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rhgibson
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December 31, 2017
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Sonos Play:1 and Google Assistant

  • December 31, 2017
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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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      Best answer by Kumar
      we also announced plans to integrate Google Assistant support into Sonos.
      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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      paisore
      Lyricist III
      March 27, 2018
      Cannot believe that this is still not done. I am giving Sonos 1 more month to announce a date before putting all my speakers up for sale.
      jgatie
      jgatie
      March 27, 2018
      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.
        paisore
        Lyricist III
        March 27, 2018
        Hi jgatie, that is the power of being a consumer, if a company is not willing to stand by their product then I have the power to replace it for myself. When enough people do it and their share price and sales number drop they will wake up. Let’s not forget the bad PR this causes there is no up side for them...
        Chris
        Chris
        Lead Maestro
        March 27, 2018
        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.
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          jgatie
          jgatie
          March 28, 2018
          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.
            paisore
            Lyricist III
            March 28, 2018
            I unfortunately see it differently, Blackberry also "Stood by their product" and was late to the app game which rendered their product sub-par. This is what we are seeing... But i respect your opinion.
            Chris
            Chris
            Lead Maestro
            March 28, 2018
            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.
            Respect the Queue (2)Move (3)Beam (1) Era100 (2)ARC (1)SonosOne (1)Playbar (4)Play5 (4)Play1 (3)Play3 (1)Port (2)Connect (1) Roam (2) Ace (1)Connect:Amp (4)Sonos Amp (1)Sub + (9) Echo + Smartthings; (2)Play)
              paisore
              Lyricist III
              March 28, 2018
              Hi Chris, I agree it is hard to break a promise when you do not make a promise... Like I said before, if you feel that this is acceptable then I respect your opinion, I personally feel that giving 1 year as a potential timeline is excessive in today's fast moving technology world.
              wds0001
              Prodigy I
              March 28, 2018
              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.
                paisore
                Lyricist III
                March 28, 2018
                Hi wds0001, if that is indeed the case then they could communicate this to their clientele. I have not seen this stated anywhere...
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