Add Chromecast built-in Integration

I imagine they are being downloaded to the ‘wrong’ location for Sonos to find them - but unscrambling that is possibly more trouble than it’s worth.

As I am a Sonos fan and don’t like Bose, I think my solution would have been to buy a Roam and use Bluetooth, grouping to the Sonos One.  It would have been cheaper and avoided Bose and given me two compatible speakers, one of which is truly portable.  But each to their own.

Thanks for your time John, but I think Sonos don't take into account Android users, everything is easier if you have an iphone/ipad. I understand they had a dispute with google some time ago and they don't want to get close. But in the end this issue is suffered by Sonos customers with android. I never thought that in 2022 we would still be without support for Chromecast.... It's a pity because we are forced to leave....

I am a total Apple refusnik and have only Android devices.  I have no use for casting, or have other options where I might need them (e.g.  playing from the Amazon Music app, although I rarely do that either).  For me, lack of Chromecast is a complete irrelevance.  I accept that for some other users, like you, it’s a big deal, and that’s fair enough.  But I think you may be overestimating the potential importance of this.  If this puts off lots of people from using Sonos, then Sonos are in trouble.  I don’t think it will.  Only time will tell.

 This assumes that Apple and Google have been equally willing to work with Sonos, and that feature development between android and iOS are equal, as well as licensing costs.  Highly unlikely.  Perhaps close enough that it’s not relevant, but can’t assume that.   Chromecast was around long before airplay, if that’s the comparison you’re trying to make, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple gave Sonos a really good deal as a way of getting airplay off the ground quickly.  Either way, I have a hard time believing that the current legal case is related to the lack of chromecast support, since Sonos has never had chromecast, and the legal case is only recent.

Personally, I never buy a product that doesn’t meet my current feature needs.  I don’t think I’ve ever even bought a product based on a feature that was promised to be added to a product.  I certainly wouldn’t buy a product when it’s missing a feature I need, and the business makes no promise that it would ever be implemented.   As an android user, I’ve never felt like I was suffering or that I’ve been forced to leave.    But like others, chromecast has never been a feature I’ve been that interested in.  

I agree with you that chromecast is not advertised as a feature and was never promised, but a lot of kit these days includes it as standard. My last (reasonably priced) AV receiver includes it as standard, along with Airplay and Bluetooth. So I suspect that people buying more expensive kit have an expectation that it will be, or become, flexible. I have Play 5s and CCA devices, so it’s not a huge issue for me, but I can understand that it may be for some people.

I feel more let down as an android user by the lack of Trueplay, as when I had it working it did significantly improve the sound quality. Unfortunately the hardware had to be repaired, and I lost the settings.

I would agree that Sonos has a long history of not adding features just because the competition has it or because people are going to assume it has it.  I can understand why people make the assumptions.

I have iOS users in my household, so it hasn’t been a huge problem for me personally.  I would be happy to buy a reasonably priced mic device to trueplay tuning if it were available.  Also would like to see an autotrueplay option for the non-portable speakers.  I get that it may not be as good as trueplay tuning through an iphone, but it would be an improvement.

I find the claim that 'everything is easier if you have an iPad/iPhonr’ rather bizarre. The Sonos apps for iOS and Android are virtually identical in design and functionality. No Trueplay on Android, no On This Mobile Device on iOS.

Playing from native apps like Spotify is OS-independent.

For those of us who don't need Chromecast and wouldn't use Airplay there is virtually nothing that is easier on an iPhone than on am Android phone. 

I would trade trueplay for ‘on this mobile device’ functionality though.

Yes, I  never use On This Mobile Device. But my wife has an iPad so I'm sorted for Trueplay.

My main point, as you realise, is that everything else is identical. 

When I said everything was easier, I meant that using the speaker-related apps is easier, (you don't have to sign up for any service or use the sonos app), not that all Sonos features are easier with iOS(they’re almost the same, not to mention TRUEPLAY).
I generally prefer the original apps: Spotify, Deezer, Qobuz, Tidal; than going into sonos and playing the music from the corresponding service. And this is easier with airplay2 (it would be with Chromecast too).