If you own the new Sonos Move, or Sonos One or Sonos Beam, you can now use Google Assistant is now in built your Sonos devices. All you have to do is to update your firmware.
The Google Assistant is Sonos’ second built-in voice assistant. If your country is set to Singapore, it will default to Google Assistant instead of Amazon Alexa. If you had used Google Assistant before, then this will be a welcomed addition. But you haven’t, then you might take keen interest in what Google Assistant can do on your Sonos devices.
Not just music and TV, Sonos will support the Google Assistant’s top first party actions and features, including Continued Conversation, Broadcast mode, and the ability to choose a different voice for the assistant. Bringing the richness of the Google ecosystem and integration within the smart home, the Google Assistant on Sonos also includes more than one million actions from partner products.
I was at the Sonos Google Assistant Media Event today, and the demonstration showed many of the features as follows:
- System control: Start a song using AirPlay from Apple Music, ask the Google Assistant to go to the next track, and turn the volume down in the Sonos App. In addition, just one supported voice-enabled device allows for customers to request music or content to be played on other Sonos speakers in the system.
- Music, news, and radio: Request and control with voice from a growing list of streaming services, including: Spotify, YouTube Music, Google Play Music, TIDAL, TuneIn and Deezer to start. Use voice to go to the next song, change the volume, or pause with all streaming services available on Sonos.
- Easy control for TV with Sonos Beam: Turn on the TV with the Google Assistant using Beam’s HDMI ARC connection and CEC, switch from TV to music, and adjust the volume. Add a Chromecast Ultra to get additional features with voice for TV, including requesting specific shows or movies from streaming services.
- Get answers, manage tasks and plans: Hear a daily brief, flight information or commute time, set alarms, timers, and pull up calendar appointments or get answers on weather, calculations, translations, sports, and more.
- Connect with Smart Home: Ask Google to adjust the temperature or turn on the light.