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hairrell Avid Contributor I

Error launching a Radio.com station via Google Assistant on Sonos One
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Via the Sonos Controller, I am able to play radio.com stations on my Sonos One speaker, which is configured with Google Assistant Voice support. However, if I say "Hey Google, play 670 The Score on radio.com" it says, "Alright, playing WSCR on radio.com" followed by "Sorry, there was an error for t...

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fredde Contributor I

sonos one and isssue Google assistant
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Have two sonos one in different room. When use alexa it works nice but when use Google assistent it not work so good. The spelare is not a stereo pair but when i talk to one spelar it Always answer in the same one. So for example  when I ask something in kitchen it answers in bedroom and it I ask in...

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JM-408 Contributor I

Sonos Working w/ Google Asst., but cannot add to my google All-Room speaker group.

Will Sonos ever allow my Sonos Speakers to be added to my Google Home Speaker Group? I have my Sonos One speakers in my bedroom working with google assistant, and able to play my Spotify play lists through google assistant commands, and that is a huge improvement. However, I have all my other sound...

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Doug Ames Chromatic Producer I

Now it's completely broken!
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I’ve been having trouble with erratic responses from GA on Sonos for days, and now it’s completely broken! I eventually tried the last resort of unlinking and relinking my Sonos account to Google. Now I can’t activate Google Assistant on my Sonos speaker at all. Google sees the speaker just fine, an...

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3 days ago
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Desperate Dan Contributor I

Google assistant on Sonos one not responding

Just set up new Sonos One with Google assistant. The Sonos controller works and I can stream radio/music through the Sonos One. If I speak to the Sonos, the music goes quiet so the microphone hears me saying 'ok google', however I get no response from Google. If I speak with my Google Assistant mobi...

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3 days ago
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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...

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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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4 days ago
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Pfisher Contributor I

google assistant and sonos play:5
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Does the play:5 take voice commands like the Sonos One? I can control what is played via my google Assistant but not speak to the play:5. 

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dabitbol Contributor I

Voice Match in GA
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Hi all, If I am not mistaken, Voice Match doesn't seem to work on the Sonos One. Is Sonos thinking of implementing it? Thanks

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Jake Uskoski Contributor I

Trouble getting Playbar to play audio for Chromecast via Google Home
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Hello! I'm trying to set up my apartment for a small, simple home theatre, but I'm running into problems with the audio. My current setup consists of a projector sitting on a shelf on the back wall, a Chromecast plugged into the projector via the HDMI port, a Google Home Mini also on the back shelf...

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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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7 days ago
dave77 Chromatic Producer I

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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8 days ago
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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...

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9 days ago
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smurph_id Contributor I

Google Assistant on Sonos Move not recognising my commands
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I’ve just got a sonos move and have set it up where i used to have a google home.   The google home used to work quite well. I could play music, get weather/jokes, ask questions. It would recognise my voice, and that of my wife and son.   I configured my sonos move and now its terrible! It recognise...

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PSMARR Contributor I

Unable to play music from Google Play Music
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I have connected Google Play Music to SONOS.  I try to cast my music from my Samsung device using Google Play Music to one of my SONOS speakers and I get an error message “Can’t play this song, upload it to Play Music from your computer”.  When I select cast again it shows as casting but nothing is...

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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...

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Phononaut Contributor II

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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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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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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10 days ago
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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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11 days ago
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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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11 days ago
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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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12 days ago
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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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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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