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Cannot enable Microphone on two Sonos Beams

  • 6 February 2022
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Doovy
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Hi,

I've been trying to set up Google assistant on my two Beams.

Neither of them allow me to turn the Microphone on.

I have successfully added Google assistant to my Sonos One.

Although I can turn the Microphone on for my Move, I cannot add the Google assistant to it either.

Any tips would be greatly appreciated before I submit a support ticket.

All of my speakers software have been updated.

Thanks.

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Best answer by Doovy 6 February 2022, 02:26

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Doovy
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yes Spotify (paid sub) is set as the default, this was working before the fix ironically haha

 

Ken_Griffiths

Ok, found out that the issue was to do with Google Home settings - I have not used Google Home for years and there were old settings/rooms that probably conflicted with the new speakers.

They are all working now as far as Mic button and Google assistant is concerned…

However I will now try to troubleshoot why when I say “Hey Google, play music”, it opens Spotify but then replies to say that the media service is not connected...

Ah glad you’re getting there 👍 - it sounds like you need to next ensure that your chosen default music service (presumably Spotify) is set as the default service for the Google Home and that the same Spotify service/login-credentials are also added to your Sonos App. Note it requires a paid subscription service to work on Sonos. Spotify free will not work for playback using GA.  

Doovy
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Ok, found out that the issue was to do with Google Home settings - I have not used Google Home for years and there were old settings/rooms that probably conflicted with the new speakers.

They are all working now as far as Mic button and Google assistant is concerned…

However I will now try to troubleshoot why when I say “Hey Google, play music”, it opens Spotify but then replies to say that the media service is not connected...

Ken_Griffiths

I would check for any Sonos updates and then try a power off/on for the Beam (leave them off for a minute or two) and if practicable, maybe even cable them to the LAN temporarily to see if that solves the GA setup issue. If not try a reboot of the router/network and then try again.

Ken_Griffiths

Did it work for the Move?

Doovy
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Switch off auto-TruePlay on your portable Sonos device before adding your Google Assistant and see if that works for you. Then try the two Beams aswell.

There is no Treuplay option for the two Beams…
It did not work for the Beam unfortunately...

Ken_Griffiths

Switch off auto-TruePlay on your portable Sonos device before adding your Google Assistant and see if that works for you. Then try the two Beams aswell.

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