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craigljhContributor II
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Sonos Beam voice control

Hi while watching tv my Sonos beam beeps and tv volume lowers like I’ve done a voice command any ideas how to stop this ??

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Rowena B.
4 years ago
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craigljhContributor II
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos
Sonos Beam voice control problem

Hi all when watching tv my beam beeps and lowers tv volume as if I have said “hey google”Any ideas how to stop this please 

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4 years ago
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DiegoSdeMContributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos
Google Assistant Not Responding

Hey! I have run into a problem with my Google Assistant (G.A.) on my Sonos One (Gen 2).The problem is the fact that it does not respond to any command or query I provide, yet it does always perfectly register and acknowledge me saying “Hey/OK Google”. I have gone online already in search for answers and I have noticed a lot of users with very similar stories to mine. All the fixes listed in those listings, I have already tried. I have already checked if everything is linked properly, language settings are in order, I have fully deleted G.A. from the speaker and reinstalled it to no avail. It never fails to recognize me activating G.A. but the light comes on, stays on, sometimes flickers, and still does absolutely nothing! Has anyone else run into this problem and did manage to fix it? 

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Rowena B.
4 years ago
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Meneer ChrisContributor I
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Sonos apparaten dubbel in google Home

Ik zie onze Beam en 2 Symfonisk 2 maal in Google Home. Ofwel 6 ipv 3 toestellen. In GoogleHome krig ik alleen een optie om ze te ontkoppelen, maar dat ontkoppel ik de verbinding met Google voor alle. Geen succes dus. Andere ervaringen of oplossingen?

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Rowena B.
4 years ago
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PioupContributor I
posted in Google Assistant and Sonos
impossible d’ajouter google assistant

L’assistât Google refuse de trouver la si os alors qu’elle fonctionne…je suis sur iPhone iOS 14.0.1 help !! 

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Rowena B.
4 years ago
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maxicloContributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos
Sonos beam not playing/sending broadcasts

I was not able to broadcast from or to Sonos beam with google assistant. Suggestions on similar threads have been not effective in solving the issue. I got said there are no speakers associated with this account, in response to tentatives to broadcast from Sonos beam.The solution is to have exactly the same address associated with the Sonus beam and google home account including street number. Originally they were a little different.Once I set the same address the issue is solved.

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Annazel S
4 years ago
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Glenns_and_RosesCollaborator II
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GA responding on multiple Sonos speakers

Just to be clear I’m not asking about duplicate responses on Google speakers, or Android devices.   I have an open floor plan.  On one end I have a stereo pair of Ones (dining room).  And on the other end I have a Beam in a surround setup with a pair of Symfonisk (living room).   When I’m standing in the middle (kitchen) and use the Google Assistant both rooms respond.  (Beam in living room and a One in the dining room.)   Even if I walk up to the Beam and whisper, still both respond.   The devices are about 35 feet apart.I’ve experimented with grouping and ungrouping the speakers, and that doesn’t make any difference.What’s weird...is that upstairs I have a One in my master bedroom and a One in the master bathroom.  These are about five feet apart.  When I use Google Assistant there, only one will respond.   I’ve never had this problem and it doesn’t matter how the speakers are grouped or ungrouped.I’ve been using GA upstairs on my Ones for a long time.  Today I decided to add it down

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Rowena B.
4 years ago
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BaldgeezerContributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos
Sonos devices missing from Google Home/Assistant

Hiya. Has anyone experienced issues with Google Home dropping Sonos devices? When I open google home it does not list all my Sonos speakers. what is odd is if I unlink Sonos and reconnect to Google home it lists a different subset of my Sonos speakers - or has connected to some it wasn't previously connected to and dropped previously connected ones! So it can see them it just is not consistent.Ihave a similar issue with Assistant in that it won't connect to all available (those that can work with assistant) - if I tap on voice settings in the Sonos app it shows the other devices as untucked but when I select them and it launches Google Assistant it says it can't find any devices.

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Krishma M
4 years ago
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Steve GaronContributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos
Google home mini default speaker

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 speaker is but not only that, if I setup both speaker in the same room the mini still gets the job. You can set default media playback device for the Google mini but no Sonos speakers can be selected. Is that it? Is that what we waiting so long for? Cause if that's so, I'm getting rid of all of this and just getting Chromecast enabled speakers. Please let me know I did something stupid and this can be fixed.

