Google Assistant and Sonos

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perrymasterflexContributor I
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Move 2 loses Google Assistant

I was quite frankly shocked that the new and improved Move 2 actually has diminished functionality compared to its predecessor. It’s jarring to discover that a new generation of technology is less integrated, less compatible and less useful. Like many in this community, I’ve set up a vast wireless system complete with several smart devices and Sonos has always been an integral component to controlling the entire system. I hope that this will be resolved, otherwise perhaps the original Move and all of the older Google Assistant compatible Sonos speakers are the better solution. This is a real shame since great audio quality is what we’re here for, but not without the utility we’ve come to expect from Sonos. Thanks so much.Perry

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melvimbe
4 months ago
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Om4ck4Contributor I
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Adding Era 100 to google home

I cannot conect my Sonos Era 100 with my google home. They writed: not supported in czech republic.Can help me?

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Ken_Griffiths
3 hours ago
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chuckjjonesContributor I
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Getting rid of Google talk back on Sonos Beam

Hi All, I have a Sonos beam and I use Google assistant.  I would like to get the assistant to not repeat the command or describe what it is doing. For example if I say “Hey Google, turn out all the lights” it will say “Alright, turning off all the lights” and also do the command. Is there anyway for it to do just the command and not talkback and say “Alright turning off all lights”  My partner is going crazy and to be honest I find it a little annoying as well. Depending on what sound level it's on it's either extremely loud or very soft. Any help would be much appreciated. 

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9 days ago
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Sarah501Contributor I
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how do i stop google assistant using tunein

I listen to my music through Sonos speakers and use Google assistant on  hubs to voice control these.Up until this week BBC radio was available on TuneIn the radio app which Sonos used to radio stations. This now doesn't work which is fine as it advised I linked BBC sounds . I can listen to the BBC through the Sonos app all good. Problem is if I ask assistant to play BBC  radio 1 on sonos the reply is " playing BBC radio 1 from tune in " this results in silence .  I've deleted TuneIn from Sonos and it's still doing it. Even if I use the command "play BBC radio 1 from BBC" it either doesn't understand or just gives the same playing from TuneIn reply.  It also does it for all stations like radio X or heart . What command can I use or change stop assistant using TuneIn ?Thanks sarah

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Doug AmesHeadliner I
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And the voice announce problem just got worse...

Several months ago Google Assistant started responding “I didn’t understand” to commands in Google automation routines that were supposed to announce something on the initiating Sonos speaker. This bug is still present and I don’t think it was ever acknowledged or addressed by Sonos or Google. Only Sonos speakers are affected - all other Google Assistant speakers continue to perform this action just fine. Fortunately there was a workaround in the case of routines that are only ever used on the Sonos speaker: modify the routine to always make the announcement specifically on the Sonos speaker rather than “on the initiating speaker”.Today things got worse. Google Assistant on Sonos has started responding “I didn’t understand” even when the announcement in the routine is specifically sent to the Sonos speaker.I guess this is the next step in Google trying to put the screws to Sonos and Sonos trying to abandon Google Assistant?

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20 days ago
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AudioJackContributor I
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Google Assistant Setup fails with "Register your speakers"

My Soundbar Beam Gen. 2 is registered with my account. I checked on the Sonos Website.Bug occurs in the Android 14 app (Google Pixel 8).See Screenshot: 

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23 days ago
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JosefiinessContributor I
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Can’t find google assistant in sonos app

I got my first Sonos today and when setting it up i I am having some problems with adding Google Assistant. I’m following the guide by Sonos, and when I’m on the page where you add music services or voice assistant, the only options to choose from under ”voice” is Alexa or Sonos voice control.Am i doing something wrong? I’ve looked trough the entire Sonos app, Google assistant and home app and have been googling for an hour now. 

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Airgetlam
25 days ago
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AllloowContributor I
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Sonos one gen 2 - cannot connect Google Assistant

I just bought Sonos One and trying setup google assistant on my android phone using S2 updateI did following steps:Start connecting to google assistant when google device wizard appears (sometimes it dont) it redirect me to sonos site which promts me information about how can i open settings when I am pressing continue, I am seeing message that my speaker was not registered in my sonos account  When i am checking my web account page, it clearly shows me date when my device has been registered. I cannot register it manually again. I am stuck at this stepI am hoping to find help here,  i checked other similar topics they seems like had different issues 

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Airgetlam
1 month ago
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User174763Contributor I
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Google Assistant Commands Not Working With Spotify

For the past few months, I’ve been able to start playing music using Google Voice commands on my Sonos One, however, I’m unable to stop playing music once it begins playing. I ask Google Assistant to stop playing and it replies, “Nothing is playing right now.” Funny enough, I can ask it what song is playing, and it will provide that information. I unlinked Spotify from my Sonos app and Google Assistant app. I also unlinked Sonos from the Google Home app. I then reset my Sonos One and configured everything from scratch, however, no luck. I submit diagnostics to Sonos, but they said they don’t see anything wrong. The only thing that works to stop playing music is ending the session from the Spotify app or the Sonos app. This is frustrating - just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.

