Voice Intercom for Sonos vs Soro - For Sonos Usage & Stats

*Soro 3.0 adds Control Center integration and brand new frontend to control your Sonos speakers.* Soro also extends iOS and Siri and the Shortcuts app with new actions to manage your Sonos speakers and devices and implements Live Activity and Home Screen widget to control the playback from the lock and home screens. On top of the new control functionality, Soro lets you create both quick actions or extensive workflows to control your speakers with the Shortcuts app using widgets, Siri voice commands or automations. ▶ CONTROL CENTER - Direct access to adjust your speaker settings - Quick tap to see what’s playing, the queue, EQ from the Control Center, Action Button and Home Screen. ▶ MODERN FRONTEND - Easy to use frontend that feels home on your iPhone or iPad - Access to the queue and EQ settings ▶ LIVE ACTIVITY, WIDGET and APP SHORTCUTS - Live Activity for the Lock Screen - Widgets for the Home Screen and Standby Mode - App Shortcuts for the Action Button, Spotlight and Siri ▶ SPEAK TEXT ON YOUR SPEAKERS - Similar to the Intercom action available for the HomePod, this action lets users to play messages (or media files) on any of their supported* Sonos speakers utilizing the text to speech features built into iOS, iPadOS and macOS and continue the already playing content after the message. - See the example shortcuts 'Text to Speech' and 'Walkie Talkie' to explore the possibilities of what you can do in your own shortcuts. ▶ SHORTCUTS AND AUTOMATIONS - Soro adds 30+ action in the Shortcuts app to control your Sonos - Create automations - Create actions for the Action Button - 3rd party app Integrations ▶ Available actions: Group/Ungroup Set Volume Play/Pause/Stop Mute/Unmute Load Music and Favorites Load URL Set a Sleep Timer Set Line-In input Set TV input Speak Text Create/Separate Stereo Pair Get Alarms Create/Update/Delete Alarm Change Repeat/Shuffle Adjust Equalizer Settings (Treble/Bass/Loudness/Trueplay) Turn Speech Enhancement On/Off Turn Night Mode On/Off Adjust subwoofer and surround sound settings Set Crossfade Set TV Autoplay Set TV Dialog Sync Delay Get Bandcamp Purchases Wake Speaker Set Touch Control Battery Status Please note that your device needs to be on the same network as your speakers and local network access need to be granted by first launching the main Soro app. If you are using VPN, multiple Sonos systems or experiencing connectivity issues please try the feature called Direct Connect within the app. It also improves the speed of execution in general so feel free to utilize it anytime. You can set it up by tapping ••• in the top left corner and selecting 'Multiple systems or using VPN?' * 'Speak Text' action supported speakers: Sonos One, Amp, Port, Play:5 (gen 2), Beam, One SL, Move, SYMFONISK table lamp with WiFi, SYMFONISK WiFi bookshelf and all newer speakers using the Sonos S2 system. * 'Speak Text' action (as the rest of the app) works over the local network only. Soro is not affiliated with Sonos Inc. nor is it an official Sonos app. Sonos is trademarked by Sonos Inc.