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FlukerJuker
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January 4, 2018
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Google assistance and Sonos speakers

  • January 4, 2018
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Once Google Assistance becomes available on Sonos, should it be able to use Play:1 speakers? Also I would think if you own a Android cell phone it should be able to emulate a Google Home Mini. Comments welcomed!
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    FlukerJukerAuthor
    Contributor I
    January 6, 2018
    Agree 😃 seems like an easy software add.. I said easy ops nothing easy in tech world!
    Kumar
    January 6, 2018
    I agree that nothing is as easy as it often looks. But it is odd that Google, that has all the required bits of hardware and software in its empire: phones+OS+Music service+Cloud storage, is not able to do this with Sonos before Amazon that does not have two of these bits - they don't have an OS like Android and they don't do smartphones, so they had to invent the Echo/Dot hardware.
    Using a phone for voice command of all music play would also be less demanding of mic performance for being always a lot closer to the voice commanding person than to the music producing speakers, something that presents a challenge for both Sonos One and Echo/Dots. A phone based system would not need the much touted "7 mics with far field performance" in Echo/Dots, that can still be hit or miss once music is playing.
    FlukerJukerAuthor
    Contributor I
    January 6, 2018
    Great line of reason for why Google should have this offering in the marketplace before Amazon.
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