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BBC Sounds - Google Assistant

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December 14, 2021
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Hi,

Now that BBC sounds is on Sonos, does anyone know how to change the Google Assistant default from TuneIn to BBC Sounds? My Google Home Mini uses BBC Sounds. There’s still some BBC stations that aren’t are on TuneIn like Radio 1 Relax and Radio 1 Dance

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Best answer by James L.

Hi @Greg1988,

It doesn’t appear that BBC Sounds is able to be added as a default music/radio service on non-Google hardware yet.

BBC Sounds is still in preview, so it’s possible that this feature may not launch until the service goes fully live, but it’s also possible that the BBC may not enable it at all.

I suggest reaching out to the BBC Sounds team for confirmation.

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drmpphillips

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This still isn't fixed, Google Assistant still tries to play BBC Radio stations on Sonos devices via TuneIn. Now that BBC Sounds is no longer in Preview/Beta, who/how do we get this fixed? Is this down to Google, Sonos or the BBC? I don't really want to setup an IFTTT workaround, I'd rather it just works!

I've raised a support call with BBC Sounds which so far is just pointing me back to basic troubleshooting and at the moment they don't list it as a known problem.

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Peateedee

Lyricist I

Yeah there is an ifttt workaround.

This worked for me, thank you. I just had to find a command that wasn’t already being used by Google Assistant 👍

This worked for me too, I’ve now set it to “Start Radio 2 on Kitchen”. It’s actually more responsive than it used to be now too 😂

Ridiculous that you have to write your own commands now, but at least it’s a free and (fairly) easy workaround. Thank you for flagging this up.

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MickeyP

Lyricist I

Yeah there is an ifttt workaround.

This worked for me, thank you. I just had to find a command that wasn’t already being used by Google Assistant 👍

This worked for me too, I’ve now set it to “Start Radio 2 on Kitchen”. It’s actually more responsive than it used to be now too 😂

Ridiculous that you have to write your own commands now, but at least it’s a free and (fairly) easy workaround. Thank you for flagging this up.

This doesn’t work for me for Google Assistant.

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Peateedee

Lyricist I

These screenshots show what I inputted for IFTTT, if anyone’s struggling to link it. Choose Google Assistant for the first part and Sonos for the second, and make sure you’re obviously signed in with the correct Google account if you have multiple!

Airgetlam

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Bruce

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