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hahspikeContributor I
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Need help adding Google Assistant to Sonos One / Move - error 30

I recently changed routers which required me to re-set up the Sonos speakers with Google Assistant. When I go to the Sonos app and select Add a Voice Assistant, the first thing it does it force me to do a system update.  It finds an update and requires me to update.  I keep getting an update problem - error 30.  This is related to an unsported speaker on the system that we are still controlling with the one Sonos S1 app. How do I get sonos to ignore this speaker as part of the update so that I can add Google Assistant? Thanks!

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Mark P
3 years ago
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Dbarnes1Contributor I
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Tunein

Can I make  tunein my default radio service on Google home.  Now if I ask to play BBC it defaults to I-Heart Radio.   I have to specify BBC channel, on tunein, on Sonos, in room.   I might as well just do it manually

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Simon B
3 years ago
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i-want-ytmContributor I
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YTM does work

Hi,I just set up my Sonos One, adding YouTube music and Google assistant.It doesn’t work right at, it’s very annoying.I say “hey google, play X by Y”Is then plays some stupid random song I never asked for. If I look what has happened it has found some playlist (not one of mine) called “Mix X’ and started to play the first (of hundreds) on that playlist!!Example;I say “hey google, play blue monday by new order”And i hear small town boy by bronski beat!!!!!!!!!!!!! wtf!!If I look in the Sonos app, I see it’s decided to play some random playlist called “Mix Blue Monday” of which smalltown boy is first track.Btw, after I have ask it (as above)“sure, playing blue monday on your tube music”, then plays fade to grey by visage,

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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DeezzaContributor I
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Google Assistant limited commands?

Looking for feedback on everyone else’s experience with the responsiveness of their Google Assistant on Sonos devices. I got the Sonos One with Google assistant so I can use it with my other Google nest devices, but the GA on the Sonos, is terrible. Home routines can only be started on my actual Google devices and has terrible responsiveness to commands connecting to other devices such as Google chrome, glitchy Spotify commands, will activate YouTube when asking it to resume play on the TV after successfully “pausing” the TV. The GA on the Sonos is really more frustrating than it is useful. I’ve also discovered that you can’t start home routines on the GA Sonos device either. Should have gotten the Sonos without the Google assistant had I known how terrible it would be. 

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3 years ago
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mashtonTrending Lyricist I
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Cannot Connect Sonos to Google Assistant (register speakers)

I can't add Sonos to Google's Home or add Google Assistant to my Move. Both approaches fail after giving my Sonos credentials, telling me to register speakers to my account. I have 10 speakers registered to this Sonos account! I used to have it all working, specifically allowing me to use my Sonos Port as the default speaker for a bike mini, in my kitchen. This all broke, so I removed the integrations and started again. But it added my V1 Connect, not my V2 system. So I moved my V1 Connect to a new Sonos account, leaving all my V2 stuff on the original account. Now I get this issue when trying to add Google Assistant integration to my V2 system account.

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3 years ago
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FreddieTheBullyContributor I
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Google Voice assistant availability

is there a workaround in making voice assistant available? it says not available in your region. this is disappointing. i have an echo show and alexa is available. is there a workaround on this? i live in the philippines. without this voice assistant it’s just another ordinary speaker. for the price i paid i expected this to be available.

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3 years ago
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Bilbo24Contributor I
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Google Assistant won't access Sonos services

I have a new Sonos One running Google Assistant. Every time I want to play Spotify or any other service I have in the Sonos app, I have to go into the Google Home app, select the Sonos and “reconnect account”. Ok Google commands work without doing this, answers questions, turns lights on and off etc. It’s just playing music or any other service that is in the Sonos app that I need to do this. How do I make the Sonos app stay connected in the Google app? 

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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tonyinvinelandContributor I
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control Sonos group with google assistant

I have a variety of Sonos groups set up in the Sonos platform. I can use the Google assistant to control the music in any one room but I’m looking for a way to use Google assistant to control more than one room at a time via the Sonos groups.If you figured out a way to do this, I’d love to hear.

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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infuriatedcustomerContributor I
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Google Assistant - There was a glitch

Hi, my wife bought me a set of Sonos Ones to integrate with our Google Home environment to replace some of their speakers with something with better quality. I’m trying to use them in a multiroom setup and placed one in the Living Room and one in the Den (used the room names from Sonos).When I installed Google Assistant it works fine on one, but the other one just says “Sorry, there was a glitch” EVERY SINGLE TIME I TALK TO IT.I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the assistant, assigning the speakers to my wife’s google account, deleting and readding the speaker multiple times, and a bunch of other stuff.Can someone help? This is INFURIATING why a $30 speaker works flawlessly and my $400 set of speakers with advertised Google compatibility flat out doesn’t. 

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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ObsessionContributor I
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Allow Sonos one as google assistant option.

Allow assignment of another device(Sonos one) in the Arc HT setup to be a Google assistant.The arc is located in the living room.Most of the time, I need to use the Google assistant in my Sonos one which were configured as surround in the HT setup.Pls assist with feature upgrade to support assigning a diff speaker for Google assistant.Thx.

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Paul A
3 years ago
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MuskratContributor I
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A workaround for google assistant voice being soo damn loud?

Any tips? The whole "hey google, turn bathroom volume down to 10p" makes no sense? The music you're listening to then turns down to 10p? What am I missing? 

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3 years ago
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Ravi123Contributor I
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Sonos Move can’t connect to Google Assistant

Hi. My new Sonos Move will not connect to Google assistant. I use S2 and have iOS 14.3. Can someone please support to resolve the issue. Thank you so much. Br,Ravi

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3 years ago
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cooodcoodContributor I
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Google assistant

will start playing music fine with google assiatant but then will not reapond to anynother commands ie stop, skip  volune up whats goung on 

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Ken_Griffiths
3 years ago
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sofortuneContributor I
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Should i see google assistant in sonos app after adding?

