Been waiting for Google Assistant for over a year. Bought my Sonos system because of the promise from Sonos that Google Assistsnt would be available in late 2018. Very disappointed.
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Says Sonos:
This quarter we would like to highlight the much-anticipated launch of the Google Assistant on Sonos. We've been working on this for quite a while and are thrilled to be rolling it out next week. Through a software upgrade, Sonos One and Beam will support the Google Assistant in the U.S., with more markets to come over the next few months. This feature will truly elevate the customer experience and marks the first time that consumers will be able to buy a single smart speaker and get to choose which voice assistant they want to use. We think giving consumers choice is always the right decision, and we anticipate this philosophy will be adopted in the industry over time.
https://www.androidcentral.com/google-assistant-finally-headed-sonos-one-and-sonos-beam
This quarter we would like to highlight the much-anticipated launch of the Google Assistant on Sonos. We've been working on this for quite a while and are thrilled to be rolling it out next week. Through a software upgrade, Sonos One and Beam will support the Google Assistant in the U.S., with more markets to come over the next few months. This feature will truly elevate the customer experience and marks the first time that consumers will be able to buy a single smart speaker and get to choose which voice assistant they want to use. We think giving consumers choice is always the right decision, and we anticipate this philosophy will be adopted in the industry over time.
https://www.androidcentral.com/google-assistant-finally-headed-sonos-one-and-sonos-beam
In the mean time you can lean back and enjoy the sound of one of the best sounding compact speakers on the market. Because sound is what this is all about, right ? And whats wrong with the software ? From time to time people complain, but honestly, I don't hear much complaints about the Sonos app.
I would never buy such an expensive speaker just because it supports (or doesn't) Google Assistant or Alexa. I trust Sonos they will keep delivering one of the best/most reliable wifi speaker systems on the market, but I wouldn't put my bets on Google. They have a history of starting and stopping products when it suits them.
Except for i did buy them for GA support. 9 of them to be exact.
I had bought google homes for every room in the house when sonos announced GA support woupd be coming 2 weeks later. Still within my return period i returned the google homes and bought sonos ones instead. Now nearly 2 years later i sit here with a system that sounds good but doesnt do what i bought it to do. The waiting is getting tiresome.. And if infact the project geys scraped then the quewtion becomes will sonos issue refunds or will a class action be required? Im out about 5 thousand.
I'm curious if you've reached out to your reliable source to ask him/her for a reaction to today's news. I'd be fascinated to hear what reaction they have.
Seriously.
My guess is we wont hear back from them.
Now how the heck am I gonna get this working in Canada?
This is moderately frustrating. I really hope it's available there by default, if not, might have to look into spoofing location or something 😠
Now how the heck am I gonna get this working in Canada?
This is moderately frustrating. I really hope it's available there by default, if not, might have to look into spoofing location or something :@
The functionality will launch in the US initially, “with more markets to come over the next few months,” said Spence.
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I wanna know where they got their information other than "Google I/O"
Now how the heck am I gonna get this working in Canada?
This is moderately frustrating. I really hope it's available there by default, if not, might have to look into spoofing location or something :@
The functionality will launch in the US initially, “with more markets to come over the next few months,” said Spence.
Source
I know what it said, I read the article. I am not waiting several months for this. I bought it specifically last year because they said it would have google assistant by christmas. I could have bought a nice soundbar and a home hub or something instead, good lord.
I know what it said, I read the article. I am not waiting several months for this. I bought it specifically last year because they said it would have google assistant by christmas. I could have bought a nice soundbar and a home hub or something instead, good lord.
You shouldn't buy products based on future features.
Regardless it's confirmed coming. You waited this long, whats another month or so?
Silver lining: At least the American users can iron out any potential bugs that may arise, before it hits your region.
I know what it said, I read the article. I am not waiting several months for this. I bought it specifically last year because they said it would have google assistant by christmas. I could have bought a nice soundbar and a home hub or something instead, good lord.
You shouldn't buy products based on future features.
Regardless it's confirmed coming. You waited this long, whats another month or so?
Silver lining: At least the American users can iron out any potential bugs that may arise, before it hits your region.
tbh I was just looking for a nice soundbar, but like I said, I was hoping for Google assistant.
Regardless of whether or not it hits my region, you can bet I'll be using it before then 😉
sigh... just when i got excited i find out its US only first. so lame.
Jesus SONOS! Still messing with us? Only USA? Why?
Why not open up instead of only in US. They like to test their customer with these stupid moves.
My guess is that the governments require certain licensing and such before it can go live there. It could also be that Sonos has to have the proper servers, bandwidth and such in place before they can implement in a country. Clearly, there is some hurdles that have to be passed otherwise it would be released everywhere Sonos and GA already are operating.
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