Play Music

You can get the music playing on Sonos in a number of ways—choose whichever control works best at the moment. Use the Sonos app, your own music service app, ask Alexa, or use AirPlay to stream audio to Sonos. If you’re near a speaker, use the controls on your speaker to resume an earlier listening session or change the song.

If you want to change where the music is playing, see Rooms.

The Sonos app

The free Sonos app is the easiest way to play anything and everything on Sonos. Simply open the app and choose from the list of Music sources.

If you don’t have the Sonos app, download it from www.sonos.com/support/downloads.

Voice commands

If you have a Sonos One, Beam, or Alexa device, you can use your voice to play and control the music. Ask Alexa to play your favorite radio station or the top hits on Spotify.

To use Alexa with Sonos, you’ll need the Alexa app with the Sonos skill enabled. If you don’t have it, open the Sonos app on a mobile device and tap ALL_more_sm_6.jpg > Voice Services. Select the voice service and we’ll guide you through setup.

Note:Over time we’ll add more voice services and skills. Voice control isn’t supported in every country yet—this feature will be available as soon as Sonos and a voice service launch together in your region.

Controls on the speaker

If you’re near a speaker, you can use the speaker controls to adjust volume, stop the music, or change the song.

 

On Sonos One, Play:5, Beam, and Playbase:

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Volume control

  • Touch and hold to quickly change the volume:

  • Volume up (right); Volume down (left).

Note:You can also use the app.

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Play/Pause

  • Press once to play or pause music.

  • Press and hold to add the music that’s playing in another room.

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Next/Previous

  • Swipe right across the touch controls to skip to the next song.

  • Swipe left to go to the previous song.

Note:You can’t skip forward or go back when listening to a radio station.

 

 

On Play:1, Play:3, Playbar, Connect:Amp, and Connect:

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Volume up (+)

Volume down (-)

Press to adjust the volume.

Note:You can also use the app.

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Play/Pause

  • Press once to play or pause music.

  • Press twice to skip to the next song (if applicable to the selected music source).

  • Press three times to skip to the previous song.

  • Press and hold to add the music playing in another room.

Note:You can’t skip forward or go back when listening to a radio station.

To learn more about using your speaker, see the Sonos User Guide.

Your music service app

You can control Sonos directly from some music apps (like Spotify and Pandora). Just open the music service app and connect to a Sonos room or group to start the music.

AirPlay 2

You can use AirPlay 2 to stream music, movies, podcasts, and more directly from your favorite apps to your Sonos speakers. Listen to Apple Music on your Sonos One. Watch a YouTube or Netflix video and enjoy the sound on Sonos.

Note:To use AirPlay, you need a Sonos speaker that supports it (Sonos One, Play:5, Playbase, and Beam) and an iOS device, Mac, or PC. Other Sonos speakers can play AirPlay audio when you group them with an AirPlay-compatible Sonos speaker. See Rooms for more information about grouping rooms.

If you’re using a Mac, just select the volume icon in the menu bar to choose a speaker.

If you’re using a PC, open iTunes and select AirPlay.jpg to choose a speaker.

To learn more about using AirPlay 2 with Sonos, go to the Sonos User Guide.