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Contributor I
March 20, 2025

Unable to use google nest with Sonos play 1

  • March 20, 2025
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I’m not able to get Google nest to play anything on my pair of Sonos play 1 speakers.

when I try and add Google assistant in the Sonos app it doesn’t work it just pops up help info instructions on how to set it up which I’ve already done. I’m using the Sonos app on my iPad. I have installed google home and Google assistant and the Sonos app. I try setting the default speakers to the Sonos speakers in Google home for the nest device. When I ask the nest to play music it says okay and that it’s playing on the selected speakers but the speakers never play anything. 
I can control the speakers fine using the Sonos app by itself.

Any ideas on why this doesn’t work at all? I’ve seen other people posting that it works and I’ve watched YouTube videos on how to set it up and it working for them. 

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106rallye
March 20, 2025

You state “it doesn’t work it just pops up help info instructions on how to set it up ”. Where in the next steps does this happen? https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/set-up-a-google-assistant-device-to-control-sonos

Do you have Google Gemini set up on your iPad? Could you use a phone for this set up?

Contributor I
March 20, 2025

I was never able to actually add a voice assistant in the Sonos app. When I click on Add Voice Assistant it shows the options for Alexa and Google Assistant but when I click on either of them all it does is option up Quick Help instructions on how to set it up. Is that what it’s supposed to do? 
I will try and install google gemini. My phone is an iPhone so I don’t think that using it or my iPad would make any difference but I will try that as well.

Contributor I
March 20, 2025

I installed Gemini but have no idea as to how this would help in this situation. It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with interacting with either the google nest or Sonos.

106rallye
March 20, 2025

I’ve read in other posts that having Gemini installed could prevent the installation of Google Assistant. You could try temporarily removing Gemini from your iPad. See 

 

Contributor I
March 20, 2025

Okay, I just added Gemini so, I’ll just delete it.I’ve set my Sonos speakers as default for my nest. If I ask hey google what time is it - the nest device tells me the time. If I say hey google play music it says okay playing music in living room and I get zero music playing. 

Contributor I
March 20, 2025

I tried setting it up using my iPhone. In the Sonos app on the iPhone there isn’t even an option to add any voice assistant. I set up google assistant and home and Sonos app. The google nest still never uses the Sonos speakers.

Contributor I
March 20, 2025

I tried unplugging google nest and the speakers for an hour and plugged them all back in and it finally worked to play a Tune in Radio station. I wish I would have done that sooner. I don’t think any of the other stuff I did made it work. 
 

if it doesn’t work try unplugging everything for a while.

106rallye
March 20, 2025

You’ve set a Sonos speaker to be the preferred speaker for the Nest?

Contributor I
March 21, 2025

Yes, I set the Sonos speakers to default on the Nest. it only worked once for Spotify and now that doesn’t work. It says playing whatever I asked for on Spotify but then there’s no music at all from the speakers. It only works for Tune in Radio. I have no idea why it doesn’t work properly.

Contributor I
March 21, 2025

I tried YouTube music this also only works on the nest speaker and will not work on Sonos. It says “sorry I can’t find what you asked for” when Sonos skeaper is set to default.