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Ryan S
Ryan S
Retired Sonos Staff
May 14, 2019
How To

Getting Started with the Google Assistant and Sonos

  • May 14, 2019
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Getting Started with the Google Assistant and Sonos
Wondering what to do now that you have a Google Assistant enabled device and Sonos players? This page will help you get all set up.

1. Make sure your Sonos and Google Home devices are all powered up and connected to your home network.

If you're new to Sonos, this means Installing the Sonos app, and going through the steps for setting up Sonos. You’ll need an iOS or Android device to set up Sonos. If you're new to Google Home, install the Google Home app and add your Google Assistant enabled devices if they’re not listed. This is done by pressing the Home button and then the Plus (+) Google has a great setup guide here.

2. In the Sonos app for iOS or Android, tap the More tab at the bottom, then tap Voice Services. Choose Google Assistant from the list. This will take you to the Google Assistant app, where you’ll sign in to your Sonos account.

3. Follow the on-screen prompts and search for Sonos players. Add them to rooms for easy control.

4. Make sure you’ve added your music service accounts in the Google Assistant app by tapping your profile icon at the top right, then choosing Services > Music. You can also set up your default services from this menu.

You are now ready to try out some commands! There’s a great, comprehensive list here.

If you run into any trouble, there are some helpful tips and tricks here and on our community here to start with, or ask any question in the Google Assistant and Sonos board.
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    Robert_19
    Contributor III
    May 14, 2019
    This is great news. I eagerly await this coming to Canada.
      RWQuick
      RWQuick
      Trending Lyricist I
      May 16, 2019
      It would be very nice if a person could select “group everywhere” and all speakers, including Google devices, would stream the same music throughout the house.
      Giving us Google and depriving us of that feature is worse than giving a child a toy and not providing the batteries required to operate/play with it.
        melvimbe
        melvimbe
        May 16, 2019
        @RWQuick Just FYI, that is very very unlikely to happen. Google and Sonos operate on different multiroom protocols with different limitations, and not necessarily in the companies best interest to do make it happen. It's not any different than if Google Home started allowed users to use Amazon music on their devices. it's not completely unheard of, you can play Apple music through Amazon now after all, but highly unlikely.
        Danny
        RWQuick
        RWQuick
        Trending Lyricist I
        May 16, 2019
        I understand but what happened to the customer is always right? I didn’t invest in the Sonos/Google world because of their respective best interests. I wanted a high quality playback system that plays music throughout my home - for me - the customer. Selfish, maybe, but as a customer and a shareholder I find this solution extremely distasteful.
        jgatie
        jgatie
        May 16, 2019
        I understand but what happened to the customer is always right? I didn’t invest in the Sonos/Google world because of their respective best interests. I wanted a high quality playback system that plays music throughout my home - for me - the customer. Selfish, maybe, but as a customer and a shareholder I find this solution extremely distasteful.

        The customer is not always right. Matter of fact, the customer is often 100% wrong. Companies are in business for one reason, profit. As far as their treatment of the customer goes, they will do as much as possible to please the customer, but not at the expanse of profit.
          RWQuick
          RWQuick
          Trending Lyricist I
          May 16, 2019
          Just remember, no customers = no profit.
          Misfit
          Enthusiast II
          May 16, 2019
          what happened to the customer is always right?

          LOL. Have you ever worked in customer service?

          Just remember, no customers = no profit.

          Sonos isn't about to lose all of their customers over this.
          jgatie
          jgatie
          May 17, 2019
          Just remember, no customers = no profit.

          Exactly. Which is why they aren't going to allow you to group their expensive, great sounding speakers with cheap Google speakers.
          JamesG.Stroud
          Lyricist III
          May 17, 2019
          Hi thanks for posting this. Prior to setting this up I had Alexa integration and that worked fine. I set up Google assistant and was expecting that both Alexa and Google assistant would work depending on which name I spoke either Alexa or OK Google. So the Google integration works fine now but my Alexa no longer works. I suspect it’s either one or the other not both. Can someone confirm that?


          I have an Alexa dot in the kitchen that I have paired with a Sonos play five generation 2 to and that integration now seems to be lost since I enabled a Google for my other speakers in my house.

          Thanks James

          P.S.

          If it is one or the other I think they should post that in the integration instructions or release notes
          Ken_Griffiths
          Ken_Griffiths
          May 17, 2019
          jamesg-stroud,

          You can run both types of voice assistant around your home, but not on the same speaker (at the same time)... so you could have a Sonos One with Alexa installed on it and at the same time Google Assistant installed on the Beam, or another Sonos One, just as an example.
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