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February 7, 2024

ERA 300 and 100 no Google Assistant, Really?

  • February 7, 2024
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I just purchased a new ERA 300 knowing it was voice enabled, I had no idea that Sonos had dropped Google.  So now I have 19 speakers in my house that use Google and 1 that can’t.  Who is responsible for the product road map at Sonos, what a joke.  I was going to replace 9 One’s with ERA 100’s, that can’t happen now.  I guess this will end my relationship with Sonos.  I have Nest Cameras and Doorbells at my house and if you don’t use Google the chime will not go to your voice enabled speakers.  Does Sonos consider these issues when they develop their products?  What a total lack of consistency and professionalism.

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    106rallye
    106rallye
    February 8, 2024

    As I understand it, the Era speakers will work with Google Assistant, but will not use their microphone. My (would be) solution tot that is to use a Google Nest Mini. From this thread it seems these speakers, and so from now on all new Sonos speakers, will not work with GA at all? Can anyone confirm this?

    As I stated before the move by Sonos away from GA is very unfortunate - for people who are invested in Nest stuff, but also for people in places where people speak a language that Alexa or SVC do not do, like my native language, Dutch. If my conclusion from this thread is right, the problem is worse than I thought.

      Ken_Griffiths
      Ken_Griffiths
      February 8, 2024

      As I understand it, the Era speakers will work with Google Assistant, but will not use their microphone. My (would be) solution tot that is to use a Google Nest Mini. From this thread it seems these speakers, and so from now on all new Sonos speakers, will not work with GA at all? Can anyone confirm this?

      As I stated before the move by Sonos away from GA is very unfortunate - for people who are invested in Nest stuff, but also for people in places where people speak a language that Alexa or SVC do not do, like my native language, Dutch. If my conclusion from this thread is right, the problem is worse than I thought.

      Google Assistant/Home will still work with Sonos devices - you just cannot install the assistant on the newer Sonos products. You can still use SVC standalone on those speakers and use a nest mini in the room too (as you mention) - that still works.

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