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Bringing this over from the Orbi Voice boards. This seems like a no-brainer. Currently, Orbi Voice does not show up as available for grouping in the Alexa app.
Like the other commenters, I too had the expectation that the Orbi Voice Alexa speaker could participate in a multi-room audio group in the Alexa app. However, thinking about this more, I have a big question...
Is this an Amazon issue, a Netgear issue, or a Harman Kardon issue?
Researching this further, I am under the impression that not just _any_ Alexa speaker can be enabled for multi-room audio, the device has to be an _Echo_ device (e.g., Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, FireTV Cube, Echo Input), or it has to be an
Per below link...
"We have enabled multiple options for developing devices with Alexa MRM"
"Announcing Multi-Room Music for Products with Alexa Built-in"
https://developer.amazon.com/blogs/alexa/post/c4bbbbaf-3559-4b5e-b920-83a9d594e732/alexa-play-rolling-in-the-deep-everywhere-announcing-multi-room-music-for-products-with-alexa-built-in
"Harman Kardon, a premier speaker company, will issue a software update to enable Alexa MRM on their existing Alexa Built-in Allure speaker, allowing their customers to play synchronized music in a group along with other Alexa devices. 'Multi-Room Music allows customers to enjoy crisp, synchronized sound across multiple Allure speakers and Alexa-enabled devices,' said Dave Rogers, President, Consumer Audio at Harman Kardon. 'A simplified configuration process done via the Alexa App makes Harman Kardon Allure speakers even more versatile and delightful for customers.'"
However, if you look at the Q&A for the Allure, as of 4 months ago, Harman Kardon support says that is not yet supported at this time.
Further, the "Orbi Voice" does not exist on Harman Kardon's website, so this is a Netgear issue, as the product is sold under Netgear's name, and Netgear is the partner working with Harman Kardon to produce/maintain the speaker.
To be fair, Neither Netgear nor Harman Kardon advertised that this speaker can do Alexa MRM, so enhancement requests need to be made to Netgear to make this an Alexa Multi-Room Music supported speaker.
In summary, it is not Amazon's fault here, and technically it is Harman Kardon's fault, but we need to channel enhancements through Netgear to work with Harman Kardon.