Chromecast functionality

I have no problem using my android phone to control my Sonos system, exactly as intended. I have no need for chromecast.

Who asked? That is your experience and your needs. Why would you reply just that?

Do you recognize that there are many different users and requirements that dont match your own? Or you feel you are the only one that matters in this world? 

Tell me how to do that then, if you are so confident with your speakers.

•  I want to watch netflix app on my phone and have the sound on SONOS.
• I want to listen to Google podcasts  with the sound on SONOS. 
• I want to watch my camera videos with the sound on SONOS. 
• I want to listen to whatsapp voicenotes with the sound on SONOS. 
• MANY MORE 

Dont tell me to use different apps, please spare the suggestions. I am not going to change my preferred usage just because of SONOS limitations. 

The same person who asked you.  No one.  I replied because it shows that not every android user see chromecast as a vital feature, and that there are plenty of features in Sonos without it.

I’m not sure how you could draw that conclusion from what I stated.    However, you do seem really bothered that I don’t share your view about Sonos and chromecast.

I rarely have any desire to do these things. I watch netflix on TV, unless I’m away from home, which would take Sonos out of the picture anyway.  I don’t listen to Google podcasts.  I’ve never thought the audio from camera videos needed something more than the phone’s speakers.  I don’t use whatsapp.  There have been times where I watched a youtube video and wanted better sound, and I have then cast the video to the TV and watched it there.

I didn’t tell you to do anything.  If you are dependent on chromecast, unwilling to consider other possibilities, then Sonos is clearly not for you.

I'd like to see bluetooth and Chromecast support added if the hardware supports it. With respect to the latter it's not just a Sonos issue - they're locked in a legal dispute with Google over patents, so I wouldn't hold my breath. I remember it was supported a few years ago, but I found it less reliable than native WIFI.

In any case, in defence of Sonos, they don't advertise either bluetooth support nor Chromecast for the Play and Home Theatre products. The Move supports it, as it is intended to be a portable speaker. For what it's worth, WIFI generally allows for better sound quality. Bluetooth depends very much on the capabilities of the devices connected.

The problem you’re experiencing has nothing to do with you being an Android user.

It has to do with you buying products simply based upon assumptions rather than actually reading the product features beforehand and perhaps even doing a little bit of research on the Web as well (which you’ve done after the fact rather than beforehand). To try to cover up for this, you then turn around and blame the company by making another assumption about them.

You really have nobody to blame but yourself for the situation you are in.

PS. BTW this isn’t directed at Android users as a whole, as I completely understand the desire to want a feature that works comparable to Airplay on iOS. It is essential. No doubt. That said, if you’re buying a product without researching beforehand that it has the "essential feature" that you need, you can only really blame yourself.

The new Sonos Optimo line of speakers being released this year are reported to have Bluetooth built into them. What will be interesting to see is if this will provide connectivity to your whole Sonos system (like the line in on the Play 5) or if it will just provide connectivity to just that one speaker?

Jeez people! Why the bitter attitude? Are you paid by SONOS? 

This doesn't have to be explained but here we go: Problems that users share for ANY device or software, don't apply to the overall user group but only to some (!) 

So its not a surprise that for you this is not an issue - be informed that this thread is not a poll! 

We are MANY having issues with this if you look up online or in other threads here, each with different usage needs.

So give us a break and go comment somewhere your input can be useful instead of negative?

ps. I did do my research before buying, this is not something you will typically read as a not supported feature ;)

As mentioned, another example that SONOS is not willing to put the same investment for Android, is that the Trueplay Tuning is only available in iOs… 

You came in with a bitter attitude yourself, and I’m not really seeing how you could read my messages as bitter.  And no, not paid by Sonos, as Sonos staff are clearly marked in the forums.   It shouldn’t really matter though as if I said something that’s factually inaccurate, it should be easy to refute regardless of whatever motivation I might have for making the statement.

Did you actually read your own comments and decide you were being positive while anyone who disagreed with you was negative?   The reality is that you can use and android device with Sonos quite well without chromecast.  There is no discrimination.  

There are so many protocols and features possible with smart speakers, or any smart device really, that I would highly recommend that anyone positively confirm a feature is supported if it’s crucial to them, rather than just assume it is supported when it’s not stated as ‘not supported’.

If you look at the many topics on that issue, you’ll see that there is a good reason for that, or go there and debate it if you wish.  Apple has consistent mics on their iDevices that are calibrated and well known for trueplay to be done accurate, while there is no consistency on android.  

By the way, Sonos lets you play audio files on your android device to speakers, but you cannot do the same on iDevices. You can use Google Assistant or Alexa on Sonos speakers, but you can’t use Siri. Logical reasons for both of those decisions, but don’t fit the android discrimination narrative.

All just rumors as Sonos hasn’t announced anything official yet.  The main source for this came from the same author who stated that you’d be able to use 2 Rays as rear surround upfiring speakers.  I am doubtful that Optimo speakers will be released this year, but bluetooth seems plausible since Roams can already do this...connect to BT and WiFi concurrently and share the BT audio with the rest of the Sonos system.

@Nollind .  I agree with @melvimbe‘s verdict that this is purely speculative and not to be relied on.

One thing for sure is that likening the possible Bluetooth functionality to the way the Play:5 line-in  works doesn’t really make sense.  The Line-in acts as a new source and is wired.  Bluetooth is a method of data transmission and is wireless.