Hi, I have also tried this out. I agree it is a bit of a timewaster having to switch between the two, but the Sonos controller app makes it relatively straightforward.
One downside I haven’t cured is that Alexa can control some of my TV functions such as on/off and volume, through my sound beam, but I can’t find a way to do that with google. A shame as it is miles ahead in terms of general information compared with the more clunky skills of Alexa. imho Ian > On 13 Jul 2019, at 16:38, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Sonos fans, > > I haven’t seen anything posted yet, but just in case you didn’t know, if you > own a Sonos One, Sonos Beam soundbar or Sonos, then you can now set it up to > either use Alexa or the Google Assistant. Obviously the Google Assistant has > its advantages in terms of knowing much more than Alexa when it comes to > general questions, asking for phone numbers for businesses, making calls > etc., but Alexa also has advantages since Audible is supported and so on. > Unfortunately so far you do have to choose between the 2, you can change it > from time to time but they are not yet both supported simultaneously although > I believe it is Sonos’ goal to achieve this. > We currently have our Sonos One stereo set in the kitchen set up for Google > Assistant and our Sonos One stereo pair in the bathroom for Alexa. It’s nice > to have Google in the kitchen since it’s much easier to ask for reccipes, the > integration with our new GE cook stove works better and certain other of our > home automation also seems to work better on the Google Assistant. > > Best regards, > Sieghard > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB25738F3B79B6AF6F2BCDD963C7CD0%40MWHPR06MB2573.namprd06.prod.outlook.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/MWHPR06MB25738F3B79B6AF6F2BCDD963C7CD0%40MWHPR06MB2573.namprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/961A7254-A992-4D58-8E4B-D366E6940235%40gmail.com.
