The black model is all black and the white model is all white. The Sonos One (front), on the other hand, is all one color. The Play:1 (back) has a gray speaker grille on the white and black models. You can now tell your Sonos One to play music in the various Sonos rooms you’ve set up - and it works. You need to download the Alexa app (if you don’t already have it) to enable Alexa functions for Sonos and designate a default music player, which is all pretty straightforward. Setting up the Sonos One requires a little more patience than a typical Sonos speaker. I tested the Sonos One primarily with Amazon Music. Voice control for Spotify is expected to come very soon, while voice commands for Apple Music and Tidal are expected to come… not so soon. At launch, Alexa only works with Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn, SiriusXM and iHeartRadio. The other thing is that, while I own a Sonos system (consisting of a Play:1 and Playbar), testing it with the Sonos One was a new experience because I didn’t use my preferred streaming service, Spotify. The Alexa integration adds a third party to the mix - traditionally, you just need the Sonos app and a music app, like Spotify or Apple Music - so the inevitable question is: does the addition of Alexa complicate the experience? The answer is, admittedly, yes, but that’s to be expected.īefore going any further, it’s important to note that I’ve been testing the Sonos One in beta, so there were wrinkles in the app that Sonos is still ironing out. Review: Sonos’s unofficial slogan over the years has been: “It just works.” In addition to great sound quality, Sonos’s multi-room speaker systems have been adored for their simplicity: you just open the app and play music. Update: Since this article was originally published, voice commands for Spotify Premium members have been added. For more multi-room speakers, click here. Also, Google just announced the Google Home Max ($399), which is a direct competitor to Sonos. If multi-room functionality is more important to you than sound quality, all Echo smart speakers now support multi-room audio. Watch Out For: The Sonos One doesn’t support voice commands from Apple Music or Tidal, yet, and from what we’re hearing, they’re not expected to come soon.Īlternatives: If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, I’d wait to see what Apple’s HomePod is like. Who They’re For: If you already have a Sonos system and subscribe to Spotify Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn, SiriusXM or iHeartRadio, the Sonos One promises to be a near-perfect fit. If controlling Sonos with your voice has always been your dream, you can wake up now. The Good: The Sonos One sounds great and seamlessly integrates with your existing Sonos speakers. It looks very similar to a Sonos Play:1, yet you can interact with Alexa in mostly the same way you would with your Amazon Echo or Echo Dot. (For set up instructions, click here.) More excitingly, the company announced the Sonos One ($199), Sonos’s first smart speaker with voice control. Last week, Sonos rolled out a beta program allowing anybody with Echo device and Sonos speaker to control those speakers with music. One prevailing question in tech has been, “When will I be able to control my Sonos speakers with Alexa?” The answer is: now.
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