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totom
Avid Contributor I
May 25, 2019 8:43 AM UTC

Chromecast functionality

Why is Sonos lacking the Chromecast functionality, which basically every 100€ WiFi speaker has. It makes it impossible to use YouTube music ( you have to open the Sonos controller and control it from there instead of just pressing the cast button) and it makes using the Google Assistant unnecessarily cumbersome. You have to specify the speaker after a voice command instead of being able to simply set Sonos as a default speaker. That not enough, it also makes it impossible to cast all audio to Sonos. Sonos always talks about being open and support all platforms, yet after waiting a year longer than Airplay 2 users (which got supported as soon as the service got released), we get a shitty, half-assed service lacking basic functionality. Sonos basically incentivizes people to switch to Google Home Max et al, to use get the full capability from the services.
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    rchris444
    Lyricist I
    Dec 3, 2019 6:02 PM UTC

    Sonos please add a casting feature to Sonos from andriod/google home, much appreciated

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      BPmaine
      Contributor I
      Dec 5, 2019 11:12 AM UTC

      The price on Homepods have dropped to 180-199.  It makes a nice speakerphone and the sound on mine seems equivalent to the Sonos One SL.   Since both are Airplay2 speakers thst don’t play well with Android and ChromeOS devices, I’m keeping the Homepod since it has more iOS and MacOS integration features for the Apple half of the family.

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      pravinjana
      Lyricist I
      Dec 5, 2019 3:13 PM UTC

      Bought a beam and found out that I can't cast. Plus one for chromecast support.

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        Gardie
        Lyricist I
        Dec 14, 2019 4:42 PM UTC

        I want to buy a Sonos system, but won’t do it without Chromecast support. 4 out of 5 mobile phones in my family is on Android. Some services we use don’t support either AirPlay or Sonos, only Chromecast, so it’s an absolute requirement. There’s no other systems out there that I really want though, so I’m very likely to buy a Sonos system if Chromecast support is introduced not to far off in the future.
         

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          nik9669a
          Senior Virtuoso
          Dec 14, 2019 4:55 PM UTC

          Sonos don’t pre-announce too much, so if Chromecast is on it’s way, or if it’s imminent, the general public don’t yet know. I believe Sonos still support a feature called On this Device which allows music on an Android device to play on Sonos speakers including Beam and One, amongst others. That may meet your needs?

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          Gardie
          Lyricist I
          Dec 14, 2019 6:27 PM UTC

          I thought you could already do that, and it would be nice, but that’s not really it. What I would need, is full Chromecast audio support, so that apps that support to cast their audio via Chromecast, can discover and cast to the Sonos system.

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            nicholaaaas
            Lyricist II
            Dec 20, 2019 2:37 PM UTC

            Here’s the bottom line. We know it supports casting. Otherwise casting from Google Play Music wouldn’t work. So I don’t want to hear the excuse that they don’t have the hardware for it. They do. They need to finish baking it in. It’s completely unacceptable for a 400 speaker not to have such a basic function. Wish I save the box, because without the ability to cast it’s complete crap for me

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            luke777
            Contributor I
            Dec 21, 2019 7:34 PM UTC

            yes it is ridiculous that Sonos doesn't have Chromecast in 2020!!!!

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              Kumar
              Dec 22, 2019 1:07 AM UTC

              Sonos accepts casts from Amazon Music and Spotify native apps, and perhaps more I don't know about, but it does not from You Tube or Apple Music. Where has the ball dropped for the latter two? In whose court?

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              mrcsonos
              Contributor I
              Dec 22, 2019 2:12 PM UTC

              Without full Google Home accessibility...just doesn't’ seem to work for me...probably going to return them.

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