I have a Symfonisk from Ikea, i read that it supports google assistant. I was under the impression that it basically was a google home device, but starting to realize that’s not the case and you still need a google another device with google assistant/home to be able to control it with voice. First i thought that’s kind of misleading, because that’s not how i interpret anything that says it supports google assistant to work. Now what i can’t figure out is after i add the google assistant in the app, i don’t see google assistant in that section of the app, although below it i see my spotify which i added in the music services. It just has the + add a voice assistant there. However, i do see the device in my google home app. Is this normal?   

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JamesDan
3 years ago
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BallonfyrsteContributor I
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google

When i ask my Sonos to Play music in the room it works fine. But when i ask IT to play in a different room it says that the room/speaker is not available.What to do?

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106rallye
3 years ago
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AlvoContributor I
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Google Assistant Commands Issues

Hi - Facing some clunky command issues with Google Assistant.I have a Beam in the living room and a One in my bedroom, both are set up with Google Assistant. Both devices are also set up with Google Home for simple automation.When directly saying a command to the devices i.e. “Hey Google, I’m home”….they will respond with “Welcome home” and proceed to broadcast the message on the other device “Broadcasting a message, I’m home”.  However, from the Google assistant app on iphone, the broadcasted message will be “Welcome home Alvo” and the other device will broadcast “Chime sound and then Alvo has arrived" I have 3 devices (Fan, TV and Beam) set up in Living Room, it used to work when I say “Turn Off Living Room” i.e. all 3 devices are turned off. Recently the command does not work anymore, I will get the error message “Sorry i'm not sure which living room you'll like to turn off”Questions: For point (1) why the inconsistency? For point 2) How do I get it to turn off the devices in Living

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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Marleyfan61Contributor I
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Sync sonos with google home speaker group

I have added my sonos speaker to my google home group and it will cast music to all speakers. However the sonos sound is ahead of the other speakers in the group (annoyingly so). I have tried using the sync slider in the app but it does not make a difference. How can I fix this? 

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3 years ago
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just_lucTrending Lyricist I
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Has anyone found a way to actually get Google Assitant to play music on Sonos?

Hey google play the highway on sirius XM.. Answer: sure, playing the highway on Sirius XM.. sorry it looks like Sirius XM isn't currently supported on the livingroom (Sirius XM is linked in both google assistant and Sonos S2) Hey google play Christmas musicAnswer: alright, Christmas hits on YouTube music, playing on livingroom.. sorry I can't find what you asked for. (YouTube music is linked in Google assistant and Sonos S2) My google mini has no problem with either command. My google Sonos speakers respond as above. My google best hub which has my Sonos speakers set as it's default audio device responds as above.. so it's the playing on Sonos part that fails.  Anyone have a solution ?       

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Corry P
3 years ago
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BobinnlContributor I
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force update of google home app.

Dear community,I have updated two speaker names in the Sonos app. I want to use them as surrounds together with a Beam. However the names in the Google home app have not been automatically updated. Do you know how to push the Sonos names to google app or force an update?Thanks, Robert 

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Simon B
3 years ago
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TheVContributor I
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Sonos beware of Google

We all know how all encompassing big tech can be. I was one of the few people that invested in a Nest camera before Nest was acquired by Google. Once Google acquired the company, Nest became a little compromised in terms of what they offer. If Sonos bailed out because of the big tech squeeze, Sonos will never be the same under Google. Whilst the Google Home Hub sells well, it’s nowhere near as quality a product as Sonos products. Any Sonos legacy products are easily superior that any of Google’s newer products (Google does not really have special interest in speakers, they have special interest in a bigger slice of the market -whatever it takes. I recently switched to the Ring Doorbell because they are genuinely about home security rather than also trying to harvest users’ personal info in effort to sell you more products (soon there’ll be a Google refrigerator, Google car, shaver, etcetera, it’s mind numbing). Sonos has a moral duty to not cede their innovation spot to the G. What say

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3 years ago
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Lou54321Contributor I
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Controlling the volume for all the my Sono's speakers with Google

Hi’ I seem to be having an issue to get my sono speakers back the way they where, I’m trying to control the volume with google home to have all the speaker turn the volume up all together and also down. for what ever reason it will only control one speaker at a time. Any help to resolve this would be appreciated. I did try different settings but seen to be at lose on how to set this. I can control the volume of all the speaker at one time with the app but not with Google it did work at one time but has stop.Thanks in advancelou

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Rowena B.
3 years ago
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Molsen72Contributor I
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Google assistant

Very low volume on google assistent and no reaction when i try to adjust the volume. What to do?

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Mark P
3 years ago
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quicksilverrsContributor I
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Google Assistant White Noise

Hello All,I am trying to play white noise on my Google assistant through Sonos continuously throughout the night.  No matter what I do, it only plays for one hour and stops, waking us up.  On Google Home, you can say “Ok Google, Play White music for 10 hours” and it will do so.  On Sonos, you can say the same thing, but it will stop after one hour.  Makes no sense?  I have Sonos in every room and gave up my Google Home so hoping I don’t need to bring it back!Thanks

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Annazel S
3 years ago
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Richie2000ukContributor I
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Google Assistant - Continued Conservation

How do I enable continued conversation on my sonos one with Google assistant ? I've tried looking through the settings and end up going round in circles. Thanks for your help in advance. 

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Mark P
3 years ago
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Robin.mornasContributor I
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Sonos Google Home.

Hi!I am trying to link my Sonos system to my google home. But every time when I am using the google home app, push configure a new unit search for sonos and then link the app just say that the account is link and I am back to the beginning with no speakers.Can somebody help me?

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Simon B
3 years ago
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