{"id":1329,"date":"2016-03-24T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T19:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2017-06-06T08:14:53","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:14:53","slug":"completing-my-alexa-connected-home-with-sonos-stations-via-yonomi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/24\/completing-my-alexa-connected-home-with-sonos-stations-via-yonomi\/","title":{"rendered":"Completing My Alexa Connected Home with Sonos Stations via Yonomi"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this week I started a quest to include my Sonos speakers in my Connected Home in order to control them and action music with my Amazon Echo. I found a \u201cwow\u201d solution for DLNA control using JRiver Media Center and a powerful Alexa skill called House Band. What was missing was a way to summon and play my cloud based streaming stations using Alexa\u2019s voice control. Last night I found a great solution in the Yonomi App<\/a> (available for iOS and Android) that just this week added Alexa integration.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got a bunch of streaming stations configured in Sonos and all are added to my Sonos favorites. I\u2019ve got Pandora Radio fav\u2019s, Amazon Prime Stations, Tune In Radio, plus some of my own local playlists.<\/p>\n

Yonomi works using routines that you can set up based on time and\/or location, but you don\u2019t need to make routines dependent on those criteria, you can just set up a routine that you can summon on demand, and once you hook up via the Smarthome menu on the Echo App, Alexa can TURN ON (routine name). Magic.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got all kinds of \u201cthings\u201d provisioned in the Echo App. Insteon modules, Hue Lights, etc. Here\u2019s a short video where I turn on a lamp and then start a Pandora Station that plays ABBA radio using a Yonomi routine called \u201cFun Stuff\u201d to my Living Room Sonos:<\/p>\n

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