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JamesDan
JamesDan
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March 7, 2023
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No Google Assistant on Era 100/300 - support for existing speakers

  • March 7, 2023
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So the Sonos Era 100 and 300 have been officially announced - without support for Google Assistant.

The following article from The Verge (https://www.theverge.com/23627044/sonos-era-300-100-announced-price-features-hands-on) mentions this: 

‘Sonos says this is due to changes that Google has implemented for companies that want to run the voice service on third-party hardware. Patrick Spence claims it’s unrelated to the ongoing legal battle between the two companies and insists Assistant is now more of a “heavy engineering lift” than it was before. “Right now, we don’t see it being worth the effort. We hope Google will take another path that will allow us to continue to offer it in more of a lightweight manner the way we do today.”’

Does this mean that those new speakers cannot be controlled by an additional Google Nest speaker either via the Google Home integration? And will this lack of Google Assistant support eventually affect owners of existing Sonos devices, such as the Sonos One/Move/Beam/Arc?

 

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    Best answer by melvimbe

    I would assume it works like existing speakers that do not have GA installed.  They can be controlled through any GA enabled speaker, including other Sonos speakers.

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    melvimbe
    melvimbe
    April 17, 2023

    Final conclusion is that the Era300 is NOT a smart speaker and €500 is completely overpriced.

     

    Purchased from dealer last Saturday.

    Returning to dealer tomorrow.

     

     

    While I completely get that lack of GA is a deal breaker for you, stating that Era isn’t a smart speaker makes no sense.  By that logic, Amazon Echo and and Apple HomePods aren’t smart speakers either.

    Danny
      bravejerk
      Lyricist I
      April 18, 2023

      Final conclusion is that the Era300 is NOT a smart speaker and €500 is completely overpriced.

       

      Purchased from dealer last Saturday.

      Returning to dealer tomorrow.

       

       

      While I completely get that lack of GA is a deal breaker for you, stating that Era isn’t a smart speaker makes no sense.  By that logic, Amazon Echo and and Apple HomePods aren’t smart speakers either.

       
      Having One available with better smartness takes away their opportunity to call Era 300 premium smart speaker!

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