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Corry P
1 month ago
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User174763Contributor I
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Google Assistant Commands to Stop Playing Music Not Working With Spotify

For the past few months, I’ve been able to start playing music using Google Voice commands on my Sonos One, however, I’m unable to stop playing music once it begins playing. I ask Google Assistant to stop playing and it replies, “Nothing is playing right now.” Funny enough, I can ask it what song is playing, and it will provide that information. I unlinked Spotify from my Sonos app and Google Assistant app. I also unlinked Sonos from the Google Home app. I then reset my Sonos One and configured everything from scratch, however, no luck. I submit diagnostics to Sonos, but they said they don’t see anything wrong. The only thing that works to stop playing music is ending the session from the Spotify app or the Sonos app. This is frustrating - just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this.

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1 month ago
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repress-capita-narcosesContributor I
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Google telling me Spotify Premium isn't available

I have a Spotify Premium family plan and have multiple Spotify accounts linked to Sonos. I also have Google Assistant linked to each of those accounts and Voice Match set up. It all works fine except for my wife; every time she asks the Sonos speaker to play music, the speaker responds saying something like “got it, playing blah blah blah on Spotify” and then: Sorry, it looks like Spotify Premium isn’t currently available. Please try again later. This does NOT occur with Google speakers in the home. When she asks the Sonos speaker “who am I” it tells her her name just fine, so I know Voice Match is working. And I can ask it myself to play music without a problem.I’ve tried:factory reset speaker unlink and re-link Spotify from Sonos unlink the Sonos speaker from Google and re-link it remove Google and Sonos permissions from Spotify in the web UI and relinking everything doing all of the above but with an Android device instead of iOS checking to make sure there’s only one Google Home ch

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1 month ago
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Dante665Contributor I
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Google Assistant connection “register your speakers”

I have just bought a beam gen 2. I’m trying to setup the Google assistant but it seems to just loop in circles saying I need to “register your speakers” I have everything on my Google and Sonos account correct so is there something I’m missing? 

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Corry P
1 month ago
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daviebeeContributor I
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Can Google Assistant Listen from multiple speakers ?

I have an Arc in my “TV room” and a pair of One’s (R + L) in my “Kitchen”.  In the Sonos app, these are in rooms with these names.  With Alexa, I was able to speak to any speaker in either room.  However, I’m trying to switch to Google Assistant and appear to be able to only speak to one speaker (currently the right one in the kitchen).When I try to add GA to the Arc via the Sonos app, it recognises the Arc but when I click “Open Google Assistant App”, it says “There was a problem adding Google Assistant”.  I’ve got the latest Sonos, Google Home and Google Assistant Apps.  I’ve tried linking and unlinking in Sonos and Google Home.  In Google home, I can see the Sonos speakers in their respective rooms.  I can ask GA on the kitchen speaker to play music in the TV room and it works.  I just can’t add GA to the Arc so I have to shout to the speaker in the kitchen.Is this normal (i.e. a limitation) or am I missing something ?  I don’t want to add a separate Google device as I would expect

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krokkContributor I
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Can't broadcast to Sonos One with Google Assistant

Hey everyone, I have a new Sonos One that works great aside from this issue I am having with Google Home/Assistant integration.  When I try to broadcast a message to the Sonos One located in the bedroom (either through the Assistant app or via voice command to my Google Nest Mini, which is in a different room), I get an error that there is “nothing named X in your account”, or something to that effect, so the message is unable to be broadcast. This happens regardless of whether I try to broadcast to the room (“Main Bedroom”) or to the device itself (“Main Bedroom speaker”), confirming the exact name of the room and speaker, respectively. Other Assistant features seem to be working fine; for instance, I can make commands from the Sonos One using “Hey Google” and play music on the Sonos One with a voice command from the Nest Mini. There are several old threads on this issue, all of which seem to point to this sequence in the Sonos app as a solution: Settings>Room Settings>(Select R

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2 months ago
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WannContributor I
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Cant add Sonos skill to google assistant "Register speakers"

Today I removed connection to Sonos from the Google Home app (I have 9 speakers). I added it again in the Google Home app and it all worked. At this point i noticed that a few of my speakers had Google assistant missing. I tried to add it from the Sonos app, and it did not work. I decided to remove the connection from Google Home app and re-add it, and this failed with the following error message: "Register your speakersYou need to link speakers to your myemail@hotmail.com Sonos account before you can add this skill.Go to More > Settings > Account Settings in the Sonos app. (If you don't see Sonos Account, your Sonos system needs an update.)" I have the system working with all the speakers and thet seem registered on the Sonos webpage.I have tried everything. Rebooted my network totally, rebooted my sonos system, deleted and re-created my home in Google home, but it all results in the same error. The Sonos tech support guy in the chat told me to remove all Sonos devices from Goog

