Group/ungroup rooms using Google Assistant

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June 4, 2019
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Has anyone got a method for grouping and ungrouping Sonos rooms using Google Assistant? I've tried IFTTT etc but can't find a way.

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Best answer by John B

Nope, sonos seem to be holding onto only grouping through the sonos app.
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It isn't a case of Sonos 'holding on' to using the app. I'm sure that they would like to make this possible. Voice control is a work-in-progress on Sonos and this one clearly hasn't yet come to the top of the priority list.

With Alexa it is now possible to group certain speakers at the point of starting to play music, using Alexa groups. This wasn't available at launch.

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paulrw

Prodigy II

Nope, sonos seem to be holding onto only grouping through the sonos app. You set your house up in sonos app, and then send music to it, what limited choices you have to send via GA.....

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John BAnswer

Nope, sonos seem to be holding onto only grouping through the sonos app.
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It isn't a case of Sonos 'holding on' to using the app. I'm sure that they would like to make this possible. Voice control is a work-in-progress on Sonos and this one clearly hasn't yet come to the top of the priority list.

With Alexa it is now possible to group certain speakers at the point of starting to play music, using Alexa groups. This wasn't available at launch.

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dfarls1

Lyricist I

WORKAROUND FOR ADDING SONOS BEAM TO GOOGLE ASSISTANT SPEAKER GROUP

Buy a Chromecast and connect to your TV https://store.google.com/product/chromecast
Add the Chromecast device to your speaker group in the Google Home app
Play music to the group. You will likely notice a lag between your Google Home devices and your Sonos Beam (powered through your Chromecast)
Open Google Home app and go to the settings for the Chromecast device
Move the slider to the left or right to help correct the speaker’s delay

Enjoy 🙂

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Schmitt

Lyricist I

WORKAROUND FOR ADDING SONOS BEAM TO GOOGLE ASSISTANT SPEAKER GROUP

Buy a Chromecast and connect to your TV https://store.google.com/product/chromecast
Add the Chromecast device to your speaker group in the Google Home app
Play music to the group. You will likely notice a lag between your Google Home devices and your Sonos Beam (powered through your Chromecast)
Open Google Home app and go to the settings for the Chromecast device
Move the slider to the left or right to help correct the speaker’s delay

Enjoy :)

Hello,
I cannot come further than point number 2. Unfortunately, my Sonos one cannot be chosen when creating a group. However, in the main menu of Google home, the Sonos one is displayed as a speaker. Does somebody know the issue?

Thanks!

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Mikebike

Lyricist I

I also desire a solution to this issue. It is very frustrating !

UKMedia

There have been a lot of requests for the ability to group Sonos devices via voice command to Google Assistant. Whilst this isn't supported yet by Sonos, there is a way of doing this if you have a Logitech Harmony Hub type remote.

Here are the steps I've tested:
1/ Open the Harmony Hub App>Harmony Setup;
2/ Add your Sonos players as devices;
2/ Next create an Activity - As an example, let's call this 'Group Sonos';
3/ Click on Sonos Speakers and then using the link select the specific Sonos devices that you want to group. You can also set the default volume at this stage;
4/ Please link your GA and your Harmony Remote accounts under Add Device>Works with Google>Harmony. If already linked then please Remove the link in the Google Home App and relink. During this process, you have the ability to define 'Friendly Names' - there doesn't seem to be a way of doing this any other way. I created 'Group Sonos' and 'Sonos Everywhere' as friendly names;
5/ Save the Activity in the Harmony Hub App;
6/ On a mobile device sync your Remote with your Harmony Account.

Now the command 'Hey Google, Turn on Group Sonos' or 'Hey Google, Turn on Sonos Everywhere' groups all of my Sonos speakers and displays the new grouping in the Sonos App. You just need to repeat for any other named Sonos groups you require and you can switch between them by turning on the required Activity.

It should also possible to do this via IFTTT using the trigger Play Favorite and outputting to ‘include all rooms.’

Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)

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Sandz

Lyricist II

I've followed the above steps. I have linked my harmony, I can see the Sonos on Google home, but when I tell Google to "play test room" or "group 1" nothing happens. I think I'm close, but no cigar. Anyone point me in the right direction so I can get my Sonos and Google home to play at the same time?