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phillipkujawa Contributor I

Sonos One Play Apple Music using Google Assistant
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Hi Folks, I recently got an email from Sonos saying that we can now play music from Apple Music using Google Assistant. However, whenever I try to play music using my Sonos One I get an error "Okay, playing music using Apple Music... I'm sorry there was an error with Sonos One". Can anyone help me...

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Turn down Assistant volume on Sonos One?
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Is it possible to turn down the Assistant volume on the Sonos One independently of the music volume? I have my Sonos One fairly loud but don't need the Assistant to shout!

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Steve Garon Contributor I

Google home mini default speaker
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I have a Google mini and a Sonos play:3 in the same room. Since the play:3 does not have voice, I have to ask the Google mini to play the music. If I just say: "hey google, play some music" the music plays on the mini which is definitely not what anyone wants... I have to say the room where the spe...

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Mike_l Contributor I

Google assistant responds on both phone and Sonos one
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I have 2 Sonos ones and a Sonos beam all in different rooms. In general they all work beautifully. I was really looking forward to google assistant since I use this with various other devices. However I've run into a problem which is if my phone (Galaxy S8) in the same room as one of my Sonos device...

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Rupes Contributor I

Cannot get Google Assistant to play music from Spotify
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I have had 2 Play:1 speakers for a while and have been controlling them with an Echo Dot. I added a Sonos One and decided to move to all Google Home devices after reading Sonos finally integrated with Google.  I added the Google Assistant as a Voice Service in the Sonos app. The Sonos One now answer...

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sampatuk Contributor I

Google Assistant stops responding/working

Hi there, I am based in Singapore and since the launch I've had real problems keeping assistant working. After a few days it will stop responding entirely, meaning I have to remove the GA/Sonos link and reinstall. This fixes the problem short term but i have to repeat the process quite often.   Can...

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AlexReaver Contributor I

Google Assistant slow to respond Sonos One
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Is anyone else finding Google Assistant very slow to respond? I have a Sonos One in Australia and with Alexa it would respond to a question in around 1s. Ever since Google Assistant was released here i find that the Google Assistant would take 3-5s to respond. Its much slower than Alexa and also c...

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Jan Clausen Contributor I

Voice
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We have a Beam in the living room, which can play all numbers I ask for from Spotify, where I have a premium membership. But the 2 Sonos One SL we have in the kitchen, can only play some bands, and tell me to  use one of my other devices (Beam). What can be wrong? I use Google assistent Br Jan 

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Phononaut Contributor I

new Google Assistant SiriusXM integration not supported?

Google just released native support for SiriusXM via the Home app.  It is listed as a “radio” service.  I can use voice commands to start and stop stations just fine on the actual google home products (Hub, mini’s etc), however when I attempt to target my Sonos system for playback I am told by Googl...

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gkavka Contributor I

google assistant: Argentina
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Somebody knows how I can use Sonos and Google assistant in Argentina. Thanks a lot!

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Felipe Celedon M Contributor I

Vincular con Google Home

Dear, When you estimate that I can link my Sonos Beam with Google Home, Spanish version.?I live in Santiago Chile. Best regards

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morn0013 Contributor I

Groups within Google Home App
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I know one can create a group of Sonos speakers within the Sonos app. What I am hoping to do is to create groups of speakers (Sonos and Google Home / Mini devices) using the Google Home app. I can see the Sonos speakers in the Google Home App as visible devices, but I can not seem to include any S...

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jezzalencko Contributor I

Google Assistant Setup issues with Sonos One (Gen2)
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Hi, I’ve seen slight variations to this issue on other threads but none that quite address it. Problem Google assistant was not working on the Sonos One speaker (the microphone was not active and not illuminated). In an attempt to resolve this issue I unlinked the Sonos from Google and tried re-link...

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goweb Contributor I

Alarm not working on Google Assistant

Alarms don't seem to be set through Google Assistant. Steps to reproduce: "Hey Google, set an alarm for xxx" Google responds that alarm is set "Hey Google, what alarms do I have set?" Google responds that no alarms have been set

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nick.ward2712 Contributor I

Setting Sonos speaker as the default speaker

Does anyone know if a future update will allow a Sonos speaker to be set as the default speaker for a google home room? Its so frustrating this option is not available on release!

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Winehound Contributor I

Group/ungroup rooms using Google Assistant
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Has anyone got a method for grouping and ungrouping Sonos rooms using Google Assistant? I've tried IFTTT etc but can't find a way.

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CMK-UK Contributor I

Google Assistant can not find One and Playbase since recent update. Anyone know how to fix this?
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Since recent update Google Assistant can't find or connect with One and Playbase and although previously the One would work with Google Assistant voice control after the update Google cannot find / connect with One. Anyone know how to fix this? 

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finnhauge Contributor I

Google Assistent
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Hei. Lurer på å kjøpe en eller flere Sonos One høyttalere. Forstår det slik at disse støtter Google Assistant. Betyr det at de kan benyttes på helt samme måte som en Google Home høyttaler? Klarer nemlig ikke å legge til Google i Sonos appen.

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Kevin Scheurwater Contributor I

Problems with Google Assistant on Sonos One
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Hello, I've owned a pair of Sonos One for about 2-3 months now and they are amazing. Especially since Google Assistant launched for Sonos speaker in the Netherlands last month. The first few weeks were very good and I had little complaints. But since 1-2 weeks Google Assistant stop responding to ev...

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6 days ago
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Eluder Contributor I

Google Assistant on Sonos One Gen2 Issues
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Recently purchased a Sonos One Gen2 to replace a Google Home in my bedroom and I've noticed that the GA support is highly suspect on the One. There are multiple issues that I'm wondering if others are experiencing: 1) No matter what volume I set the speaker, the GA's voice is the same (loud volume)...

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6 days ago
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kimmal1761 Contributor I

Speakers listed twice in Google Home/Google Assistant
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Hi, Just got a Google Home for Xmas and am trying to add my sonos speaker to it.  I’ve enabled the Google Assistant in the Sonos App however now when I go into either Google Home or Google Assistant app, each speaker is listed twice and I can’t seem to delete just one of them. Any one else experienc...

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7 days ago
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K Holmgaard Contributor I

Chose the speaker for Google Assistant in surround system
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I have a surround system with an Amp, two cabled front speakers and two Sonos One surround speakers. As default Sonos chooses the left Sonos One (surround) as the speaker used for interaction with Google Assistant. It would be more convenient for me to use the RIGHT Sonos One surround speaker for th...

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8 days ago
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Stanton15 Contributor I

Google Assistant Redirects to App Store
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When I try and link Google Assistant to my Sonos One(s) I get as far as the page that says ‘Go to your Google Assistant App’, however when I click it it redirects me to the App Store despite the Google Assistant App being installed on my phone. I have have tried uninstalling both apps, hard resett...

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9 days ago
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rogerteo Contributor II

Google assistant: I can't do that here but you can ask me to play it on one of your other devices sonos

Hi there just set up google assistant on my sonos 5.1 and two other sonos ones. Setup was smooth, but after installation, it gives the following reply whenever I ask Hey google to play music/ spotify etc. My google music services is the same spotify account as my sonos default. same for the sonos...

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9 days ago
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Doug Ames Chromatic Producer I

Yet more problems with this train wreck of GA on Sonos
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Still trying to get my GA routines working again on my Sonos Ones, but I’m just encountering one error after another that makes it difficult to even pinpoint the specific problems. That’s very frustrating!   First of all the GA routines invoked on my Sonos speakers are now failing about 30% of the t...

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