[Closed] PSA: Cheap Amazon Echo Dot for Sonos owners

..... Yay, sorted. Sent the code and Dot purchased. Will be playing with that tomorrow.
Also going to look into controlling my Raspberry Pi with the Dot.

im still here if anyone has a spare code or 'registered email address' i can use to get one? 😉

sadexpunk - Member 
im still here

Email incoming, shout if you don't get it

Ah! Missed sadexpunk was in the queue before me (sorry!)

If anyone else has one?

Thanks RB, I've got the email and I'll order one tonight. Thanks a lot mate 🙂

Spare code here if anyone is after one - PM me if you would like it.

Code gone - that was quick!

Cheers Al! Much appreciated, I owe you a pint.

And sorry again sadex (eeek smiley).

Brought one with the code but alas no luck with Spotify via my sonos. Gonna give it a week to see if the missus gets on with it for other stuff if not will be selling it on.

Feel free to message if you are after one!

Spotify won’t work yet.

Roight, mine's arrived. Before I unbox it, this spotify thing...is it only the free version that doesn't work? I checked on the spotify website and it says it works with Alexa - but there is a line further down saying [b]"You need Premium to listen to Spotify with Alexa."[/b][i] So what's the story?

Set mine up today. I’m not using it with Sonos, rather as a way to use Spotify and tune in radio in the bedroom, as an alarm clock etc. Happy to keep using the Sonos app or controller or even Spotify connect to control the Sonos components in the rest of the house.
Spotify works fine using it as a stand alone speaker, or through an attached speaker. Only premium though, not the free version.
Had a bit of a problem setting Spotify as the default music service. The Alexa app wouldn’t do it but was able to using a web browser version of the app after some googling.
Also found out my little Bluetooth speaker is too old to pair with it (needs a 4 digit pin) so had to find an aux cord. Oh the horror.
Great bit of kit for £25

You can’t get Alexa to play something using Spotify on the Sonos. It’s not supported. Yet.

Does it support Apple Music on Sonos? (crosses fingers).

You can’t get Alexa to play something using Spotify on the Sonos. It’s not supported. Yet.

Is that just a UK thing (for now)?

Only services supported anywhere for now are...

Amazon Music
Pandora
iHeartRadio
TuneIn Radio
SiriusXM

Claim is that Spotify is being worked on.

Spotify works fine with Alexa if not using Sonos, I've been using for weeks now .

Only services supported anywhere for now are...

Amazon Music
Pandora
iHeartRadio
TuneIn Radio
SiriusXM

Oh.... may not pick it up from the locker then. Currently subscribe to Deezer...

What else can it do?

Quite a lot really!

I doubt I'd have bought one if it weren't for this thread (and I have Sonos at home). Ordered yesterday, arrived today (love amazon) and with a bit of tinkering it's now talking to my raspberry pi and switching lights and other stuff on and off around the house [without spending stupid money on wireless bulbs].

Fan
Tas
Tic

Can we expand on this Raspberry PI intergration thing please?
Ta

Sure.
I already use a number of Pi's with Energenie Pi-mote boards to wirelessly switch light and heaters on and off (simple bit of python code.... and I'm defo no programmer).
So I've now followed this bit of info http://www.instructables.com/id/Control-Raspberry-Pi-GPIO-Using-Amazon-Echo-Fauxmo/
to make the pi act like a WeMo device which Alexa can control natively.
All I did was change the Act function to run a script that switches the energenie stuff on and off.

Oh.......Currently subscribe to Deezer...

I'll buy yours if you want to make a bit of a profit punky

i wont want to make a profit sharky, ill open it, try it, suss it out to see if itll actually do owt for me, and if not its yours for same price mate.

Thank you,

Something of a learning curve there!

Ta

Yeah deezer doesn't work, hope they sort it but if they don't, well it's only £25. Currently have mine in the kitchen as that's probably where I'm most likely to want to do hands free stuff. Most useful thing today, setting several timers for the roast dinner, one for the chicken, one for the roast potatoes and one for veg. My 3 year old loves it (even if it doesn't always recognise her voice yet)

Hey,

I didn't get the email, contacted Sonos UK and have had a reply saying they are no longer issuing codes. Does anyone have a spare one they could send me?

