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RiniVanZeeland
Contributor I
September 7, 2017
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IOS drama: direct cast music from the Google Music app to my Sonos system not possible

  • September 7, 2017
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Instead of the Android users it is not possible for IOS users to direct cast music from the Google Music App to the Sonos system. I think this is terrible and a drama. When is this made possible?
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    Kumar
    September 7, 2017
    I did not say it is possible, and although I don't have an iPhone, I am sure you are correct. All I said is that unlike in the case of Apple Music, in using Google Play Music via the Sonos Controller, nothing is lost as compared to using the Google app and casting it to Sonos.

    I have Apple Music as well on my Android, and it won't cast to Sonos, only Google Play will. But with Apple Music there is an advantage in using the Apple app because loving the tracks is only possible via the app, but not in the Sonos controller.

    Based on the above, I don't see the "drama". What am I missing?
    RiniVanZeelandAuthor
    Contributor I
    September 7, 2017
    The drama is, that I would love to cast music from the Google music app on my Iphone to my Sonos system, which is not possible
    Kumar
    September 7, 2017
    Yes, I see that. But to repeat a question asked, what do you lose by using the Sonos Controller to play Google Music, that is serious enough to justify calling this a drama.
    RiniVanZeelandAuthor
    Contributor I
    September 7, 2017
    In the Sonos Controller it's not possible to shuffle my entire library (30k songs)! Perhaps that's also an Apple problem, but that doesn't bring me much further
    Kumar
    September 7, 2017
    As I said, I have no trouble shuffling my Sonos playlists, some of which are more than 3000 tracks. I have never tried loading all my music into one playlist, but I did that just now for my 20,000 songs just to check and they can be played in shuffled mode in a second.
    Where is the drama?!
    RiniVanZeelandAuthor
    Contributor I
    September 7, 2017
    When I try to do this, I get an error. The information from Sonos I received is that this error occurs because there is a limit of 1,000 songs p/playlist! So, probably it is the best to use Google Music on an Android phone, and Apple Music (or Spotify) on Iphone. But that's not what I want
    Skelton
    Prodigy I
    September 7, 2017
    I'm not positive, but I think this is a limitation of the Google Music app on iPhones. There's nothing Sonos can do to remedy that.

    You can confirm this by simply trying to perform the same action through your phones speaker with the Google Music app.
    RiniVanZeelandAuthor
    Contributor I
    September 7, 2017
    @Skelton, If I use the Google Music app on my phone without Sonos (so using the phones speaker) then shuffling of my music library is not a problem! That works perfectly
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