Sonos Google Assistant - Setup and review

Sonos Google Assistant is here ... it’s finally here. The long, year and a half wait for Google Assistant on Sonos is over, so we can now link up Google Assistant to Sonos speakers like the One and the Beam. How well does it work? What features is it missing? And was it worth the wait? Let's walk through the setup and give this a review.
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[@Dee0426]

I squealed like a girl when I saw the update. Especially because my Alexia started really messing up recently. Great channel

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks! I also got way too excited when it was announced.

[@BobbieTheTechGuy]

I am totally waiting for this!😄

[@maaxbsc778]

Hey Matt😊 Great video! Awesome that Sonos added Google Assistant🤗 What do you think about the JBL Link series (e.g. 300). Those have chromecast built in, so you can group them via Google Home. Video coming up??😇

[@UndecidedMF]

Nice suggestion! Adding it to my list.

[@user-lj3ny3ig8v]

I want to link my YT Music acc to the Sonos Google Assistant, but its saying that something was gone wrong

[@MrGeocidal]

I still want it to have both assistants at once.

[@jackyphuah732]

Finally...google assistant but not available in my country yet....sigh

[@UndecidedMF]

Some folks have commented that they got it working by changing their country location in the Sonos app to the U.S.

[@jackyphuah732]

@@UndecidedMF i see will try

[@ericdannemiller7386]

If you had to choose between the Sonos Play:1 & the Bose SoundTouch 10. Which one would you get? Plus I've just read on the Google Play Store that the Sonos app is a little to be desired & I've ran in to an issue with it saying it can't connect to the WI-FI when there's nothing wrong with the WI-FI settings when everything in the household is running just fine with my router. Read up on the Play Store ratings for the app are bad & most are saying Sonos updates to offten & never check for flaws before releasing the app updates. My thought is I love the sound of the Sonos Play:1 but it's only as good as the Sonos app to control the Sonos speaker. Another thing is you just can't use the original apps for the music service that you like because you have to use the ones from the Sonos app & they are not as loaded with features like the originals. I know I have one & I'm ready to jump from Sonos to Bose SoundTouch 10. I'm still hoping to keep the Sonos Play:1 but with in my return grace period I have to make up my mind. Plus I think you have more options when you have Bluetooth & WI-FI with the SoundTouch 10 then if you just have WI-FI with the Sonos Play:1.

[@wendyz7859]

Hi Eric, did you end up keeping the Sonos Play 1 or return it for the Bose SoundTouch 10? I’m trying to decide between these 2.

[@joffs123]

I find that Google Assistant Routines work well by voice command when linked to a Sonos, but routines that are triggered by time of day never work.

[@ItsPJ86]

Great review, thanks! Question for you Matt, I have 2 Sonos ones in a group with the beam in my bedroom. When I use the assistant does it automatically apply to the speakers who are in that group? Thanks for answering! :)

[@UndecidedMF]

Hi Patrick. Glad you liked the video. Yep, all of the speakers in that group respond as one. I have the same setup in one of my rooms.

[@nicomohler8133]

Because the update took so long, I chose the work-around via Yonomi which works pretty good with my Sonos speakers. I was hoping that with the update I would be able to automatically lower the music when saying "Ok Google" as it is the case with the Sonos One or Sonos Beam. This tremendously helps Google to better understand your commands. When you have a Sonos speaker without integrated mic and you control your Sonos system via a Google Home device this feature though isn't working (yet). This is a real pitty as this would have been a huge plus. As to now, I don't see any benefits compared to the Sonos controls via Yonomi. I have to say that I am a bit disappointed as this update took such a long time but doesn't bring the feature I was hoping for.

[@LaCatHTF]

Mine is running both Alexa and google assistant. When I added google assistance it never removed Alexa

[@martingilligan]

Forgive my confusion. Did you mean you can't initiate playing music by voice alone, on the likes of Spotify?? You have to initiate on another device but can then voice control stop, pause skip etc.?? That would be a deal breaker for me if not. Thanks.

[@UndecidedMF]

No, Spotify works fine with voice directly on Sonos. It’s limited with Siri and streaming from your phone.

