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Google Home and Google Assistant with Sonos
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Sonos lost me today. I've been patiently waiting for Google Assistant Integration, but i have no trust after the latest delay. Used the early Black Friday deals to heavily buy into Google Home at discount rates. It's a real shame as I love the Sonos sound (if not the software), but there's increasingly a balance about ease of use and Smart Home integration vs. sound quality, that Sonos are on the wrong side of.
That's a request you should be making to Google, not to Sonos.
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weird... Sonos community provider Insider has this on their homepage... I got super excited but still no support I supposed. https://www.insided.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Insided_July2018%20Theme/images/platform-4-increase-traffic-with-user-generated-content-f6dd2e21ce.png?t=1543517728192&width=440&height=597&name=platform-4-increase-traffic-with-user-generated-content-f6dd2e21ce.png
Thanks, that instruction is extremely encouraging. If Sonos speakers can be added as a room, it means they will (eventually) be endpoints for any of the music services Google Home supports, and can be configured as the default speakers for Google devices such as the Home Hub. Perfect. It should also mean that Sonos speakers will be seen as ChromeCast audio targets.
Too bad Sonos has missed the holiday shopping season with this, it’s going to be a huge drag on sales.
Too bad Sonos has missed the holiday shopping season with this, it’s going to be a huge drag on sales.
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@chicks, I wouldn't recommend using that picture as a valid source of any information about the integration. We haven't shared a lot of details because development is ongoing and could change. We're hard at work on it, and can't wait to share more as soon as we can, but that image isn't based on any official Sonos details. The most recent and accurate information can be found on our blog here.
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@chicks Casting is one thing I can (and was surprised I could) do... just noticed one day on my phone (galaxy S8+) that my Sonos devices were in the list... Not overly useful for me as I don't want to be dependent on my phone to be playing the music - to me that's what's awesome about sonos... but not sure if that's what you mean by Chromecast audio targets
Most likely via UPnP, which is very limited, and has absolutely no relevance to Google Home or Chromecast...
Sigh...... Saw there was a blog post (very late) and thought something was coming but now a date to TBA sometime in 2019. Sorry Sonos, but I've had ONE since launch and this is purely a bait-n-switch at this point. My year-long benefit of doubt period has entirely elapsed.
That said, I applied to the Beta; at this point I'm sure a Beta of a G integration can't be anymore frustrating to me personally than Alexa is currently. 🙂
That said, I applied to the Beta; at this point I'm sure a Beta of a G integration can't be anymore frustrating to me personally than Alexa is currently. 🙂
From a purely mercenary view, PLEASE don't have an initial "tone" played when initiating a command sequence with "OK, Google" or other wake phrase like with the Alexa 'integration'. PLEASE!!! That tone and the subsequent ending tone ( or two tones if the command sequence was associated with smart home automation) are quite annoying and have been critiqued by multiple parties and threads.
It's entirely possible that this is a feature that isn't optional to Sonos. It may be part of a "you want to connect to our API, you have to do X & Y" kind of thing.
It's one of the reasons I believe that they've not been able to change that exact issue on the Amazon Alexa integration.
It's one of the reasons I believe that they've not been able to change that exact issue on the Amazon Alexa integration.
Excuse me, I don't find the answer the following to questions that are determining my decission to acquire a new Sonos device:
1) What will be the Google support provided by Sonos? Will it just allow us to control Sonos devices using Google Assistante from OTHER device (i.e. android smartphone, google home device...)? Or will Sonos devices provide the Google Assistance service as they currently do with Alexa?
2) When the support/integration is accomplished by Sonos, will it be available only for a new model/family of Sonos devices that should be acquired in order to have access to such support/integration? Or if I buy TODAY a Sonos device with Alexa support (i.e. the Sonos Beam) it will be ready also for Google Assistant doing just a software update?
Is there an answer for these questions today or is not clear yet accordint to the evolution of the Google integration project?
Thank you very much in advance!
Until the integration of Sonos and Google Assistant is available to everyone, Try IFTTT (If This Then That). This works beautifully with my Google Hub or Google Mini and my Sonos Play:1s and Play:5! After the services are set up on your phone or Laptop, all you need to do is say things like "Hey Google, Play David Bowie on Sonos" Wham - There it is.
https://ifttt.com/
https://ifttt.com/
Klipsch announces new soundbars with Alexa, Google Assistant, AirPlay 2, DTS and Dolby Atmos. Can they actually deliver? We’ll find out by this spring...
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/1/3/18167286/klipsch-new-smart-sound-bar-google-assistant-alexa-dolby-atmos-ces-2019
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/1/3/18167286/klipsch-new-smart-sound-bar-google-assistant-alexa-dolby-atmos-ces-2019
So how about an update, since we are past early 2019?
We just made a blog post with an update about Google Home integration with Sonos. You can read the post here.
So how about an update, since we are past early 2019?
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We don't have a roadmap to share right now, but this page has a few more details on Google Home and Sonos.
@Jeff, many thanks. I will be using that workaround with my current setup, and will wait to see what the sonos-google integration brings later in the year.
Will the integration require users to buy a new sonos device? Or will our current speakers work seamlessly with google home? My speakers are newer so they don't have a line-in option (not sure why the newer option eliminated a feature?!?!) ... help, would like to buy a soundbar but i'm not doing it until i understand how it will work with google moving forward?
Does Google integration means also Chromecast or only Google Assistant?
Yeah Sonos promised that a long time ago without a timeline doesn't make a very serious impression to me. Google Home Max sounds great though. I will wait until September and if there is no update I will sell my Sonos speakers instead of buying more.
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Yeah I guess update available before black Friday ought to be sonos final target.
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I would expect Google Home integration and Alexa updated integration to all come by late September (with as we know Airplay2 coming in July).
So I would make my guess as by October 9th.
So I would make my guess as by October 9th.
Okay. I guess I will wait until after the Holidays and see, I can live with it, it is just frustrating that we are hearing plans for Google Assistant integration for a very long time now (I was purchasing my current speakers because of the integration), yet Sonos is not updating people on what their plan is, but rather tries to compete for Apple users (AirPlay 2), real Apple fans will always purchase a HomePod, no matter what.
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I think the Apple integration involved a lot less work. Apple probably had canned code just to throw in for Airplay2 support … then they just had to test it. They didn't have to rely on Apple to do any coding on their end to make it work with their product.
Google Home support - like Alexa - gets real complicated when your talking about coding being done on both sides of the isle. So your on Google's schedule to for when they will give you time to code for your needs.
Google Home support - like Alexa - gets real complicated when your talking about coding being done on both sides of the isle. So your on Google's schedule to for when they will give you time to code for your needs.
I kind of agree with everyone's frustration albeit trying to be very compassionate and patient. We purchased several Sonos speakers before Christmas of 2017 because we were assured that the Google integration would happen in the next few months. Would be a great enhancement when it comes out... Hopefully they will stand behind the promises made and this will happen soon. Love the speakers which is really what it was originally about... now its about an integrated smart Home and opening up ourselves to IP device hacks which Im sure will happen in the future 🙂
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