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4 years ago
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MrBondContributor I
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Can't set up Google Assistant on Android Go device.

I am trying to set up Google Assistant as my voice assistant on my Sonos One.  During the setup process in the Sonos app, I am prompted to download the Google app...but the Play Store gives me an error when I try to install the Google app.  My phone has the Android Go operating system installed...and Android Go devices contain the “Google Go” app rather than the “Google” app.Is anyone aware of a solution or workaround to this problem?  I just bought my Android Go phone for the sole purpose of setting to set up my Sonos One, so I don’t want to buy a second additional phone.  I also have an older android tablet that has the Google app installed, but it won’t let me install the Sonos app...whereas my phone lets me install the Sonos app, but not the Google app.

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Simon B
4 years ago
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jlacivitaContributor I
posted in Google Assistant and Sonos
Verbal feedback when shutting lights via Google Assistant

So I'm a huge sonos fan, and recently upgraded to the Beam, which is my first sonos device with Google Assistant support.One thing that google has improved is reducing how chatty the google nest mini is when you turn off lights. You can see them turn off, so having it tell you that it turn them off is a bit over the top.I noticed the Beam does the old behavior of repeating back which lights are being turned off.I'd love to see the Beam updated to not do this.More Info:https://support.google.com/googlenest/thread/10509024

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4 years ago
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ryanpcorbittContributor I
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Google Routines.

My Sonos Beam and Move products don’t recognize my routines that I have set up in the google up. Can anyone help me fix this?

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Paul A
4 years ago
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Peter_20Contributor I
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Two speakers with google assistant unable to play different music on different speakers with Spotify

I’ve gotten my daughter a sonos one so that she can play her own music (she doesn’t have a mobile of her own yet so speaking to the speaker felt like a good solution). However any music started from google assistant takes over my music in the rest of the house. Has anyone configured their system to allow for two speakers connected to google assistant that can play different songs on different speakers  simultaneously? I use Spotify family subscription and separate accounts. Can anyone point me to the solution?

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JamesDan
4 years ago
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DitlevHolmContributor I
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Grouping Sonos Speakers through Google Assistant

Hi,   Is it possible to group speakers through Google Assistant? For example saying “Hi Google, play x in the kitchen and the living room”. It doesn’t seem to work for me.

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Mark P
4 years ago
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Lefty777Contributor I
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Anyway to add Google Assistant to the right surround speaker (sonos one) instead of the left?

I have set up a Sonos surround system (Playbase + 2 Sonos Ones) with Google Assistant.  I would like the Google Assistant to respond out of the RIGHT Sonos One surround, but at this time I believe it is not possible. I have tested and tried every combination of setting up the speakers without success.  When the Sonos Ones are not paired as surrounds to the Playbase, it is simple to add GA to either of them.  When they are paired as surrounds, the assistant can only present in one of them--which is understandable as the system recognizes the three speakers as one unit.  The default speaker Google Assistant is added to is the LEFT Sonos surround.  There does not appear to be a way to change this. I originally thought it may be defaulting to a certain speaker due to a naming preference--like it a naming appearing first alphabetially.  This is not the case--I tried every combination of unpairing and renaming the devices and testing.  I thought perhaps it was a case of a preference for cert

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4 years ago
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senderAvid Contributor I
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Google Podcast Integration

There have been a few posts on this, but I wanted to add another one. Please integrate with Google Podcasts!

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controlav
4 years ago
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JM-408Contributor I
posted in Google Assistant and Sonos
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 systems in the whole house working together through a google home speaker group I named “All Rooms” - EXCEPT SONOS. I cannot add them to my speaker groups in the Google Home app. If this is a marketing decision, I think it will backfire, since apparently the other companies are allowing it. I hope there is either a trick I am missing, or otherwise a software patch will correct it. Ideas?