[@martingilligan]

@@UndecidedMF Thanks

[@KenAdams426]

Stupid question....how did you change the voice?

[@UndecidedMF]

Not stupid at all. It’s kind of buried, but if you look in the Google Assistant app on your phone ... tap on your avatar icon ... then on the “Assistant” tab in settings. One of the top items on the page should be “Assistant Voice.” There’s 11 in there to choose from right now.

[@quatie]

Will we need new speakers or will it work with out current Play 1s?

[@UndecidedMF]

You won’t have Google Assistant built into the speaker itself since it doesn’t have the microphone, but if you have a Sonos One or Beam you can use that speaker to control the older Sonos speakers. There are also ways to link Google Home to Sonos using Yonomi as a middleman. www.androidpolice.com/2018/01/14/can-now-control-sonos-speakers-google-home-yonomi/

[@magnusardhammar9625]

Undecided with Matt Ferrell sounds good! One question though, if I add a Sonos One to my Google Home network, can I control an old Play 1 from a Home Mini? Or do I always have to give commands to Sonos One to control older Sonos speakers?

[@jamel-rashadthomas2217]

Would you still be able to use Apple Music through the sonos app with these speakers?

[@UndecidedMF]

Yep. Apple Music continues to work just fine through the Sonos app.

[@alfredoaviles3417]

Hi, im having trouble because when i installed it on my sonos, google says can play in other devices but not in sonos, when i say "google i want to listen to gorillaz in spotify"

[@UndecidedMF]

I read about this on the forums: en.community.sonos.com/google-assistant-and-sonos-229109/google-assistant-will-not-play-spotify-on-sonos-speakers-6825519 Sounds like a glitch that has to get fixed.

[@TravisJones812]

OK he just said that this was a software deal rather than a hardware deal - so don't I just need the .apk for the Sonos app for the US market, and - voila - Google home assistant connectivity?

[@YouGotPropofol]

Lost me at "open the sonos app". Don't want 3 services on one speaker and don't want to use the speaker's OEM app in conjunctin with the google home app. Would rather pay more and get a google home max or a homepod and just leave Alexa and the sonos app out of it.

[@UndecidedMF]

Fair point. I like being able to bounce around between services though. If you go Google Home Max or Homepod (I have those too), you locked in completely.

[@flysurfer6225]

What kind of idiots are working at Sonos that they can't handle 2 voice assists!? Do they know they have different wake words?

[@UndecidedMF]

They actually can do it, but decided not to after user testing.

[@goog646]

I agree. Wish they would stop dumbing down. I think I can handle two different wake words.

[@nicomentes156]

I personally hate it in Spanish, doesn't even announce... And with the Sonos speakers... It can't play Spotify music...

[@UndecidedMF]

It sounds like the Spotify issue might be a glitch that needs to get fixed. en.community.sonos.com/google-assistant-and-sonos-229109/google-assistant-will-not-play-spotify-on-sonos-speakers-6825519

[@มนตรีศรีพุฒทอง]

*I like the old style Echo Dot because it's small also **Newest.Technology**, gives out decent sound and doesn't take up a lot of shelf space if you want to put it on beam in the workshop or shed.*

[@SALSAINLONGBEACH]

So you CANNOT group playback sonos with other google devices? Right now I have Google home mini, Chromecast, and the chrome audio all synced up around the house so music plays at the same time and it’s great and I’m hoping to add a Sonos speaker to the group.

[@UndecidedMF]

Not yet, which is something that I’m disappointed is missing. It does sound like Sonos is still working on adding some of those missing features, so hopefully in time.

[@turnerm05]

I'm a huge fan of Sonos and have been using their products since the early days (I think since at least 2005ish?). It took them FAR too long to add Google Assistant support but I'm glad it's finally here. I think they've done a pretty good job out of the gate but we are missing some obvious low hanging fruit in terms of functionality. You mentioned being able to sync Sonos and Google Home devices - this would be fantastic!! They also need to address Sonos groups. They should just copy what Google has done with predefined groups (IMHO). They should also allow you to "pair" a Google Home device (like a mini or a home hub/nest/whatever) with a Sonos speaker so that you don't have to specify a room to play music in a particular room. Google home already does this with lights and other smart home devices. Anyway - lots of room for future features but I'm pleased that it's FINALLY here.

