Virtuoso

New Google Home Hub

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October 10, 2018
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google home hub looks interesting.
https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/google-home-hub

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Jeff S

Retired Sonos Staff

google home hub looks interesting.
https://www.techradar.com/uk/reviews/google-home-hub

Thanks for sharing, Paulw123.

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GeorgeGGGG

Lyricist I

I just received mine, however no Sonos support 😠

Airgetlam

What Sonos support were you looking for, and from whom?

Bruce

chicks

The killer feature for these devices would be to allow voice control to display what’s playing while casting to Sonos speakers. Echo Show doesn’t support Alexa Cast, sadly. Even the Amazon Music app won’t Alexa Cast when music is voice-selected.

Hopefully, this new Google screen will allow casting while displaying under voice control, but I’ve not been able to confirm that. If it does, and Sonos finally integrates Google Home, it will be a great thing, but not holding my breath.

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GeorgeGGGG

Lyricist I

OK Google ' Play The Killers in the Living Room' and music starts to play not on my chromecast plugged into my TV conected to my Sonos but just comes through my Sonos speakers to play the music. Simple really - i can add a light bulb to google home, why not a sonos speaker?

I am less concerned for google home on sonos 1 as the alexa implementation on that wasnt really up to scratch and TV shows kept being muted.

chicks

OK, confirmed that these will display what's playing, started by voice command, while the sound emanates from another speaker. Sadly, that speaker can't (yet) be Sonos, but here's hoping that will be available VERY soon. The display stays active the entire tine music is playing. Perfect!

Your turn, Sonos!

chicks

BTW, only music/news plays to the configured default speaker. Ordinary responses play on the Home Hub. Google has put a lot of thought into this device.

Once Sonos’ integration is complete, I’ll be replacing the Ones with a pair of Play:1s (assuming the Play:1s will be Cast targets) as the Hub will handle voice input. The cost difference covers a good portion of the cost of the Hub, for a near perfect kitchen / dining room system.