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Kalypso
Contributor I
January 28, 2024

Have a Sonos speaker compatible with home-assistant (home automation)

  • January 28, 2024
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Sonos would gain new customers by integrating Home Assistant voice compatibility into its speakers, and as with many open source projects, there are many qualified people in the community.

A large portion of users would buy a Sonos speaker if it could include their voice assistant! Should Sonos consider this question?

Especially since Sonos won its lawsuit against Google (patent infringement), and the next one will be Amazon, with Alexa. How will Sonos speakers continue to be compatible with "OK, Google" (which doesn't work for me!!!) and "Alexa" in the long run?

Google has already withdrawn 17 features since the end of January 2024. Google and Amazon are refocusing on AI for home connectivity, either with new products that will be compatible with their AI, and new apps, which will undoubtedly be incompatible with Sonos speakers, as Google refuses to pay royalties to Sonos to integrate its patents into its own connected speakers.

I'll let you guess what is likely to happen... And what will inevitably happen.

 

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    KalypsoAuthor
    Contributor I
    April 7, 2024

    I think Sonos should just provide the basics, so that the open-source Home Assistant community can fully integrate voice recognition functionality. If it were possible for me to control my Home Assistant home automation, it would be much more than a single speaker that I would have today. And this, and above all without Cloud, all locally, the opposite of Google, and Alexa.

    Too bad I can't post a survey on this forum, Sonos would probably be surprised by the result?

    Je vais réfléchir comment en mettre un en place via un lien externe

     

      daxdavis
      Lyricist I
      April 8, 2024

      This would be amazing!

        pontyjonty
        Lyricist I
        April 18, 2024

        Even if Sonos could act as voice satellites for Home Assistants voice pipeline it would be fantastic. 

        Ready to ditch Alexa!

          Master Devwi
          Master Devwi
          Lyricist III
          April 27, 2024

          +1! If I could use Sonos to send custom voice commands to Home Assistant (and specifically interact with a custom assistant there) that would be incredible. It’s the best feature Sonos could possibly add and would open up a whole new world of options—all while bringing more users into the Sonos ecosystem. 

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