[@UndecidedMF]

Really interesting suggestion for pairing a Google Home to a specific Sonos speaker or group. That would be interesting and simple way to add voice to any Sonos speaker that doesn’t have it built in. I also agree with your take about Sonos needing to copy Google’s predefined groups. There’s some rough edges to work out and the low hanging fruit (as you mentioned). Hopefully they’ll start chipping away on those updates sooner than later.

[@Azn_Bran]

Yes the lack of groups is a bit disappointing. I am sure with updates they will add this functionality. The lack of apple music support is also disappointing as I had both services on and off for years and recently decided to just go all in on Apple Music since I use Car Play a lot with my new car and that means Siri/Apple Music.

[@Eckline]

I’ll be getting Sonos once they allow it to be grouped with my other google homes for multi room audio

[@LetsG0BrandonFJB]

Oh damn it don't work with groups. Ughh that blows

[@phuckinggraphicdripdotcom]

Yea I wish they would incorporate with other cast speakers. then would be they would be unbeatable speaker if they did

[@FullyVers]

Thanks for the video. Your input is very helpful. Been looking at my Alexa side-eyed lately and getting any info on alternatives is great!

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks for watching!

[@manuellopez1204]

If you are a SONOS fan I consider you as my best friend. I just subscribe and like . Thanks and keep up the good work. Nice video.

[@faragmostafa633]

like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, kzbin.infoUgkxhB5YOMNj04GuoAosExygP4cH-dKeb4aB Bose speaker)... but all switches and outlets (5), thermostat, tankless water heater. Unfortunately all I can do is turn on/off Bose. It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... I don't sit around and ask Alexa questions much so that doesn't really matter to me....

[@MrAsag]

sooo stupid thing I can only play music from PC. I can’t watch anything from KZbin or just a movie ??? Any sounds from PC or phone not working!! I don’t understand who could invent such a useless product ..

[@f00ly60]

If you solely use Google Assistant to control smart lights and such, can these fully replace Google Home Minis? I have one per room. Thinking of upgrading specific rooms with Sonos One and gifting the Home Minis to family members who are delving in. Is there any major reason you see to keep both in a room?

[@UndecidedMF]

For controlling things like smart lights, there's no difference between the Home Mini and the Sonos One. I'm able to control every smart home device I have via Google on Sonos. Unless you want/need things like voice calling, voice match, or Chromecast support, the Sonos will work great. And those handful of missing features could get added in time with software updates. If your main use is smart home device control, there'd be no reason to keep a Google Home Mini in the same room with a Sonos One.

[@f00ly60]

@@UndecidedMF Much appreciated! Thanks for all the content!

[@joshuakientsch2089]

Undecided with Matt Ferrell what’s voice match?

[@UndecidedMF]

You can teach Google Assistant how your voice sounds. If you ask for personal results, like what’s next on your calendar, it will only do it if it recognizes it’s you. Otherwise it will only allow general requests from unrecognized voices. It also makes it easier to have multiple users each pull their personal results from one speaker. Here’s a good article on it: www.the-ambient.com/how-to/set-up-voice-match-google-home-streaming-305

[@markfrank0924]

I wonder if you had asked who was the worst president of the United States if Obama would have been chosen or would it have been Jimmy Carter? Seriously, I love Sonos, just added the Sub and while expensive it really is good.

[@mauritja00]

The region aspect is very easily remedied, just Change the region on your account, I live in Bolivia and it works out fine

[@davidarmstrong3708]

sadly Google's software is really bad here. can't find the speaker, but alexa connects in 10 seconds.

[@vor_ben]

Still not available in Germany. I want the Google Assistant so bad...

[@faizaljr481]

Go to sonos account, login to your account, edit your profile and change the country to US, you now can use GA in sonos one, once you've done, change your country to germany again.

