Google Assistant on Sonos is a joke

@106rallye don't forget that GA on Sonos seems to be dumb as soup compared to GA on Google Home, judging by its response to simple questions, as we discussed on the Dutch community.

So yeah, with that and the features like Voice Match that are lacking, GA on Sonos is underwhelming. No doubt some of this is per Google's demands, but it makes you wonder why other speaker manufacturers have been able to integrate GA more successfully.

This works fine in rooms where I have a Home mini and a Sonos speaker without voice capabilities, but in rooms where I have Ones, or a Beam I shouldn't need to have an additional device to make GA work well. And still, choosing Sonos as a default speaker will not have GA answer questions on that speaker, only media output will be directed there - it's just not the same experience.

I really wish I hadn’t wasted my money on this, given how frustrating it is. I bought it purely for a better GA speaker, it is a speaker, but GA on it is too painful...

Has anyone found any improvement over the last few months? I've just switched my kitchen speaker from a Google Home Mini to a Sonos One Gen 2 - and the difference between Google Assistant responsiveness is insane. I basically have to yell at the Sonos One, and it still only works half the time…

For some reason it never has a problem with "Hey Google"? 

I feel that there has been a big improvement in mine, could be since I have it, and all other devices in my home, a static email address. However, I also find its picking up my voice better. Either that or I got used to asking less of it 😂.

Nope, same problem with mine as well. Barely works.

What happens mostly is that the speaker hears the wake word but then doesn’t respond to any commands. And this isn’t the only issue.

There’s no separate alarm volume, so when you have music playing at 30% volume at night, the alarm sounds at that same volume. No shuffling of music. No Chromecast support but of course AirPlay 2 is supported which is no good for anyone without an iPhone. The Assistant on Sonos is slow and unresponsive and rarely works even a bit.

Many smaller features don’t work either, such as no voice ducking when using a Nest Mini with a Sonos speaker, an annoying confirmation after turning lights on and off etc. Many users have been complaining about Google Assistant support on this forum without any luck. Sonos doesn’t seem to care.

You put a Google Nest on top of a Sonos, then you have a working assistant and Sonos sound. 

I tried this out long ago. But no voice ducking. Meaning if the Sonos is playing music at 60% volume and you try to speak to Google Nest, the volume on Sonos will not duck while Assistant is listening.

Which results in you having to shout at the speaker.

Well. My main problem is listening to music at 3pct volume and have GA shouting at me. 

Sonos and GA/Alexa is merely a proof of concept.

The second Google/Amazon/Apple make a replacement to the connect:amp I will have a handful of Sonos devices for sale.

In my surround setup I switched from a Beam to a Sonos Arc. The performance of the Google Assistant after the switch is very bad. Most of the time I have to yell for the GA to respond. 
when I have success with “Hey Google” the sound bar doesn’t respond to a simple command 80% of the time. The light on the soundbar stays on (listening mode) but doesn’t respond after that at all. 
Sonos support told me they see a slow response to the cloud but all suggestions doesn’t seem to work. 

Google Assistant on Google is a horse, Google Assistant, or Alexa, on Sonos is a donkey.

Kind of the same, but not really.

And it is futile to discuss the differences.