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SONOS and AirPlay2 Capability

Forum|Forum|8 years ago
April 27, 2018
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I understand we will soon be able to use AirPlay2 to stream audio from a variety of iOS devices to the newer generation SONOS speakers, such as the SONOS 5, Playbar and SONOS One. If I'm correct, this will include the ability to stream the audio to those SONOS speakers from videos being viewed on these iOS devices. My question is whether you will also be able to simultaneously cast that video to an AirPlay2 enabled monitor with it being in sync with the audio. I know it would be a stretch, but if you could cast the video via some other device like ChromeCast and simultaneously use AirPlay to send the audio in sync to SONOS speakers, I would then say you are GODS! I guess I can pray it will become so! 🙂

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jgatie

Nobody knows yet. We will have to wait until the implementation is final.

Also, only the Playbase is Airplay 2 compatible. The Playbar is not.

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dpinskeyAuthor

Avid Contributor III

Thanks for that clarification

Paulw123

Virtuoso

If google assistant misses out PLAY1 because it doesn't have enough processing power, after waiting probably a year, I will despair.

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CookieNom

Lyricist III

Google assistant won't come to Play:1 for two reasons: processing power, and the fact theres no microphones in the Play:1

Airgetlam

However, I would assume that it will likely work in the same manner as the Amazon integration does, i.e. if you have a speaker that does have a microphone, you can use that to control your whole system. I suppose the real question will be if there's a "skill" that will allow you to use a google device that has a microphone to control your Sonos. I would assume yes, since that's the way it worked with Amazon.

It would be hard to imagine a different implementation.

Bruce

jgatie

Google assistant won't come to Play:1 for two reasons: processing power, and the fact theres no microphones in the Play:1

Then why can I control my Play:1 using an Echo? When Google Assistant comes, the Play:1 will be supported via a Home or a Home Mini, just like Alexa can control is via an Echo or Echo Dot.

jgatie

If google assistant misses out PLAY1 because it doesn't have enough processing power, after waiting probably a year, I will despair.

Voice control is pretty much 99% in the Cloud. If Alexa can do it on all Sonos devices, so can Google Assistant.

But that probably won't stop you from spreading rumors that it can't.

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shoturtle

Prodigy III

Google assistant won't come to Play:1 for two reasons: processing power, and the fact theres no microphones in the Play:1

Actually play 1 can be controlled by Google assitance through the yonomi app already. So it will work with Google assistant when it get that ability. I just can't see that being left out when there is a way to do it already.

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CookieNom

Lyricist III

Extrinsic support may work, but intrinsic support, the same as Alexa on the One, will probably require the newer hardware and microphones in the One, the same as Alexa

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shoturtle

Prodigy III

You do know how Google assistant works right. You know ever command you give it. Goes to the Google server. These servers are where the skills are really kept. Since the Sonos Android app works. Google home will work as well the same way.

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