[@LEOST0TCH]

stadt-bremerhaven.de/sonos-google-assistant-schon-jetzt-in-deutschland-nutzen-so-gehts/

[@vor_ben]

@@LEOST0TCH genau das habe ich gestern auch gefunden und ausprobiert. Funktioniert echt super

[@billroe4243]

Sonos supports many more music services that won't work with Google.

[@McCoymiked]

Hey Google repeats any simple command like, “turn on the lights,” with an unnecessarily long and completely pointless “turning on the large lamp.” And it does so at whatever random volume it was last set at. So if you come home at 1am and need the lights on for a minute while you take your shoes off and find the bathroom, Google wakes up the whole house. Even if it’s not 1am I still found the lengthy command repetition incredibly annoying. If Alexa understands the command it just has a soft ding of affirmation. Waaaay more user friendly. Listening to google’s lengthy explanations of it affirming that it’s going to do the simple thing I just asked it to, I can’t help but think that no one at google has ever actually tried to use their assistant in every day life. What a simple oversight. I found hey google unuseable because of how totally annoying it is. I use the voice assistant for four main things 1. Lights control 2. Speaker control 3. Sleep sounds such as thunderstorms 4. Telling me the weather. Hey Google doesn’t have a built in sleep sounds feature. As best I can tell I’d have to subscribe to the google music app and select appropriate audio tracks from the market to get this to work. It’s arguably the worst major brand music streaming app out there so that’s a no-go. Meanwhile it’s built into Alexa for free and automatically defaults a one hour playback of whatever sleep sound you choose. Quite useful. So basically Hey Google fails on two of the four main reasons I want a voice assistant. I was surprised that google was worse than Alexa but for my purposes it is and I had to switch back.

[@UndecidedMF]

Nice and thoughtful review. I agree on the chatty aspect of Google Assistant. Alexa really is the best on that front and something that Google can fix with an update. As for the sleep sounds, they do have some available: support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7364558?hl=en

[@kamealcelestee]

I can't play any of my Google Play music using Sonos and Google Assist.

[@terryrodbourn2793]

I’m sorry but you are only reason I don’t use Google Devices in home!

[@unspokensoles]

Well I'm already looking forward to heading home from work today to switch my Sonos Ones over to Google Assistant. Wish I saw this last night. Super-excited! Thanks again, Matt!

[@UndecidedMF]

Ha! "I'm suddenly not feeling too well boss ... [cough] ... I think I should head home early and get some ... rest ... yeah ... rest ... [cough]."

[@unspokensoles]

@@UndecidedMF hahahahahaha yes, my thoughts exactly!

[@bobjackson3237]

is it any better than a google home microphone? does it listen better how many microphones does tthe sonos have to listen?

[@UndecidedMF]

The Sonos One has 6 far field microphones, so I’ve found it to be better at catching my voice over a Google Home Mini and my Google Nest Hub.

[@chrisgalloway1412]

Hey Matt - Just recently got into Sonus after much debate. Wanted to do whole home audio as well as a smart home with the house I'm currently building. Many thought processes going on here. Home theater, whole home audio, smart features..... so recently, I decided to go google with the smart home devices and sonos for sound. I have purchased the sonos arc and plan to pick up several one sl's for around the house. So, my question... has sonos improved it's relationship with google accessability? This video was almost 17 months ago and I'd be curious if you have any updates to provide. Thanx as always!! GO RED SOX!!!

[@BlackMenAreDope]

Got dang it!!! I am so pleased with Hey Google on Sonos Alexa is sooooooooooooooooooo bad on it. Hey Google is 300 times more efficient. It listens better is just much smarter.

[@Azn_Bran]

Same, however, the lack of Apple music is saddening.

[@DarcersTech]

The Google Assistant app is not available in my App Store (due to region I am originally from). Is it possible to set up GA through the Google Home app instead?

[@michaelandreasen993]

Yeah my Google nest just tells me she has no idea what im talking about or that youtube needs premium 🙄 i dont use youtube for Music and its linked like Google and sonos tells me to.. So i guess its not for the danish audience yet :(

[@oskyedp]

Is working only whit the google assinstent or alexa?

[@santiagoarboleda4704]

Hey I like you're videos. I just wanted to tell you that since day one with Google assistant in the sonos I've been able to use it, and I live in Colombia (south America) and it also works perfectly in Spanish.

