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Insteon added support for Sonos speakers<\/a> over a year ago, allowing you to trigger favorites and basic playback controls (play\/pause, skip, etc.). Unfortunately, Insteon only made this feature available in its iOS app, leaving Android and Windows users without similar capabilities. Third party apps and services also can’t take advantage of this Sonos control, because it’s not exposed through Insteon’s API.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there is a way to control your Sonos speakers<\/a> with Homeboy on any platform…as long as you have the Insteon for Hub app on just one iOS device. The trick is to set up your Sonos devices and create scenes for the functions you want to access in Homeboy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Setting It Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Setting this up is pretty easy, and Insteon’s in-app instructions will guide you through the process. Just follow these steps in the Insteon for Hub app on your iPhone or iPad to set up a Sonos player:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Add a Sonos player the same way you’d add any device.<\/li>
  2. Select one of the Sonos devices the Insteon app finds on your network.<\/li>
  3. Assign the Sonos player a name and room(s). You may want to consider adding a new “Sonos” room to group all of your Sonos devices and scenes.<\/li>
  4. Add some player presets, following the in-app instructions, for your favorite stations, playlists, or sources. Note that not all Sonos sources can be added as Insteon presets.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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