Google Assistant and Sonos

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bej432 Contributor I

Google Assistant will not play Spotify on Sonos Speakers

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I just updated my Sonos system and Google Assistant to control my Sonos speakers. I am getting an error when I ask Google to play Spotify in any room. It states Spotify is unavailable. When I ask google to play Spotify on the Mini home, It works perfectly. I have unlinked and relinked both accounts...

Jp2378 Contributor I

Sonos and Google Assistant not connecting

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Please help. I've been waiting for this, and now when Sonos controller tries to connect to Google Assistant, no devices are found. I have unplugged everything, restarted phone, tried several things and still not connecting to Google Assistant on my 2 Sonos Ones. What do I do? I have lost an hour and...

totom Avid Contributor I

Chromecast functionality

Why is Sonos lacking the Chromecast functionality, which basically every 100€ WiFi speaker has. It makes it impossible to use YouTube music ( you have to open the Sonos controller and control it from there instead of just pressing the cast button) and it makes using the Google Assistant unnecessaril...

Sergio Nesbitt Contributor I

Multiple Accounts and Google Assistant

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So my wife and I just bought a Sonos Beam and got it setup. Admittedly we did little research before this purchase, we just learned that Google Assistant was added and thought it would be a nice addition and a perfect way to start our road to building out a nice sound system for our home... Unfortu...

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...

Roman_3 Contributor I

Cannot group Sonos system with Google Home devices

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Sonos, After all this waiting. And after multiple articles. And after multiple phone calls to your service reps (including today), I’m now being told that you cannot group your Sonos system devices with your Google Home devices (after being told for months and more than a year that the aid be able...

jack_vancouver Contributor I

Google assistant music play back issues

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Help! Google assistant works fine on my Sonos system for everything except music playback. Assistant music playback works fine on all other devices in the house, just not Sonos. Weather, general web enquiries all work fine, but here’s an example of the music problem: ”hey google, play Mumford an...

Jeff1968 Contributor I

Google Sonos suisse

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Bonjour,Pouvez vous m’expliquer pourquoi Google mini fonctionne en Suisse et pas sur Sonos ?Merci a vous

Ashley63 Contributor I

google assistant in canaries

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Does anyone have any idea when google assistant will be available in the canaries so I can use it in our holiday home. In the canaries (Tenerife) I have a beam and two Ones.

jnak Prominent Collaborator I

Using Assistant with Spotify and Tile

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I use Assistant on my Pixel 2XL. I also use it on a Sonos One, which is used by my whole household. We use Spotify for music. I originally had my Spotify account linked to my Google account on the Sonos, but quickly found that if someone else used the Sonos while I was listening to Spotify elsewh...

Ravica3 Avid Contributor I

Can you add a Sonos One to Google Home without installing Google Assistant on it?

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Just purchased a Sonos One (Gen 1) for the bedroom mostly for my wife’s use. She likes use voice commands but being Sono’s doesn’t recognize voice, it ‘doesn’t access her personal Spotify account.For the time being I was going to keep the Google Home in the room to recogize wife’s voice and play mus...

Saretta Contributor I

Google Assistant Italia

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Buongiorno Community,voi sapete se Sonos One è compatibile con google assistant in Italia?Non riesco a trovare informazioni aggiornate!Grazie per l’aiuto!

Mi9htymik3 Contributor I

Sonos One Stereo Paired with Google Assistant

I was celebrating when finally Google assistant update landed here in UK.quickly changed over voice assistance from Alexa to this.But then.. It knocks off the Right speakers mic as i set my sonos on stereo pair. Has this issue been patched up yet from an update? Left is the dominant speaker when c...

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...

Bigskull Avid Contributor I

Assistant updates?????

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HiWe've now had assist enabled for quite some time and I was wondering if there was an update in the pipeline that could add basic features that should have been there from the get go, such as:Voice match (come on, an obvious feature)Assistant on both a stereo pair (as with Alexa)An ability to shuff...

djnova Contributor III

Google Assistant and Room Control

I just got a Beam, and I'm enjoying it so far. The only annoying thing is that I can't get the Google assistant to handle a voice command to play music in all rooms. I have 3 other Sonos rooms, and when I say "Hey Google, play Miles Davis everywhere", she says she doesn't understand. And when I...

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...

Ditsy Trending Lyricist I

Enable both Alexa and Google Assistant

We are not able to enable both these voice assistants but are forced to choose. I'm sure I'm not the only one assuming Amazon, Google or both companies are actively preventing us from enabling both at the same time. I have however seen media reports that Sonos have publicly stated this is to enhance...

dcollens Contributor I

Sonos one frequently stops working with internet

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"I have a Sonos One and am using the Google interface. Frequently now it tells me that it cannot reach the internet. I have to power it down and back on again to get it to interface properly. Any assistance with this problem would be appreciated."

Ryan365 Contributor I

Only one Mic works on a stereo pair of ones with Google assistant?

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Is this normal? If so this is awful. It's exactly why I've never been able to use them for surround sound with the beam and alexa. My room is very long, now I have to shout all the way across when I'm at the other end of the room.

alexander.sintorn Contributor I

gruppera google mini

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Hello, Today I use the Google Assistant / Google mini to play music on my Sonos system. So I'm wondering if I can also add the Google Mini Speaker to my Sonos system. Ie Add it to a room or group. /Alex

RowanBink Contributor I

Google home vs Sonos one in controlling Tradfri

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Okay, I have noticed a strange behavior: If I issue the command "*lamp name* x%" to my google home, it replies with a chime and sets that specific (Ikea tradfri) light to x% brightness. If I issue the same command to my Sonos one, It replies with a web search reply. Which is useless to me . I a...

chicks

Google Home now allows switching stream via voice command

Except to Sonos devices. Sigh. https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/10/08/google-home-stream-transfer/?amp

Lozzfromoz Contributor I

Spotify on Sonos Beam with Google Assistant

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I am trying to play music on my Sonos Beam using Google Assistant. I have a Spotify Premium account. When I ask assistant to play anything (song, playlist, artist) on Spotify, it initially says "sure, playing xxx" and then after a pause says, "sorry, the requested media content isn't available for y...

Ravica3 Avid Contributor I

Sonos One 1st Gen and Google Assistant performance question

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I currently have Sonos One's 2nd Gen in my theater setup. I've been researching and pondering what speakers to put in the rest of the house. I've been endlessly changing my mind but think I'm leaning towards the Sonos One and I've seen some 1st Gens with decent prices. I do not have experience with...

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