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks! And that’s interesting that Google’s been working for you from day one. Do you have the U.S. set as your location?

[@jcmpaz]

Hola Santiago,como vas? Acabo de comprarlos y me gustaría saber como te ha ido. Los compre en USA pero también los voy a usar en Colombia. Gracias

[@shanec508]

I use a Sonos Bridge to play multi room audio to hard wired speakers, does Google Assistant allow me to activate Sonos playlists or other actions in this way?

[@LL-qm3sl]

I have a google home and want a full room stereo. Does the Sonos one include all of the features of google assistance like the google home does? Does it sound any better as well? Thank you!!!

[@Jimmy-nl8yi]

I pulled over and screamed! Thank! Is there any way to get rid of that ding noise when you use the wake worx

[@UndecidedMF]

Yep, you can turn it on and off here: support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7410241?hl=en

[@alliejr]

Privacy tip: Enter a home address across the street or around the corner. You'll primarily only want it for weather, so that level of precision will be sufficient.

[@UndecidedMF]

Interesting tip!

[@KenAdams426]

LOL not like they cant look up your name and get your address. plus its on your mail. in your garbage when you throw away junk mail and amazon boxes. LOL your address is public record. So putting it in something like this is not some big privacy issue.

[@werra3254]

Setting sleeptimers also doesn't work for me. Works fine on google home devices but not on my sonos one.

[@UndecidedMF]

Huh. I haven’t tried that one out yet.

[@werra3254]

@@UndecidedMF You should try it, It might be country specific somehow (I'm in the Netherlands) but I can't be the only one.

[@madgola]

Been waiting for this to come to sonos and Australia for what feels like eons, great to hear it's only next month now. Thanks for the update!

[@UndecidedMF]

It was a long time coming. Thanks for watching!

[@PDSOUNDS]

If my kids listen to me as the google assistance does in Sonos One, they'll go to bed!

[@onicEQ]

Thank you for muting the ok google trigger phase in the video so not to trigger my smart speakers!

[@Jasonwolofsky]

Hey Matt, Great video! at 5:02 you mentioned that from any google home device you can say voice commands to play music on your Sonos devices. My question to you is: Can you tell your Sonos devices (beam) to play music on your google nest mini? Basically the reverse of what you said.

[@UndecidedMF]

Yep!

[@PbNewf]

Question on using this with Philip's Hue. Currently if I ask the google home in my living room to "turn on the lights" it turns on the lights in the living room. If I ask the home mini in my bedroom the same question, it turns on the lights in the bedroom. Will a sonos one/beam be able to make that distinction?

[@UndecidedMF]

Good question. Yep, it works. What ever room you’ve assigned the Sonos speaker to will turn those lights on or off if you say “turn on the lights” or “turn off the lights” without the room name.

[@yuppietrashlife4344]

not in Sweden , arrrr

[@nicomentes156]

In English it says that Headspace it's not supported in the Sonos One...

[@JonathanPong]

Hi Matt, nice review as usual, covering a lot of the user experience and quirks. I'm considering dumping my army of Echos for these. I'm wondering if I can invoke unsupported music services using the two voice assistants - e.g. KZbin Music with Alexa, or Amazon Music with Google Assistant. I have both (ugh, a lot of reasons) and would love to drop one.

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks! Sadly you can’t. You can only use one voice assistant at a time on the system. And the specific service has to be supported by that assistant. You can play both services through the Sonos app though.

[@JonathanPong]

@@UndecidedMF Dreams shattered. Do speaker groups using the voice controlled music service work well? My Echos have been failing with Spotify at an unacceptable level. Amazon Music has been a bit better, but that's really the problem I'm most interested in solving.

[@Septenari07]

Just got a pair of these speakers and found your review. Thanks for all the great info in this video!

[@prebenborg]

still waiting - no speech support for European countries yet

[@UndecidedMF]

Hopefully you'll start seeing those spring up in July.

