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nick.ward2712
Contributor I
July 1, 2019

Setting Sonos speaker as the default speaker

  • July 1, 2019
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Does anyone know if a future update will allow a Sonos speaker to be set as the default speaker for a google home room? Its so frustrating this option is not available on release!
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      dave77
      dave77
      Headliner I
      July 1, 2019
      Does anyone know if a future update will allow a Sonos speaker to be set as the default speaker for a google home room? Its so frustrating this option is not available on release!

      Surely that will be a Google App setting, like it is for Amazon Alexa.
        melvimbe
        melvimbe
        July 1, 2019
        That feature wasn't available at release and isn't yet available (unless I missed the announcement somehow). I'm sure this is on the development radar since it was a highly desired feature for Alexa. It took a year before it came to Alexa, but I don't think we'll have to wait that long for it to come to Google. Partially because it's highly desired and partially because Google already has somewhat of a mechanism in place to accomplish the feature (where Alexa did not).
        Danny
        dave77
        dave77
        Headliner I
        July 1, 2019
        Just setup GA on my Sonos One. There is an option to setup default speaker in the Google app, have you tried that?
          pwwhitehead
          Trending Lyricist II
          July 2, 2019
          Just setup GA on my Sonos One. There is an option to setup default speaker in the Google app, have you tried that?

          That option is not available. If you go into Google Home app and select setting for a mini/home device the default speaker only lists other Google speakers or third party such as Sony, JBL and LG. Sonos didn't build in this basic feature!

          You can also select any Bluetooth speaker as a default.

          Poor by Sonos really!
          dave77
          dave77
          Headliner I
          July 2, 2019

          Just setup GA on my Sonos One. There is an option to setup default speaker in the Google app, have you tried that?
          That option is not available. If you go into Google Home app and select setting for a mini/home device the default speaker only lists other Google speakers or third party such as Sony, JBL and LG. Sonos didn't build in this basic feature!

          You can also select any Bluetooth speaker as a default.

          Poor by Sonos really!

          All my Sonos speakers appears in that list. Have you tried scanning for your speaker in the GA app.
          Zebble
          Lyricist I
          September 7, 2019


          All my Sonos speakers appears in that list. Have you tried scanning for your speaker in the GA app.

          You are mistaken. Sonos speakers do not currently appear in that list.
          JeffPU
          Lyricist I
          November 7, 2019

          There is a workaround using a Chromecast Ultra (for Sonos devices equiped with HDMI) or Chromecast Audio (for Sonos with line-in entry only). Just plug the chromecast, link the chromecast to Google Home and … tada ! :-)

            Ricky Bobby
            Lyricist II
            November 30, 2019

            Bumping this thread as there is still not the ability to set Sonos as the default speaker. Has anyone heard anything new?

            molis83
            molis83
            Lyricist III
            December 2, 2019

             

             

             

            All my Sonos speakers appears in that list. Have you tried scanning for your speaker in the GA app.

             


            You are mistaken. Sonos speakers do not currently appear in that list.

             

            I think you're both right..

            I found out that some people can set Sonos as default and some can't.  It looks like you can only set your Sonos Speakers as default if you have at least 1 assitant enabled speaker in your setup..

             

            I, for example, can't set them as defaults, because I only have a playbar and 2 Play:1's.  I've ordered a pair of Ones during black friday, so i'll update this thread somewhere next week with my own experience. 

              User203193
              Contributor II
              December 2, 2019

               

               

               

              All my Sonos speakers appears in that list. Have you tried scanning for your speaker in the GA app.

               


              You are mistaken. Sonos speakers do not currently appear in that list.

               

              I think you're both right..

              I found out that some people can set Sonos as default and some can't.  It looks like you can only set your Sonos Speakers as default if you have at least 1 assitant enabled speaker in your setup..

               

              I, for example, can't set them as defaults, because I only have a playbar and 2 Play:1's.  I've ordered a pair of Ones during black friday, so i'll update this thread somewhere next week with my own experience. 

              I’m not sure this is right. I have a GA enabled Sonos Play One but my Google Nest Hub won’t allow me to set it as the default speaker for music. It only allows me to set Bluetooth enabled speakers...

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