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Contributor I
August 28, 2019
Question

Sonos not working on Google Assistant

  • August 28, 2019
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The voice service used to work very well before using my phone and then just stopped working. I went and bought a google home mini to see if that would work but same result. I have reset everything but still no result. I have a google play subscription

I say " OK Google, play classical music in the living room". response is "alright, classical music from google play playing on living room, sorry I'm not sure how to help you yet" and "sorry I cant help with that yet". I have also tried to play in the kitchen (I have Sonos play 1 in the kitchen as well), but the same response. I have tried to unlink the service from my phone and use my tablet instead , but same responses. Google home app shows the speaker connected through sonos in the living room and kitchen.
I have contacted the tech support but have had no luck yet
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    Lyricist III
    August 29, 2019
    I’m having the same problem. I have a Sonos One.

    My Google Home Mini is having no such problem.
    Lyricist I
    August 29, 2019
    I’m having the same issue. Everything worked fine up until yesterday. Very frustrating. Rebooted, updated software, disconnected Google from Spotify (and vice versa) and re-connected. No luck.
    Lyricist III
    August 30, 2019
    Been having the same problem for a while. Called in, wasn't able to resolve and got escalated to tier-2 support, which I had to make an appointment for. Google Assistant responds to other requests that require an internet connect (weather, business hours, etc) but no luck with any music streaming (Google Play, Spotify). Will update here if I find a resolution after the scheduled tier-2 support call.
    Lyricist III
    September 5, 2019
    From what I've been told this is an ongoing open issue that seems specific to certain Google accounts, awaiting resolution from Google. I've been using Alexa in the meantime.
    Trending Lyricist I
    September 9, 2019
    I'm having the same issue. Sonos support had me replace my Google account with a new account and it fixed the problem. Obviously this isn't a solution but it pointed to Google being the issue. Anyway, Sonos punted this to Google for support. Google told me that they don't offer support for Google Assistant (only Google Home products) and said I should contact Sonos.

    It sort of seems this one won't be fixed 😞
    Enthusiast I
    September 12, 2019
    You've entered the third party blame loop. Google Assistant integrations are generally developed by the third party, so they often need to fix the issues. We know the Sonos integration was a closer partnership though, so if we can't get issues sorted out there really isn't any hope for any of the others...
    Lyricist I
    September 22, 2019
    Same problem here. Will contact support also and try to highlight that this is not a single user problem. Setting up a separate Google account to get assistant working is not an option.
    Lyricist I
    September 23, 2019
    This is a big deal for me and will negative impact on Sonos. Google or not, third party or not, This is a big deal for me. I have almost every product they make, and every room with a Sonos 1 in some capacity, however, For me, this is unacceptable. This has been going on for months and I am at a point where I have considered replacing all my Sonos Equipment. I am going to open a support ticket and try to resolve, however, this is very frustrating. Please post if there has been any progress from anyone else, or if there are any other options than a new google account which is just silly to suggest.
    Lyricist III
    September 27, 2019
    I’ve definitely been reluctant to buy more Sonos products because of this.
    Ken_Griffiths
    September 27, 2019
    I solved this issue myself by going to the Sonos App “Settings/Services/Voice/Google Assistant” and removing the assistant from each one of my Sonos Products.

    I then opened the Google Home App and unlinked the Sonos Device/Skill... this can be found by selecting the Add (+) option at top of screen and then choose “setup device/have something already setup”. The top section of the list shows the devices/skills installed/linked and the lower “add new” area, is a list of other available devices and skills not yet linked etc.

    i waited a minute or two for Sonos Device to unlink and then checked the Google Home main page to ensure all the speakers had completely disappeared from my Google rooms.

    i then fully closed both the Google Home and Sonos Apps.

    I then re-opened the Google Home App and reinstalled the Sonos Device Skill, agreeing to the sharing agreement and it scanned and found all my speakers again and placed them into the rooms of my Google Home. At this point I chose to move a few of my speakers about and place them in other Google rooms of the Home, just so they were where I wanted them.

    I ensured there was only one default Location/Language set in the App. In my case that was English (United Kingdom). I believe having more than one language or indeed more than one Google Home can often be problematic.

    I then checked that my default music sevice was correctly set in the App... that was Deezer Premium in my case. I understand that the free services like Spotify (Free) don’t work.

    I then closed the Google App and opened the Sonos App and ensured the same Deezer Premium Music Account was installed there too. I also checked my online Sonos Account Profile (https://www.sonos.com/myaccount/user/profile/) was set to the same location/language/country settings (English United Kingdom) in my particular case.

    Finally, I went back to the Sonos App “Settings/Services/Voice/Google Assistant/Add to another Product” and added the Assistant to each of my chosen Sonos devices. I did them one at a time and after that everything has worked perfectly for me.

    Anyhow I hope that information will assist others here to get things working.