[@claezon]

Change your country to United States at sonos.com (profile settings) and you are good to go (took around 1 hour until the settings was reflected in the Sonos app though). Sonos app is still in your native language after you've changed country (at least on android). I'm from Sweden so I've added two languages to the Google Home. Both swedish and english works ok with my Sonos One speakers, but sometimes Google answers back in the wrong language (a known issue). I haven't tryed only having swedish as language settings yet, but I guess that would work.

[@rafaelaugustosilva]

Ir responds (almost perfectly) to Brazilian Portuguese, although not officialy supperted yet

[@UndecidedMF]

This is great to know. Nice workaround until support gets fully rolled out.

[@fwilden]

Not yet in the Netherlands

[@ApriliaRS50Terror]

Should work as of this week, but mine won't add Google Assistant.

[@ShannonBradford]

Thanks for the video Matt. Here are my thoughts. I think it is really stupid to force people to pick between Google Assistant or Alexa. I use them both. One is better for some things and the other is better for other things. I was very interested in Sonos and was thinking about replacing all of my speakers in the next year or two with them, but this is a deal breaker for me. I'm amazed that they thought this was a good idea and wonder what their real motivation was to pull this boneheaded move.

[@UndecidedMF]

Based on everything I read, it came from extensive user testing. I'd also love to have multiple assistants on the speaker at the same time, but I can see how it could get confusing from a user experience perspective. You or someone else in the house setting an alarm, timer, reminder, etc. on one assistant, but when that item gets triggered you either forget, or don't know which assistant someone else used. Not a show stopper in my book, but I get why they'd want to simplify it for a smoother user experience. Since this isn't a hardware limitation, support could come down the road. I think it'd be worthwhile to hit Sonos up about wanting that functionality. If there's enough demand for it, maybe they'll change their stance.

[@diegoamigo5719]

I’m guessing there is no way to group Sonos with google speakers right?

[@UndecidedMF]

Sadly, no ... not yet.

[@espro436]

Can i somehow change region to add google assistant?

[@UndecidedMF]

I'm not completely sure. I do know you can change your country in your Sonos account: www.sonos.com/myaccount. But I'm not sure if that will actually help when setting up Google Assistant because they're probably detecting where you are by IP address. You might be able to use a VPN to make it look like you're coming from another country.

[@elhefe2222]

I'm from Canada and I changed my region to US and it worked.

[@claezon]

I'm from Sweden and setting U.S. as region works.

[@mysterious8058]

espro yes it works bruh

[@alliejr]

All of my Sonos devices work with Alexa. Does Google Assistant work only with Sonos One and/or Beam?

[@UndecidedMF]

It works with all of them just like Alexa (built in voice on One and Beam ... but you can control any Sonos speaker through another Google Assistant device).

[@sachindevji]

Sonos google assistance don’t work with KZbin.

[@UndecidedMF]

If you’re talking about KZbin Music, it does work. However you have to add it as a music playback option in both the Google Assistant app and the Sonos app. If you only add to one, you’ll run into issues.

[@markmcdougal1199]

I must admit that I'm not as excited about the update as you are. I do use Google voice recognition every day, (but not Google assistant,) though I have to bring up a google search page and click on the blue microphone to ask a question. (My main computer is in my living room, and my big screen is my monitor. I don't have cable.) I also use x10 to control many devices, just bought my fist Chev Bolt and installed a lev 2 charging station outside my front door, so I'm trying to stay up with the times and be a positive influence. (Thanks for your very informative presentations, they help me a lot - I'm a subscriber) I would very much like to use voice control to actuate more of the features in my home environment, but I don't want to buy an expensive speaker system, and have to worry about security to do it. And I already have a stereo in my living room for my listening pleasure. I don't need it to be available in other rooms, as my wife and I have different music preferences and usually enjoy music in our own environments. This seems to be the main feature of the systems you review. I'm a retired software engineer, and can still create software on a .Net platform - is there a way to tie in my stereo, computer, monitor, and various home x-10 devices into a Google voice controlled (their voice recognition is pretty darned good) system without using a speaker / control system like Sonos, (which, to me, is expensive, hack-able, and has a lot of features I don't need?)

