What is the command to control music in multiple Sonos rooms/speakers on Google Assistant?

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May 14, 2019
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I can issue play/volume commands on Google Assistant to a specific speaker (e.g. "Play x station on Pandora in Kitchen"). However how do I command to play in Kitchen, Dining Room, and Bedroom (as an example)?

Is there a command for 'everywhere'? or 'all speakers'? (e.g. "Play x station on Pandora in Everywhere")

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Ken_Griffiths

I have a Google Mini as well as a number of Sonos speakers around the house.

In the Google Home app, there’s a place where you can ‘Create Speaker Group’. I was hoping to use that to create different groups (everywhere; certain speakers) that the Google Assistant would recognise… Unfortunately, it only shows the Google Mini as group-able. None of the Sonos speakers show up there as devices that can be grouped. Annoying!

I’ve tried different commands like “play music on all devices in the house” “...all speakers”, etc. but no luck as I’m sure everyone else has experienced.

I find the voice functionality not all that helpful. Tend to just use the app still

It’s currently easier to Group the Sonos Rooms in the Sonos App and then get google to play to one if the rooms. It will then play to the entire group. It’s just a workaround until Google/Sonos get around to maybe implementing this (already) much-requested feature.

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I have a Google Mini as well as a number of Sonos speakers around the house.

In the Google Home app, there’s a place where you can ‘Create Speaker Group’. I was hoping to use that to create different groups (everywhere; certain speakers) that the Google Assistant would recognise… Unfortunately, it only shows the Google Mini as group-able. None of the Sonos speakers show up there as devices that can be grouped. Annoying!

I’ve tried different commands like “play music on all devices in the house” “...all speakers”, etc. but no luck as I’m sure everyone else has experienced.

I find the voice functionality not all that helpful. Tend to just use the app still

It’s currently easier to Group the Sonos Rooms in the Sonos App and then get google to play to one if the rooms. It will then play to the entire group. It’s just a workaround until Google/Sonos get around to maybe implementing this (already) much-requested feature.

Agreed. I think this is probably the biggest reason I don't use the voice assistant much... Once I've opened the app to group the speakers I want, then it's just easier to use it to do the next part too.

I'm sure they'll get there eventually. I think it'll be a game changer for how I use my system when they do

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