From the Sonos apps installed on my iPad and Macbook Pro I can manually create playlists from the music library stored on my Macbook --- basically my iTunes library assembled over several years.
I can select one of these playlists or a single track and play it on either of my two sonos one devices simply by clicking on it.
But I’m not able to do this using google assistant voice control as it doesn’t recognise my Music Library or sonos playlists as music sources. It only seems to accept streaming paid-subscription Music Services e.g. Spotify premium account.
Why is this ?
Is it simply a commercial decision by Google who hope that I will subscribe to Google Play Music, which would give them a monthly revenue stream ?
I could of course subscribe to a different streaming service like Spotify, Apple Music or Amazon Music, in which case neither Google nor Sonos would receive any subscription benefit from me.
I’m quite happy for google assistant voice control to tell me the weather forecast, update me on the latest news from several sources and connect me to a large number of free radio stations via Tunein.
I’m an old geezer and I don’t want to subscribe to a streaming service. Is there anyway I can use voice control to play tracks from my Music Library ?