[@UndecidedMF]

I don’t blame you for not wanting to spend money on a something like a Sonos speaker if you already have good “dumb” speakers. You can actually give smarts to existing speaker systems with Amazon Echo Dots (they have aux audio output). Sadly, the Google Home Mini’s don’t have aux out, but you can hook up Google Chromecast Audio to a set of speakers (store.google.com/au/product/chromecast_audio). A lot of interesting options to add smarts and streaming capabilities to existing speakers. I don’t have much hands on experience with X10 gear, but I do know there are ways to hook it up into smart home systems like Home Assistant. Then Home Assistant can act as your bridge between X10 and Amazon, Google, or Siri. It’s a pretty powerful platform that can run on any computer from a full blown PC to a Raspberry Pi. And as a software engineer, I don’t think you’d have much trouble picking up how to get Home Assistant up and running. Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi: www.home-assistant.io/hassio/ X10 on HA: www.home-assistant.io/components/x10/

[@markmcdougal1199]

@@UndecidedMF Thanks Matt :)

[@Trafficker1985]

I waited ages before getting rid of my Sonos Ones and replacing with Echo Plus Devices. This wasn't all that much due to the Google home wait but more for the fact Sonos had critical bugs in the firmware. Some of them Sonos were too slow to deal with and other were simply never fixed. I understand that some features Amazon intentionally withholds from non Echo devices but there are features that should work but are just broken on the Sonos One. After a year with Sonos Ones it became obvious that Sonos's main priority is to make a great sounding cross platform speaker with very little interest in maintaining a capable smart home automation device. This is what I need more than anything. Something tells me you will never really get a complete Alexa/Google smart home experience unless you buy a device native to the vendor.

[@UndecidedMF]

A lot of the limitations with Sonos and Alexa are imposed by Amazon. They're holding back certain features from third party devices. Over the past year I saw Sonos slowly rolling out additional support for Alexa features, like Alexa announcements which showed up last August I believe (there are others too). If you're someone who is all in on Alexa and uses it as the central backbone of your smart home, you'd be better off going with Amazon devices. In fact, you can actually pair Amazon devices to specific Sonos speakers or groups and get the best of both worlds (full Amazon support and better sound from Sonos). I'm hoping they add similar functionality to Google Home devices and Sonos.

[@Trafficker1985]

@@UndecidedMF yeah sonos are making some progress to roll out new features but you typically find when they do its half baked and often do not work properly. The final straw for me was a bug where sonos one would not pick up my voice commands the first 2-3 times regardless of how loud I said Alexa. Sonos sent me another one which had the same issue. Spotted a couple of reddit posts with people having the same issue. This went on for 3 and half months with no fix. Got some echo replacements with no such issue so it was clearly a hardware/firmware issue and not alexa. I think that the engineering team working at sonos is limited in their size/resources to fixing these types of issues where as Amazon is not due to their size. This is another consideration for me as I'm slowly making these devices responsible for controlling many aspects of my smart home so it's important the support is up to par. I enjoy your videos BTW, keep up the good work. :)

[@Azn_Bran]

No apple music 😩😩😩

[@UndecidedMF]

Not yet at least.

[@Azn_Bran]

@@UndecidedMF My fingers are certainly crossed!

[@SuperFuzzmonkey]

Do you have to buy special 'google assistant' speakers or does the assistant work on all old play 1,5,3 etc?

[@UndecidedMF]

It works directly on speakers like the Sonos One and Beam. However, older speakers can be controlled with Google Assistant if you have one of the newer speakers in the mix. Another option is adding a Google Home Mini to your home and using that to control your older speakers. Here’s some of the commands: support.sonos.com/s/article/3490?language=en_US

[@matthewnour97]

@@UndecidedMF ohhhh. I only have the older ones, so that's why I don't have that voice services option in my settings? I need at least one of the newer ones in order for me to be able to use Google with all my speakers?

[@UndecidedMF]

You'll only get that voice Assistant menu item if you have at least one Sonos speaker with the built in microphones and Assistant. However, if you have something like a Google Home Mini or Google Asdistant/Home app on your phone, you can add Sonos speakers inside the Google Home app. Then you can ask Google using a phone or the Home Mini to play something on your Sonos speakers.

