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Ryan365
Contributor II
May 15, 2019
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Only one Mic works on a stereo pair of ones with Google assistant?

  • May 15, 2019
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Is this normal? If so this is awful. It's exactly why I've never been able to use them for surround sound with the beam and alexa.

My room is very long, now I have to shout all the way across when I'm at the other end of the room.
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      Best answer by Ryan S
      Thanks for the feedback everyone. Yes, it is defaulted to the left side (as the left side is the "main" in a stereo pair, and for surrounds it also has a higher profile).

      This was in part due to performance during the beta test, but I'll make sure the team knows you're looking for stereo mics, or the ability to select which of the two has Google Assistant installed.

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      galigtenberg
      Lyricist III
      July 14, 2019
      I got the same problem and that seems to be awkward. The point is wherever you are closet to the Sonos speaker, you should be able to use it with Google Assistant so we don't walk to the one that works in the stereo pair. Hopefully, they will get it fix soon.

      I agree, i have the same issue.
        Smilja
        Smilja
        July 14, 2019

        I got the same problem and that seems to be awkward. The point is wherever you are closet to the Sonos speaker, you should be able to use it with Google Assistant so we don't walk to the one that works in the stereo pair. Hopefully, they will get it fix soon.I agree, i have the same issue.

        It's the left one. Even so, GA is hearing me perfectly fine wherever I am in the room.
        »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
        galigtenberg
        Lyricist III
        July 14, 2019
        Thanks Smilja, glad to hear that you don't have any problems. Still think it should be on both speakers because the right speaker is more central in my room situation. Or make it possible to change GA to the right speaker. Now i have to speak louder to let GA hear me (on the left speaker). Should be an update for Sonos asap.
        ratty
        ratty
        July 14, 2019
        Though I've not tried it, I understand that you can get GA onto the right speaker by:
        • un-pairing
        • installing GA on the right hand unit
        • re-pairing
        galigtenberg
        Lyricist III
        July 14, 2019
        Thanks Ratty, its worth while trying. I will let you know
        galigtenberg
        Lyricist III
        July 14, 2019
        Hello ratty, your right. It works the way you mentioned. It works. It’s definitely better in my situation. Thanks so much.
        Doug Ames
        Headliner I
        July 19, 2019
        I just got my 2nd Sonos One (a gen2) and added it to a stereo pair with my first (a gen1). Worked ok the first time around, but then I thought since only one speaker is allowed to have the voice assistant, I should put it on the gen2 with the faster processor, which was initially on the right. So should be easy-peasy, right? Just unpair, re-pair, and this time press the button on the gen2 when asked to designate the left speaker. I can swap them physically.

        Not so much. It turns out that most of what you read above is wrong. It is NOT the left speaker that gets the voice assistant in a pair, it is the one that had Google Assistant assigned to it first. In my case, the gen1, whether I designate it left or right. So I had to unpair again, remove Google Assistant from both, re-add Google Assistant to the gen2, re-pair, the change the name because now it has the wrong name. Ugh! What a mess.

        Wouldn't it be great if you could have Google Assistant on one and Alexa on the other?
          jonhath
          Contributor I
          August 13, 2019
          +1 on this - the mic should be enabled on both speakers. Seems like a big miss.
          Joe City
          Lyricist II
          August 17, 2019
          THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT GOOGLE ASST ONLY WORKS ON MY LEFT SPEAKER 20 FEET AWAY FROM MY KITCHEN!!!!!! $2,000 SPEAKER IS UPSETTING US
            Doug Ames
            Headliner I
            August 18, 2019
            THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT GOOGLE ASST ONLY WORKS ON MY LEFT SPEAKER 20 FEET AWAY FROM MY KITCHEN!!!!!! $2,000 SPEAKER IS PISSING US OFF.

            You can switch it to the right speaker, either in software, or just swap the speakers physically if you don't care which is left/right for music. You just can't have both at once.
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