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Doug Ames
Headliner I
Feb 27, 2026 12:00 AM UTC
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New bug with playing a radio station

For years i have used my Google Assistant automation routine “Hey Google, Local news” to play my local new radio station. I use a routine because every once in a while Google stops recognizing  the station name and needs a different name to work. I just change the routine so I can keep on saying “Local news” as usual.

But a new bug cropped up today. Google Assistant running on my Google Home speakers still plays the correct station from the Play Radio Station command in the routine, but Sonos instead tries to play a Spotify playlist instead of a radio station. Something is newly being lost in translation between Google and Sonos.

I have fixed it for the moment by changing the routine command to say specifically to play the station from Tune In.

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Jamie A
Jamie AAnswer
Sonos Staff
Feb 27, 2026 4:42 PM UTC

HI ​@Doug Ames,

I’m sorry to hear you were having issues with initiating playback on your speakers. 

It’s hard to tell what would be going wrong without a deeper look into the system. I see you’ve adjusted the routine to resolve the issue, however, if you change it back or it happens again, I’d recommend submitting a diagnostics and then contacting our support team. They have the necessary tools available to look into your system to see why it’s playing Spotify instead of the station you requested.

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Jamie A
Jamie AAnswer
Sonos Staff
Feb 27, 2026 4:42 PM UTC

HI ​@Doug Ames,

I’m sorry to hear you were having issues with initiating playback on your speakers. 

It’s hard to tell what would be going wrong without a deeper look into the system. I see you’ve adjusted the routine to resolve the issue, however, if you change it back or it happens again, I’d recommend submitting a diagnostics and then contacting our support team. They have the necessary tools available to look into your system to see why it’s playing Spotify instead of the station you requested.

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