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Sonos Play:1 and Google Assistant
I have Google Home and a Sonos Play:1 speaker. Sonos says that in 2018 the Sonos speakers will be compatible with Google Assistant but will that be a software change that will allow me to use my current speaker with Google Assistant or will I have to purchase a new Sonos speaker in order to be able to use the Assistant with Sonos? Does anybody know this yet?
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Anxiously waiting for Google Home / assistant Integration. Alexa is weak in comparison in pretty much every way unless you shop on Amazon.
Hello there, rhgibson. Thanks for posting and welcome to the Community. When we introduced Sonos One back in October, we also announced plans to integrate Google Assistant support into Sonos. Outside of the announcement, we do not have any other news to share. Stay tuned!
Come on Sonos, pull your finger out and get the Google Assistant compatibility rolled out! I've got 4 Sonos speakers in the house and I haven't used them for months now I've started adding Google Home's... 😠
Waiting, waiting Sonos. Google assistant compatibility is a must have if we are to purchase more units
Yeah Sonos...this Google home stuff is awesome. I'd suggest ppl buy this over Sonos system as you guys don't integrate with Google home. My Sonos speakers (X3) are feeling Ike old technology. This could be the death of Sonos...hurry up.
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They stand by their Product and they do what they say. But they have not given a release date. We speculate it will Be this summer but that is pure speculation. I don’t believe anyone here thinks it will be before then nor has Sonos given any indication it would be very soon.
Google is the originator of Google Assistant (hence the name!) and therefore the rights holder (as is Amazon with Alexa/Audible and Apple with Airplay2, by the way!).
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They have promised google home support this year. What else do you want them to promise? They gave what they are doing and the timeframe. As others have said it is a partnership with google and requires them working on googles timeline as well.
Thanks for your reply, MikeGeo. My question though was regarding a Sonos Play:1 rather than a Sonos One. They are not the same speaker. So I'm hoping that I will be able to control my current Sonos Play:1 using my current Google Home device, only needing a software update for my Play:1 rather than having to purchase a Sonos One.
I purchased 2 Sonos One speakers and am also waiting for an update that enabled Google Assistant. Sonos please also allow Sonos speakers to be grouped with other Google Home speakers for audio playback.
For that matter...please allow Sonos One speakers to also be in a stereo pair with Sonos Play:1 speakers.
For that matter...please allow Sonos One speakers to also be in a stereo pair with Sonos Play:1 speakers.
I came here to ask this exact question. I have Chromecast, Google Home and Sonos throughout my house. I would love to bridge both worlds. My Sonos right now sits unused as the Google Home is so useful. And the Chromecast are hooked up to decent speakers so the ball is in your court Sonos. Do I expand my Sonos ecosystem, or do I go all Chromecast? HURRY UP!
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I've always thought Google Home support would be spring/summer timeframe. Being Alexa just rolled out end of last year I have always assumed google would be about 6 months behind it (which is about 2 normal development cycles for Sonos).
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Exactly as you all feel, that Google is a far better unit and Sonos jumped straight into bed with Alexa inneptica
Sorry, Sonos never announces dates. If that is your conditional, I'm afraid you have set yourself up to have no option but to sell.
I'm not sure not giving firm release dates is not standing by your product. One thing I do know, if they give a firm date before they are ready to, and then miss it because of forces beyond their control, I know the same people will be in here saying they don't stand by their product.
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Blackberry also missed a lot of deadlines and walked back in promises.
Sonos has never walked back from a promise. They don’t promise specific dates but they follow through on what they say they are doing. You have to look at the track record before dismissing them.
Sonos has never walked back from a promise. They don’t promise specific dates but they follow through on what they say they are doing. You have to look at the track record before dismissing them.
Sonos is a platform. They cannot simply add Google Assistant. This is something Google has to agree to put into place. Sonos has stated that they have a deal to add this service, but ultimately it is up to Google, not just Sonos, as to when it can be implemented.
Access to the codebase of Google Home requires administrative privileges during the integration development, which requires Sonos bowing (low) to Google's terms and schedules.
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He isn’t going to listen to any sensibility in this. Fact is people should make purchase decisions on what systems do here and now not future developments. If Sonos today doesn’t accomplish what he wants he should look elsewhere.
Of course there is no other system that integrates with google so not sure where he plans to go other than just a regular google device. If is is so darn simple why does no one else have this ability that Sonos is working on.
As we have seen from the alexa development - most of the essential pieces of coding are required to be done on the amazon/google side.
Of course there is no other system that integrates with google so not sure where he plans to go other than just a regular google device. If is is so darn simple why does no one else have this ability that Sonos is working on.
As we have seen from the alexa development - most of the essential pieces of coding are required to be done on the amazon/google side.
And yet you're happy to assume there is a delay, and that Sonos is the cause of it. But for the sake of argument, let's say there is a delay, and that Sonos is at fault for the delay. Why would Sonos want to advertise this mistake to their customers since they still can complete the integration within the timeframe they promised the customers? Just to appease the customers who want to know why things aren't happening better than promised?
Let's say there is a delay and it's Google's fault. What kind of partner would Sonos be if they threw Google under the bus like that?
Out of curiosity, do you feel the same way regarding Apple? They promised the Homepod released before Christmas 2017 and missed it by a couple months, with not all of the promised features available.
I get it though. Customers don't have to wait for the integration if they don't want to, especially if they believe there are other viable options for them out there. It really doesn't matter what the reasons are.
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HomePod. They still haven’t finished it. They released it to make stockholders happy and haven’t even figured out airplay2.
I have actually seen people come on the board complaining that Sonos hasn’t released airplay2 support.l or given a timeframe. I mean - Really? Sometimes you just want to beat your head on the wall the way some people act.
I have actually seen people come on the board complaining that Sonos hasn’t released airplay2 support.l or given a timeframe. I mean - Really? Sometimes you just want to beat your head on the wall the way some people act.
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I curious what the viable alternatives are being Sonos is “hypothetically dragging their feet”
Well I know one thing, Airplay 2 support for Sonos is most definitely not Sonos' fault (despite the Appleheads' claims).
Okay, thank you, for your reply.
I expect that to mean that other than Sonos One, integration will still be enabled via software on all other speakers, but via Google front end devices like the Mini. Exactly as it applies to the Alexa integration.
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