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user76542
Trending Lyricist I
Jun 5, 2017 3:50 PM UTC

Bye Sonos - New Google Home ! It's now 2017!

So I ranted here: https://en.community.sonos.com/home-theater-228993/its-2016-make-playbar-gen-2-for-dts-fix-aux-for-play-5-gen-2-6735204/index2.html about 2016 issues. This was on top of what I saw from other people. Well, it's now the day. It's a massive ebay sale along with Alexa.

I bought 4 google home's, 2 x Sony (HT-ST9 - with google cast built in), 3 audiocast dongles, dumped apple music in favor of sonos, and it all work's. It's truly multi-home. I created zones and now my google home projects music where I want it, how I want it, in overlapping zones if required. The last insult was the release of the playbase with optical only support. Just had to post to let you know that I would follow up on this. Sony is embracing updating their tech through software with google home (shocking, but you might as well trade spots with them).

Best of luck and good luck!
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    darkside
    Lyricist III
    Jan 5, 2018 11:29 AM UTC
    The other benefit of the above line-in solution is the PC in my study is now grouped with the house just by adding a Chromecast Audio, rather than having more Sonos in a room that already has a reasonably good quality audio setup on the PC.

    Side note, I also have a Chromecast video. I set that in the Home App to be default video output. I can now say "Hey Google, watch some 'cartoons'". Google fires up the Chromecast, turns on the TV (it auto senses an HDMI input) and start playing cartoons on Youtube. Through the PlayBar, of course. Slick.
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    darkside
    Lyricist III
    Jan 5, 2018 12:04 PM UTC
    Playing while I type ;)

    I've created my Chromecast group and called it House.
    I've set Default media playback in the Home app to the group House

    Now I just say "Hey Google, play some funky music!" and it plays on my Chromecast Group 'House' (Connect and Study) and all speakers grouped to the Connect.
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    Wolfman2022
    Trending Lyricist I
    Mar 2, 2018 3:51 AM UTC
    I have it KInda working with my playbar is ....My TV has a chromecast. I can tell google home to play my spotify music on my Livingroom TV. It then tuns on the tv and plays my music ( a play list if I want) through my playbar and sub with rear play ones. Works OK. I can turn up or down the volume as well. I can't play to other sonos that I have but not a big deal right now. I can also play youtube or netfix throught it using google home
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    Paulw123
    Paulw123
    Virtuoso
    Mar 2, 2018 10:56 AM UTC
    You can do the same thing with photos you have stored in the cloud with google photos, which makes a great easy slideshow to bring those old memories to life.
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    Molly18
    Lyricist I
    Mar 3, 2018 8:57 PM UTC
    Bye bye. Why do you feel the need to come on the sonos forum and tell us you are leaving. Why would we care ?
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