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theNEOone
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July 25, 2020
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Was I just about to waste $12k?

  • July 25, 2020
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I was about to pull the trigger on about $12k to wire whole home audio, with Amps powering a bunch of in-wall/ceiling speakers + ARC/Sub combo in the family room. The idea was to have multiple zones in the house, but also create groups for multi-room audio controlled by Google Assistant. We’re an android house with Google Assistant powering our smart home ecosystem. Is there a way for me to get Google Assistant to play audio across multiple zones using voice control?

 

If not possible with Sonos, any idea on how to achieve this?

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    theNEOoneAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    July 29, 2020

    Still not sure about what you are trying to achieve:

    1. do you group (GA-enabled) speakers in the Sonos app and then ask the main speaker to play music: or
    2. do you ask google to group speakers and then ask one of them to play music?

    1 might work, 2 does not as I understand it.

    I’m trying to do #1. More specifically, I’ve grouped two Sonos 1s and a Sonos Amp into a few groups for testing. I’ve only turned on GA on one of the Sonos 1s.

     

    I can use the GA-enabled Sonos 1 or any of my other GA devices (I have a bunch of Hubs, Homes, and Minis) to play music on any of the Sonos speakers individually. Works great. I can even control what’s playing from a Google Home Hub screen to change the volume, change songs, etc. (It’s not as rich of a control UI as what’s available with Chromecast-enabled devices, but it’ll do.) What I’m unable to do is use a GA device (of any flavor, including the GA-enabled Sonos 1) to play music on the Sonos groups I created. 

    Krishma M
    Krishma M
    Retired Sonos Staff
    August 1, 2020

    Hi folks. @106rallye is right, that grouped Sonos speakers should work when you ask the assistant to play music. Just to make it clear that only Sonos devices will play at the same time when you ask the Sonos that has a microphone or the Google devices since as we all know Sonos can’t be grouped with third-party devices. If you’re still having trouble, might be better to Call 800-680-2345 for further troubleshooting. We’re open from Monday to Friday, from 10 am to 9 pm EST. We’re always here to help. 

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    theNEOoneAuthor
    Trending Lyricist I
    August 1, 2020

    Thanks Krishma. I agree, it should work. But it doesn’t, unfortunately. I’m not the only one to experience this issue, it seems.

    I’ve already returned the Amp and will be returning the Sonos 1s shortly, so I won’t be able to test this any more.

    Thanks for your help so far, much appreciated. 

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