Then why not buy a HomePod to supplement your iPhone for all the things you want to do regarding contacts, phone calls, calendar etc. You say you already have Echo devices so you then set them up to Control your Sonos system. I am sure Sonos would love to have SIRI on Sonos as they now have Alexa and google Assistant, but I don't see that happening quite yet, maybe in a few years as Apple gives more access to SIRI and their platforms and services, but even now you have to pick either Alexa or Google Assistant on any Sonos speaker you have which supports it, from what I understand Sonos could easily allow both to live in the same speaker, but Amazon and Google don't want users to simply be able to say "Alexa" or "Hey Google", they want users to choose their assistant over the other. I have our Sonos One speakers set up with Alexa because I like the ability to play Audible books on them and also to control my Sonos system and play music from my Apple Music subscription, but in the kitchen, living room and bedroom we have both Echo speakers and Google speakers set up side by side because when it comes to making phone calls using a Google Mini is much better quality than an Echo speaker and just asking for things like phone numbers and facts about all sorts of things is often better on Google, when it comes to home automation it seems Google is better at some things than Alexa so again we go back and forth depending on what we want done.
Best regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Marie Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Question re Apple Home Pod Yes I am well aware since I have several Alexa devices. But it would be preferable to me to be able to use the Home Pod instead. I do not like the Alexa app and would rather have things like contact, calendars, phone calls etc. kept on my Apple devices. Personal preference! Marie From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Thursday, July 2, 2020 5:55 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Question re Apple Home Pod No point in spending lots of money for a Homepod for this, you can buy an Amazon Echo Dot or any other Amazon echo speaker for this. The Dot costs $54.99 in Canada and it's currently on sale for $49.99, but you can get it often for even less if there are larger sale events like Prime Day which I believe is coming up, Black Friday etc. I have Sonos speakers all over the house and if I want, for example, to play a particular song or artist on my stereo set of Play 5 speakers in the bedroom, I just tell any of my Amazon Echo speakers in the hous to play that song or artist followed by "on Bedroom Sonos". My default music source on the Echo is set to Apple Music, Alexa will say "playing such and such from Apple Music on bedroom Sonos" and the music will then start playing. If I am playing anentire artist or album, I can then tell the Echo to turn the volume up or down, skip the currently playing song etc. Of course if you have speakers like the One where you can enable either Alexa or the Google Assistant, you don't even need another Echo speaker. We have stereo pairs of Sonos One speakers in our bathroom, the kitchen and in my woodworking shop and here I can just say "Alexa, play such and such" and since Alexa lives on that Sonos speaker it will play my request and I don't have to tell it "on bathroom Sonos" or "on kitchen Sonos". Best regards, Sieghard From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 4:12 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: Question re Apple Home Pod No. HomePods have nothing to do with Sonos speakers. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 1, 2020, at 4:02 PM, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> wrote: Is there a way to control the Sonos speakers with the Home Pod? For example. Can I ask the HP to play something on the Sonos speakers? 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