How to Toggle Play / Pause on Sonos with a Siri Shortcut
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"Hey Siri, Toggle Play Pause in Kitchen"

Learn how to get your Sonos speaker to pause or play whatever is queued, just by asking Siri.

Steps 1 to 7
1

Load Orto and Tap the Shortcuts icon on the bottom bar

2

Tap 'Shortcuts +' title button at the top of the screen

3

Pick the player / players you want to trigger with this Shortcut

4

Tap 'Toggle Play / Pause'

5

Tap 'Okay' - Note how Orto handles speaker groups in these circumstances

6

Check the Shortcut description matches what you want to happen - test it with the little play icon at the bottom right. Then tap the 'Add to Siri' button

7

Amend the 'When I say' field to your choice of phrase. This is what you will tell Siri when you want to trigger the Shortcut. Tap 'Add to Siri' when ready

Time to test your Shortcut

Activate Siri by saying "Hey Siri" or holding the side button on your iPhone

Repeat the phrase you set for your Siri Shortcut

That's it! You could also trigger your shortcut from:

a) within the Orto Apple Watch App
b) in the Apple Shortcuts App
c) on an Apple Shortcuts Widget
d) from within the Orto iOS App