your devices press the discover button and it should find sona's devices on your system automatically lastly use your Amazon Alexa app to choose your default music surface and put in your sign-in details now if it's all working correctly you should be able to ask the soleus to play music just be aware that unlike Google home you can't set up one speaker as your default so you need to say the name of your device each time you want to play music but Alexa will know when you're using your speaker so you might need to repeat the name each time
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