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4 years ago
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Peter GContributor I
asked in Google Assistant and Sonos
Spotify premium not working on Sonos Arc when played through Google Assistant

Hi,Having an issue playing Spotify using google assistant on Sonos arc. Says Spotify premium isn’t set up on the Sonos app. The same Spotify account is set up in both Google assistant and Sonos app and I have tried several times removing both google assistant and Spotify and still says that the Spotify premium account is not set up on the Sonos app. I can use the sonos app to play music via Spotify and can use the Spotify app, works fine, but when using voice it doesn’t work. I can play Spotify via voice using any other speaker, just not Sonos.Any help would be appreciated.

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NtraxContributor I
posted in Google Assistant and Sonos
No Youtube Music Playlists with Sonos and GA.

A few weeks ago, Google made YouTube Playlists work on Google Assistant devices. While it's great that I can now request and listen to YTM playlists on my Nest Hub and minis, it broke being able to play playlists from YouTube music on all of my Sonos devices. Sonos One:"Play Lady Gaga" -> "Playing Lady Gaga on YouTube Music" (= no problem)"Play Current Favorites" -> "I also need to know which device to use""Play Current Favorites on the Bathroom Speaker" -> "Sorry, I can only play videos on devices using Chromecast or on cast enabled devices" Nest Hub"Play Lady Gaga" -> "Playing Lady Gaga on YouTube Music" (= no problem)"Play Current Favorites" -> "ok, your youtube music playlist called Current Favorites. Here you go" (= no problem) Nest Hub with Sonos Play:1 as default speaker"Play Lady Gaga" -> "Sure, Lady Gaga from YouTube Music. Playing on Bedroom Sonos" (= no problem)"Play Current Favorites" -> "I can't do that here but you can ask me to do that on one of your

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4 years ago
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tweedbeanContributor I
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Can Google assistant control music playback on Sonos Amp?

we are trying to use google home to control a brand new sonos amp connected to a set of in ceiling sonos speakers, but the google home mini does not recognise any instructions for the device, any tips?

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Paul A
4 years ago
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dabitbolContributor I
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Voice Match in GA

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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landobandoContributor I
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Google assistant + Google Play Music + SiriusXM

I’m thinking about buying a Sonos One to replace my google home. I would like to know if the Sonos One can accept the following voice commands seamlessly: "Hey Google, play What's Up by Miles Davis" (using Google Play Music) and "Hey Google, play Seventies on Seven on SiriusXM" (using SiriusXM)

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Krishma M
4 years ago
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LuckyLuckyLukeContributor I
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scheduled max volume & night mode

Hi,2 things hopefully able to be fixed:Listening to sonos with higher volume on the day and then asking with Google Assistant later, e.g. switch the lights of. Is very annoying. As Sonos repeats with the last volume set very loud.Either a separate volume for voice assistant or a scheduled maximum volume set would be important.IFTT does not work as well because I can only set to a specific volume what could potentially increase the volume while watching TV.The second wish would be scheduled activation of the night mode.Thanks,Lukas

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Kyle A
4 years ago
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User746219Contributor I
posted in Google Assistant and Sonos
Google Assistant algorithms different on Sonos compared to Google Home?

So a rarely use GA to find specific songs or artists but when I do I find that it works fine. Ok sometimes it might start playing an acoustic version instead but since the artist and song title is the same I can understand that. A friend of mine asked if I could recommend a Sonos One for the start of a multi-room system with GA integrated and I did recommend it. But no he’s not satisfied at all because he thinks that the response and action from GA on Sonos doesn’t work compared to his Google Home.In my world it should be the same since GA on Sonos just contacts the GA servers and get a response and action from them, using the same algoritms as any GA enabled speaker? Or am I wrong?Upon testing at my place I sometimes do find some differences between the respond and result from GA on Sonos One and GA on Google Home Mini but in general it’s the same and it more seems a bit randomized when there is differences. And the differences is sometimes beneficial for GA on Sonos and sometimes for

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4 years ago
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fufamily8Contributor I
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Cannot play multiple Spotify streams when one room is started via Google Assistant and the other via Sonos App

Question about multiple rooms all using Spotify streams. When a Spotify stream is started, starting a Spotify stream via the app in another room cuts off the first room. The reverse also happens, playing a stream via App cuts off all Google launched streams.Why? This doesn’t happen if both rooms are started via the app - parallel streams work fine. The Spotify account is a Family Premium Account. The devices are all Sonos (Play 1, Beam and One).

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106rallye
4 years ago
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