Thanks

Craig

I'm rather pleased with our Dot that arrived the other day. Some highlights and tips;

- Sonos speakers can be grouped together, and in more than one group. Our kitchen speakers are in their own group, as well as being in the 'downstairs' group as well as the 'everywhere' group.
- Lack of Spotify support is a bit annoying, but I'd imagine it's arrive in due course.
- Timers and shopping lists are clever and genuinely useful.
- I imagined that Alexa's voice would play through the Sonos speakers; not so, only through the Dot.
- I can see a couple more of these things appearing over the next few months, particularly a Spot when they are released in the UK... [url= https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073SQYXTW/ref=fs_ods_rk ]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073SQYXTW/ref=fs_ods_rk[/url]

just been playing with it, early indications are that itll be totally useless to me 😀

its all set up, i dont particularly need it to work my hifi altho it probably wouldnt do that anyway, its flashing away at me but i cant think of a single thing to say to it right now! we dont have any wifi/nesty type things in the house and it doesnt do deezer either so cant use it with our portable bluetooth speaker, think its just useless to us.

ill wait for wife and kids to get in, see if they can find a use for it, if not im sort of torn between selling it on to sharky ^^^ or keeping it as its only £25 and it may get deezer eventually, but even if it did i just cant see where id use it over my hifi in the house.

She’s decided she only recognises commands with an Oirish accent. 😆 Which isn’t going well with Mrs DD and dd.

Can’t understand why she can play Spotify herself and play stuff from music library or radio through Sonos but won’t play Spotify through Sonos. The Sonos support website does say they’re working on it though so it’ll arrive in due course.

It’ll do until Apple’s iHomeSpeakerPod arrives anyway. 😉

Mine set up and seems to be working, really waiting until Sonos make Spotify work correctly. However multiple alarms is really useful when cookimg.

And the best bit - walking into the kitchen and being able to switch on Radio 4 with just my voice!!

selling mine on to sharky, how do i wipe it? google suggests a tiny hole on base to stick a paperclip in, mine doesnt have that. it does have a ickle hole at the top tho, is that how you do it?

Hi. Spotify is supported, you just need to authorise it on the Alexa App. You can then make it the default music service.

how do i wipe it?

I guess you could remove any calendar or music accounts you've added.

Spotify is supported, you just need to authorise it on the Alexa App

Spotify is supported

Correct - but it does not work if you connect your echo dot to your sonos. Even though it is the same account it does not work. You can start playing music from an app and the control it from your voice, but you can't kick it off.

(I have been told that I can play spotify on my echo dot, but the sound is better through Sonos)

Interestingly I see that the Dot reduces the volume of the sonos for a few seconds whenever it hears its name - even if it didn't initiate whatever is playing on the Sonos.

I have the echo dot only and its only correct to the sonos via wi-fi. Only got it yesterday. When I first asked it to play music it said it was using Amazon (I have prime), then I authorised Spotify and made it he preference. So I'm sure when i ask for something its now using Spotify.

Reset hole for paper clip is in the middle on top.
Re Sonos Spotify thing. I’ve set Spotify up as default music service and when I say “Alexa, play let them eat chaos by Kate tempest” she says “playing let them eat chaos by Kate tempest on spotify” (through a portable speaker)
I haven’t asked her to “play ok computer by Radiohead in the dining room” (ie a Sonos zone) yet. Will try it and see what happens.

Reset hole for paper clip is in the middle on top.

Cant get it to play through my Sonos Play 1 - I've read the instructions but nothing - any suggestions?

There are NO SUGGESTIONS!

😆

From the Sonos support article [url=sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4158?linkId=43105545]Setting Up Amazon Alexa on Sonos:[/url]

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OK - I'm now even more confused - others have Alexa controlling Spotify through their Sonos - how are they doing it?

I thought mine was working with Spotify & Sonos but it's not working this evening so perhaps I got it wrong. I can only play Spotify on my Dot as it just keeps saying 'I can't find songs by xxxx' if I ask for it to play an artist on a Sonos. Hopefully they'll have it sorted soon.

I can control the volume and stop and start what's already playing.

Alexa will play songs from Spotify through her own speakers (which is acceptable on the big echo, but the sound on the dot is no better than a little bluetooth speaker) and she can do various shizzle on the Sonos (radio, songs from Amazon music, etc.). She turns the bloody sound down on Sonos (even if it's playing something I've put on myself from Spotify) when she's asked to do something, but she can't frickin' play songs from Spotify through it. Bleedin' ridiculous that they'd all push the "LOOK ALEXA CAN CONTROL YOUR SONOS" line without it being able to play from the most used streaming service out there. But that's tech these days - everything seems to get released before it's properly ready. Anyway, they're working on it, a solution will be here soon I reckon.

So if I say “Alexa play the Rolling Stones in the dining room” it plays their stuff from amazon music. Couldn’t find arctic monkeys or Radiohead though so no good to me. I’ve cancelled the amazon prime free trial I started to get next day delivery after it took 2 days to get here so I presume amazon music will disappear in a month.