How to control your Sonos speaker with an Amazon Echo

After working on the feature for several months and testing the waters with a private

beta, yesterday Sonos announced that its customers are now welcome to try controlling their speaker with an Amazon Echo device. There are some obvious limitations with the way things work right now that you’ll want to know up front. First, you can’t play anything from Spotify using Alexa. That’s likely to change in the coming weeks, but it’s not there today. Other services like Apple Music don’t work either, but unlike Spotify, Sonos has given no indication that support for those is coming. Getting your Echo and Sonos speakers to communicate is a multi-step process, and I actually had to search the internet to figure out how to do it. I’ll spare you that hassle. Just know that you’ve got to have both the Alexa and Sonos apps fully set up and ready to go. Your Echo and Sonos speakers should be turned on. In the Alexa app, search for “Sonos” and install / add the skill. It might not necessarily appear at the top of search results, but look for the one by Sonos, Inc. During this process you’ll have to authenticate both your Amazon account (with two-factor authentication if that’s turned on) and your Sonos account. Once that’s done, go to the Alexa app, open the side menu and choose “Smart Home.” Pick devices and then “discover” down at the bottom. Alexa will do a quick scan and should now recognize and display your Sonos device. You’ll see the group / room name if you’ve set one up for your Sonos instead of the speaker itself.                                                                                            https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/5/16431688/sonos-speaker-alexa-voice-commands-how-to-setup