The cheapest Alexa device is the Echo Dot ($50), and if you own a Sonos speaker, adding one to enable full-fledged voice control is almost a no-brainer.

Plus, it felt wrong: Sonos is an audio company, betting its future on sound as the interface for all the tech in your home. There had to be an audible way for Alexa to let you know it's listening.

How To Setup Amazon Alexa on Sonos One or Beam In the setup process, it should ask you to setup Alexa. But if it doesn’t, this is how you would go about doing that.

If you’re starting from scratch, in order to get everything working properly, you need to create your Sonos account, connect music services to it, download the Alexa app, and then link your ...

Your Sonos speaker (s) will always lower the volume whenever you call out to Alexa on an Echo. Every speaker does it — no matter if it’s the closest one to the Echo or not.

Sonos' whole-home Wi-Fi speakers can connect directly to over 100 different services. This includes popular music services like Spotify and Apple Music, but also Audible for audiobooks and ...

The Sonos One works just fine as a smart hub, from what I saw and heard — you use it just like Amazon's Echo line — but it really stands out with rich audio quality and the ability to connect ...