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Setting Sonos speaker as the default speaker

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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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Clockflower

Lyricist I

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...

I only have a single Sonos One with GA enabled. I can't set it as a default speaker for my Google Home devices. If you can do this, please post a screenshot.

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Clockflower

Lyricist I

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...

I only have a single Sonos One with GA enabled. I can't set it as a default speaker for my Google Home devices. If you can do this, please post a screenshot.

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godfatherglen

Lyricist I

I hope the proper integration happens soon, Alex's may be the way to go though but Google has a better search and Google photos which are what I mainly use my device for at the moment in the kitchen at least

melvimbe

I hope the proper integration happens soon, Alex's may be the way to go though but Google has a better search and Google photos which are what I mainly use my device for at the moment in the kitchen at least

You can actually do both The Sonos devices that have mics built in must be set to one or the other for each speaker, but you can setup control for both. For example, you could have an Echo Dot and Google Mini right next to each other both able to control your Sonos speakers.

Danny

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godfatherglen

Lyricist I

I understand that but I want my Sonos speakers to be the default sound source which echo can do but Google will not at this time with sonos. I am not the only one using the system and other users forget to ask google to play through sonos

melvimbe

I understand that but I want my Sonos speakers to be the default sound source which echo can do but Google will not at this time with sonos. I am not the only one using the system and other users forget to ask google to play through sonos

Agreed. I’ve gotten into the habit of using Alexa for music, smart home control, and some basics. For questions about weather, or general knowledge, I go with Google. I suppose I should have stated that first.

Danny

molis83

Lyricist III

Hi all,

I’ve found what confused me:

I have a pair of Sonos One now and linked them to the Google Assistant (BTW, the results from Sonos are really bad! My Google home listens a lot better!)…

In the Google home app I have no option to set any Sonos as default speaker for my Google Home devices..

In the Sonos app (services - Voice service) - I can select a default speaker for the assistant in the Sonos One. That can be any Sonos speaker arround the house (even without a mic).

For now I put my Google home mini on the desk besides the Sonos Ones and tell it to play XXXXX on “Sonos Kantoor” (Sonos Office). Meanwhile I’ve disabled the Google Assistant on Sonos, because of the bad results.

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Peter Havekes

Lyricist III

I have a sonos beam with GA, and a google hub in the same room. I can"t set my beam as the default speaker for music in google home. So when I ask to play radio or sonos the hub starts playing, instead of the sonos hub.

106rallye

I’ve just set my son’s Symfonisk bookshelf as default speaker for his Google Home Mini, but have not seen any announcements by Sonos or Google about this. I was alerted to this by someone on the Dutch language forum: https://nl.community.sonos.com/google-assistent-en-sonos-229111/symfonisk-speakergroep-aanmaken-met-de-google-home-6769570#post16115870

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Mr Keith

Prominent Collaborator I

I’ve just set my son’s Symfonisk bookshelf as default speaker for his Google Home Mini, but have not seen any announcements by Sonos or Google about this. I was alerted to this by someone on the Dutch language forum: https://nl.community.sonos.com/google-assistent-en-sonos-229111/symfonisk-speakergroep-aanmaken-met-de-google-home-6769570#post16115870

Being able to set a Sionos speaker as a default for a Google Assistant device is a new feature. Just set it up myself.

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