beckwith
November 17, 2015, 1:54pm
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It has a lot of potential but has been stuck in beta (Labs) for over a year. People seem to have the best luck if they only use one “room”. I don’t use the integration anymore but am still holding out hope.
After using the Sonos interface, I tend to think a lot of the issues are limitations with Sonos. We are trying to use Sonos not as Sonos originally expected.
I hope SmartThings is working with Sonos because I don’t think the development community as a whole can fix many of these issues. Strategically, I think it is in both company’s interest to have interfaces that address all home automation audio needs.
Sonos is a premium priced product and must address these needs or someone else will (UBI?).
The proof of concept phase has been addressed which has revealed home automation audio needs. The next phase is going to require Sonos to SmartThings defacto standard type work. Otherwise, one or the other needs to publish a home automation audio standard that the other then can interface. (Or t…