[@SLChill79]

i am wonder what does it mean by only US can access to google assistant at the time being? does it mean i am not able to see the google assistant service if i am outside of US while trying to enable it in the Sonos One?

[@UndecidedMF]

Yes, it depends on where you are. Some people have gotten around this by setting up their country as the U.S. But Google has actually been rolling out additional countries in the recent weeks.

[@SLChill79]

Thanks Matt. May i know where can i access to the countries that support google assistant now?

[@ronm6585]

👍

[@UndecidedMF]

🙏

[@frederikjokumsen3056]

thanks:)

[@jasperrrzz]

Can you stream to your chromecast with the sound of the sonos one?

[@UndecidedMF]

Sadly, no. Not yet. Hoping that add that in an update.

[@Yiannis021174]

Great video as always Matt :-). I notice you have the stereo home pods in the background. How do they compare with the Audioengine stereo set?

[@UndecidedMF]

The Homepods sound really nice, but there are some differences. My Audio Engine speakers have a sub under the desk, so the low end is more punchy. They’re also more directional, which is why I prefer them on my computer for video and audio editing. Almost like a good set of near field monitors. The Homepods have an enveloping sound that I really enjoy for listening to music as I work on other things. Even though they don’t have the same super low end of the sub under my desk, it’s not something I miss most of the time when listening to music. The dynamic range and enveloping sound of the Homepods are damn impressive.

[@sandeepvaraich9577]

Great video Matt. I have multiple Google speakers around the house and have a number of groups set up. Can I add Sonos aswell as Google speakers to a particular group?

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks for watching! Sadly, not yet. Hopefully that will get added in an upcoming software update. Just like when they added Alexa, it took some time for Sonos to role out additional features. That one and being able to use Sonos speakers as chrome cast devices in general is a big one for me.

[@sandeepvaraich9577]

@@UndecidedMF could be a deal breaker for me. Full immersed in the google ecosystem, will be looking for TV Soundbar/surround sound speakers for living room with Chromecast enabled. Can you recommend any, can will seamlessly fit into my Google Ecosystem and more importantly group up with my other speakers.

[@UndecidedMF]

I haven’t been able to test these out myself yet, but I’ve heard good things about the LG ThinQ speakers. They’re supposed to fully support Chromecast and assistant. Bose is the other one I’ve been eyeballing for testing. www.bose.com/en_us/products/speakers/smart_home/smart_speakers.html

[@manuelferran6486]

Only one Sonos One of my paired one's get the command. The assistant turned off the mic in the other. Also I can't shuffled songs in Spotify playlist. These are only some misses...

[@UndecidedMF]

Nice call outs.

[@goog646]

Exactly what I wanted to know. Thanks.

[@andrewuk]

Still no google cast 😳😢

[@UndecidedMF]

I know ... I really wish they’d get that in there.

[@gatgolf]

Would a home mini be able to direct a Sonos Connect?

[@UndecidedMF]

It should be able to.

[@maxbb24]

It is available in Germany 🇩🇪 now yeah. Great video, thanks

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks! And good to hear it’s available in Germany now.

[@sneekerstattoo]

Cool review 👍🏻

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks! 👍

[@kellywitkowicz2216]

so are you saying that you still can group or ungroup speakers but not through the voice controls

[@glennewton7034]

Great video

[@UndecidedMF]

👍

[@WCG72]

I'm not very impressed. I already have much more functionality using my own various stereo systems and Google Chromecast/home mini.

[@KenAdams426]

just wish the sonos would play apple music though the assistant and alexa. Also, would be nice to have the drop in feature on the sonos too.

[@UndecidedMF]

Sonos with Alexa does work with Apple Music now. You have to set it up as your default music service in the Alexa app ... and I believe also link it as your default music service in Sonos. I’m hoping Google adds it as an option too.

[@dominicgomez9538]

Something seems wrong with your voice audio in this video. Love your content

[@UndecidedMF]

Thanks! And yeah, I had a few videos that had some audio issues. Got some new audio gear and fixed the problem.

[@den2ofoz]

More spying software from amazon and google.