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Contributor I
Jan 30, 2021 5:46 AM UTC
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Sonos Microphones - can I choose to have them active on surrounds instead of Arc?

Is there a way to change which speakers microphones are used for Google Assistant? When I had a Soundboard the surround Ones used to work perfectly. Since buying an Arc it seems to only use its own microphone which doesn't hear very well.

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Lead Maestro
Jan 30, 2021 5:54 AM UTC

If you have Ones connected to the Arc as surrounds, you will only be able use the Arc for Google Assistant.

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Lead Maestro
Jan 30, 2021 5:54 AM UTC

If you have Ones connected to the Arc as surrounds, you will only be able use the Arc for Google Assistant.

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"Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you." - Rashi
bnathanAuthor
Contributor I
Feb 2, 2021 7:04 AM UTC

My Ones used to work perfectly. The microphone on the Arc is awful it misses more than half the commands given. The ones have a microphone so hopefully that’s something Sonos can add in a future update to allow to choose which microphones to use.

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Lyricist I
Feb 3, 2021 2:17 PM UTC

@bnathan got the same issue. It seems that the microphone of the Sonos One is way better. I never had problems with GA with the Sonos One. I still don't with my Sonos one's upstairs. The Arc understands "hey/ok Google" fine but it doesn't understand any command or just doesn't respond to it.

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bnathanAuthor
Contributor I
Mar 1, 2021 10:25 PM UTC

Sonos just needs to add the option to chose which speaker uses the microphone. Simple fix.

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