Google Assistant

Yeah, and 6 weeks later the dangling carrot remains just as elusive as ever. Sonos is now a full YEAR behind in their original promise to bring Google Integration, and there still isn't any light at the end of the tunnel. It's amazing that in the high tech arena, 18 months is an eternity, and here we are, still watching Sonos paddling upstream with one oar in the water.

It's almost as if integrating someone else's AI and automation software into your system is an easy task!

On the other hand, we have been able to cast from google play music to sonos on android since 2013, together with GPM casting to any other google device.
Here we are 6years later still waiting for google casting to sonos from anything else..

Yeah, and 6 weeks later the dangling carrot remains just as elusive as ever. Sonos is now a full YEAR behind in their original promise to bring Google Integration, and there still isn't any light at the end of the tunnel. It's amazing that in the high tech arena, 18 months is an eternity, and here we are, still watching Sonos paddling upstream with one oar in the water.

Though I like the creativity with the image (It did make me chuckle a bit), your math is off a bit. Sonos originally stated that they would deliver Google integration in 2018. Being that it's now Feb. 2019, the are 2 months off their original promise. Even if you poorly assume '2018' meant the middle of the year, June/July, it would be 8 months. Still not a year.

I think your 18 months from when they first announced integration was coming is about right though.

I really don't think it's accurate to claim that Sonos is incompetent with this delay though. We can assume tasks are easy looking at the black box from the outside, but we can't really see how it all works. Nor do we know how much effort Google is putting into their side of the equation. Is the delay disappointing? Sure. Is it late because Sonos pushed on the pull door? I have no idea.

It's almost as if integrating someone else's AI and automation software into your system is an easy task!

Well yes actually it is. And other manufacturers have with ease integrated it into everything from watches to headphones and bluetooth speakers. It's not like they have to make a new voice assistant from scratch. They just have to integrate an already existing one which shouldnt take as much time as it has.

Well yes actually it is. And other manufacturers have with ease integrated it into everything from watches to headphones and bluetooth speakers. It's not like they have to make a new voice assistant from scratch. They just have to integrate an already existing one which shouldnt take as much time as it has.

If it's so easy, why aren't you applying to work for Sonos' development team?

If it's so easy, why aren't you applying to work for Sonos' development team?

Not that I see how that is relevant to the topic but I am already employed, thank you.

I know this is in Beta dev/testing, but the announcement on that was some time ago. I think the level of frustration comes about due to lack of any further meaningful information to the consumers. A bit of an update on progress would be nice, and might reassure the masses that work is still continuing in this area, and it is still a deliverable - silence is deafening!!

Though I like the creativity with the image (It did make me chuckle a bit), your math is off a bit. Sonos originally stated that they would deliver Google integration in 2018. Being that it's now Feb. 2019, the are 2 months off their original promise. Even if you poorly assume '2018' meant the middle of the year, June/July, it would be 8 months. Still not a year.

I think your 18 months from when they first announced integration was coming is about right though.

I really don't think it's accurate to claim that Sonos is incompetent with this delay though. We can assume tasks are easy looking at the black box from the outside, but we can't really see how it all works. Nor do we know how much effort Google is putting into their side of the equation. Is the delay disappointing? Sure. Is it late because Sonos pushed on the pull door? I have no idea.

I think purely due to the ridiculously long length of time it's been so far, people kind of forget how the release of the One's in October of 2017 was including the winks and nods that the Google Integration was coming in early 2018. I bought my pair of One's around Xmas 2017 and the sales people were clearly stating around the end of the 1st quarter of 2018.

If people recall, it wasn't until we got to summer 2018 and people started voicing impatience did Sonos start working expectations back to later 2018. So, yes the One's were released with the expectation that the GI was coming a year ago - approx this time last year. Since then, every time the next push back comes, it's another 6 months added to the mix. This latest one at CES purposely presented the image that we were getting close - so close in fact, that they were expanding the second round of Beta testing.

I happen to be a Beta tester for a large number of high tech firms - Including a number of Google divisions - Including Home. Most trials, soaks, previews, etc, last a few weeks to perhaps a month max. I've never seen a Beta program last for a year plus with ZERO result. It's unheard of, and clearly highlights there are are some serious problems. We've also more recently heard about lowered expectations on the degree of integration as it relates to working with Google Speaker groups, etc.

So I guess the thing is, when you buy an electronic product claiming a new feature is coming as part of the deal - Does the immediate image you get equate to a YEAR from now? How about 18 months or 2 years? I mean at what point was that original promise which was part of the "Sales Job" become inappropriate? Most electronics features usually take 3 to 6 months Max for release which is the reasonable expectation. And, based on the number of new Google Integrated products being released every day - ALL of which were not even on the map a year ago, only goes to reinforce that Sonos clearly have really screwed the pooch here. They've been working on this since at least mid-2017 and yes, this is totally inappropriate.

Absolutely frustrated.