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Jimbo29
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December 4, 2020
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New to Sonos - Google Assistant grouping

  • December 4, 2020
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Hi 

just got my first Sonos product, a Beam. I’ve got google assistant speakers (Google Home and minis) set up a group to play music all together. 
I’ve tried to set up my Sonos Beam into this group to play music etc… all together so Google home Max, Nest minis and Sonos Beam together but cannot seem to include my new Beam. 
Can I please get some advice, this was one of the key reasons for me purchasing the Beam so that I could add it to my existing Google Home group of Speakers. I’m really quite disappointed now. 
Thanks 

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Best answer by John B

Thanks for the feedback JamesDan. 
It’s very interesting and really quite annoying to be honest. 
I bought into Sonos on the premise that I could hook a my Google devices up together. As you have said it’s surprising that they can advertise the Google assisted feature on there devices if they don’t pair up.

l’ll really have to consider if I keep my beam now or not.

So disappointed with my €400 plus purchase.

Sonos make multiroom audio systems that can be voice controllablelable.  Nowhere have they said or implied that the Sonos system would integrate with Google or any other speaker system.

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Ken_Griffiths
Ken_Griffiths
December 4, 2020

Hi JohnB

I was it by a salesperson who was told my current set up and what I wanted from the Beam. He told me at length that it was possible to set up with my current speakers

I would maybe go back and complain to/about that salesperson - if nothing else it may help to stop them giving out what sounds like ‘mistaken’ or perhaps ‘false/misleading’ information… whether that was intentional, or otherwise.

I am perhaps much older and wiser, but personally speaking, I would not believe anything a salesperson said to me about any product they are looking to sell - I would at least look to check/corroborate things before purchase - there is a ton of information online these days about both Sonos and Google products to have quickly seen that they do not ‘group’ in the way you were hoping for.

Your gripe is really with the local electrical retailer salesman who you briefly mentioned in your second post above.

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