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how do i stop google assistant using tunein

  • April 15, 2022
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  • Lyricist I
  • June 13, 2023

So I don’t know whether this is down to Sonos or Google or a bit of both. Point is, it’s not been fixed for over a year, so that’s a mark down to Google and Sonos both. I found this thread when trying to work out the same thing, and was pleased to find it’s not just me. It was the latest in a series of little niggles I have found with Google Assistant, which I really wanted to like but seems to have too many glitches. There’s an easy fix, though: I switched from Google Assistant to Alexa. All problems swept away. “Alexa, play BBC Radio 4” works. “Alexa, play Guards! Guards! on Audible” also works. And the voice responses are much faster from Alexa. Sorry Google -- sort your s**t out and I might come back, but in the mean time Alexa has stolen your crown.


  • Lyricist I
  • June 13, 2023

My wife refuses to use an App to listen to the radio in the kitchen. [...] I have now [...] bought a radio for the kitchen.

Another option is to switch to Alexa. I tried that, and it works nicely.


  • Lyricist I
  • April 10, 2024

Hi everybody,

For information we now have the same issue in france with France Inter  radio ( Radio France). 

It seem’s Radio France just stop the collaboration with tunein. But sonos keep on using Tunein to stream radio. I cannot find any solution to stream France inter radio using GOOGLE Assistant on Sonos roam and when asking “ hey google play france inter” ... 


  • Lyricist I
  • May 15, 2024

What happens if you say “OK Google, play radio one on BBC Sounds’?

Doesn’t work