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2 months ago
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GhanjoContributor I
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Unable to connect to Google Home / Google Assistant

 I have two IKEA Symfonisk, and I am trying to connect them to my Google Home.When I try to connect them, Google Home sends me to the Sonos website to log in. Then I get a message that I need to connect the speakers to my account, even though the speaker system is already on my account, and I am logged in on the Sonos app When I try to move on from this page, I get a new message saying I need to update the Sonos app, but then I am stuck because the app is already fully updated. If I click the update button, it opens the Sonos app and nothing else happens.I tried reaching out to customer support, but they were unable to help me.Anyone know how to fix this? 

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helloiamdaveContributor I
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Google Home Mini Voice Not Working

Trying to use voice commands thru the google home mini (gen1) to my pair of One SL's. Can't get the Sonos App to see the Google Home Mini. From the Google Assistant app I am able to link the Sonos speaker, names also match. Sonos "add a third party smart..." link simply opens the quick help instructions. Youtube Music on Sonos app and Google Assistant app are both logged in but all voice commands just play music on the Google Home Mini itself. After endless fiddling I was able to use the Google Home app manual up/down, play, pause buttons to control the Sonos but no voice commands seem to work. TIA! 

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2 months ago
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mikeymousegodContributor I
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Google Assistant - Register your speakers

Hello,I have an issue with Google Assistant, it worked really well in the past but now, when I try to link my account, I have the error message “You need to link speakers to your Sonos account”. I already have my speakers linked to my account. I tried to reset all my system (Beam 2 + Sub Mini) and deleted all apps (Sonos, Google Home, Google Assistant) and reinstall these but nothing work. Could you help me with that ? Thank you,

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No23Contributor I
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Sonos Products dont connect to Google Assistant

I am trying to setup google assistant on my Living Room setup (Beam +2xOne) and my move and always get the same Error message in the Sonos App: “There was a problem adding Google Assistant”. Initially it was working in the living room, but in the process of figuring out where the problem is I destroyed the link somehow. I did remove the sonos devices from google home and tried again, i restarted the systems… just dont know what else i can try. Christoph

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RasmusskContributor I
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Not able to connect to google assistant

Hi, Im not able to pair my sonos speaker with google assistent… I discussed this with your customer support a few days ago. They told me, that they would fix the issue and that i would be able to call you the day after Saturday ( you a closed- so thanks for that) How ever im still not able to connect my sonos to google assistent. I im able to add them in the app but i cant use the funtion on the sonos or in the app 

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Ken_Griffiths
2 months ago
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YoadMContributor I
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sonos beam Google assistant - no devices found

I had Sonos beam gen 2 for about a year, and I connected it to the Google Assistant with no problem.My brother bought the same speaker but got stuck when connecting the Google Assistant with “no devices found,” and I tried to disconnect and reconnect with my system as well to see and help him and got stuck on the same error.any ideas on how to solve it? saw some posts talked about unplugging and re plugging , changing networks etc etc but they didn’t worked for me

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2 months ago
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jmkingsbury
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Google Assistant responding but not doing anything

Hi,My Google Assistant has suddenly stopped playing any requested tracks/radio stations. When the command is given the assistant responds in a positive way stating the correct track, station or playlist, but then nothing plays.I have disconnected the Assistant and reconnected but nothing.The Roam is playing tracks from the S2 app with no issues 

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2 months ago
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ChoppyContributor I
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Google Assistant wont play Spotify music.

Verbally asking Google on my sonos arc to play music results in this response: "Sorry, it looks like you haven't set up Spotify Premium on your Sonos app. To play from Spotify Premium, link the same account on both Sonos and Google Assistant."I've tried looking at other posts but I haven't seen any working solutions. I've done exactly as Google said as well as reinstalling apps and reconnecting Spotify to Google assistant and to Sonos. But I still get the same message every time.

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nick sarvariiContributor I
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Google Assistant Alarm too Quiet on Sonos One

Hi, I’ve recently bought a Sonos One, and I have been using the Google Assistant to set my alarm for the morning as part of a routine command. It sets the alarm, but it is waaay to quiet for the alarm to actually work and wake me up. Is there a way to set the alarm volume (from the google home) independtly, or at least make it louder?

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thieneditsContributor I
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Google Home iOS and Sonos Play 5 doesn't work with Assistant

In the iOS Google Home app, I added the voice assistant as a favorite. When use voice commands to play music on the Play 5(gen 2) or the Playbar(gen 1) the assistant just shows a google search. Both the Playbar and Play 5 devices show up in the Google Home app after linking my Sonos account. I added Apple Music as the default music service to both Google Home and Sonos as well. When I use Youtube Music as the default music provider it works. 

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