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Ariela_27
Contributor I
September 10, 2026
Question

google assistant and timer not sounding

  • September 10, 2026
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Google Assistant timers on Beam are created and count down correctly but make no completion sound. Google Assistant alarms on the same Beam sound normally. Issue persists after removing and re-adding Google Assistant. Is there a bug? It was working fine until a few weeks ago, I haven’t touched any settings. 

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    harbersp
    harbersp
    Lyricist I
    September 17, 2026

    Same, my Rice boiled into dead pudding!

    Timer works.. if you ask how much time is left but then then silently turns of when hitting the time.

    Smilja
    Smilja
    September 17, 2026

    Seems like Google assistant is being phased out and we'll be left with just Sonos devices.

     

    It is.

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      Dolchy
      Lyricist I
      September 18, 2026

      Same issue here

      Johnsmiteo
      Lyricist II
      September 20, 2026

      That does sound like a software or Google Assistant integration issue, especially since the timers still count down correctly and alarms work normally. The fact that it started only a few weeks ago without any settings changes makes a recent update or service-side change worth considering. Hopefully others are seeing the same behavior and can confirm whether it’s a known bug.

      bobflips
      Lyricist III
      September 20, 2026

      Same issue here on a Sonos Move.  Timer sets and counts down but no chime at end of timer.  It is the same for alarms.  I can set an alarm but it does not ring at end.

      Rickbacken
      Lyricist I
      September 20, 2026

      Not working on my Sonos Move. I have had the problem for a few months. I could ask for remaining time and it would answer correctly. Now, after reinstalling Google Assistant, it says timer is set but when I ask there are no timer. Setting alarm works. 

      seppe
      Lyricist I
      September 21, 2026

      I have the exact same issue on my Sonos One. It’s infuriating, because it’s one of the few thing I actually use my Sonos speaker for, and Google Assistant is gaslighting me telling the timer is set. I already overcooked 2 dishes because of this issue.

      Switching to Sonos voice is not an option because an other mayor use-case for me is adding things to my shopping list in Google keep, and I like the ability to control lights set up in Google home. I never got the shopping list feature to work reliably with Alexa.

      Please consider improving Google Assistant integration or add more functionality to Sonos voice.

      Google Gemini integration would also be great. The whole smart speaker category got left behind in the AI revolution it seems. I don’t understand why everything now has useless AI integration, but smart speakers, the one place where I actually use natural language to get things done, are stuck with tech from 2015.

      Iamleesmith
      Lyricist I
      September 27, 2026

      Timers are working for me again 

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