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dave77
dave77
Headliner I
July 1, 2019
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Turn down Assistant volume on Sonos One?

  • July 1, 2019
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Is it possible to turn down the Assistant volume on the Sonos One independently of the music volume?

I have my Sonos One fairly loud but don't need the Assistant to shout!
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    Best answer by Ryan S
    I'll make sure your voice is heard with the team. It's not the first request for a similar feature from the community. I don't have any details as to if it'll happen, but I'll make sure the team knows people are still asking.

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    TheRealOne
    Lyricist II
    April 21, 2021

    I’ve just received my Sonos One gen 2 speaker. 

    I love the sound so regularly set the volume relatively high to listen to music. I then forget and at night when I tell Google to turn off my lights the assistant’s response comes booming out!

    It seems like this is a common request, so please could you update the community on where this is in the list of developments, if at all?

    Many thanks.

    TheRealOne
    Lyricist II
    April 21, 2021

    This is an absolute must, I keep my bedroom beam verrrry low so I barely can hear it while falling asleep, but I can’t even hear google assistant when asking it for my morning routine, etc unless I turn it up first. We absolutely need independent volume control. 

    It’s actually possible to do this with routines. If you go in to your Google Home app, click on routines, find the “Good Morning” routine, you can then add an action to “adjust media volume” and place it at the top of the routine list. 

    106rallye
    106rallye
    April 21, 2021

    @TheRealOne I've tried setting this routine, though the Home-app seems to only be able to start routines from both my Home Mini's, not from my Sonos speakers. Is thsi specific for my system?

    TheRealOne
    Lyricist II
    April 21, 2021

    @TheRealOne I've tried setting this routine, though the Home-app seems to only be able to start routines from both my Home Mini's, not from my Sonos speakers. Is thsi specific for my system?

    I’ve just tried it on my Sonos One and it works if I say “OK Google, Good Morning” it runs my Good Morning routine which includes the volume control. But you’re right, you can’t set the Sonos as the default speaker for routines from the Home app.

    106rallye
    106rallye
    April 21, 2021

    Just tried it on the Sonos One in my office. It does seem to work! Great advice!

      Hobbit_CZ
      Lyricist III
      May 13, 2021

      What did you try? What works? Just the morning routine or is there a way how to set the overall assistant volume? 

      Just tried it on the Sonos One in my office. It does seem to work! Great advice!

       

       

      Hobbit_CZ
      Lyricist III
      May 13, 2021

      Hi folks, thanks for reaching out with the Sonos Community! We greatly appreciate you being a part of the Sonos family. It is our pleasure.

      With the Google Assistant, you can play music, find answers courtesy of Google Search, plan your day, set timers, and easily control smart devices around your home. And, with a Chromecast device, access TV and movies by using a simple voice command. 

      The integration also supports features specific to Google Assistant, like continued conversation, meaning you can ask the Google Assistant a series of questions without having to say “Hey Google” every time. For more information on using Google Assistant to control Sonos, please see this link.​

      We’ll continue to bring more actions and functionality to the experience over time through software. 

      Please let us know if there’s anything else we can help you with. We and the community are always here.

      We don’t care about features, we need separate volume control because assistant volume is crazy high compared to music or movie which just played. I am going to return my sonos, because this is unacceptable.

        JoeAverage
        Lyricist I
        July 6, 2021

        Both apps suck

        This website gave me two errors prior this posting

        This basic functionality is being ignored for 2 years.

        As soon as there is a chance I'll get rid of my sonos stuff. I'm so fed up. With the latest beam update they even managed to break chromecast/TV shutdown commands randomly with "unknown error occurred"

        So Sonsos Staff, don't mind me. You lost me. But you may want to keep other customers. 

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