Hi Fanus, No, the Google Assistant is relatively new to Sonos and you must add it to the Sonos One. You must also have the Google Assistant app on your phone to complete the setup.
Yes, Canada is very large, after Russia it is the second largest country in the world and one of the least populated, total population is about 37 Million compared to I believe a bit over 56 Million for South Africa. As for size, Canada has 9,985,000 square Kilometers, Russia is still a lot larger at just over 17 Million square kilometers, the US comes in at 9,834,000 square kilometers so not all that much different from Canada. South Africa has a bit over 1.2 Million square kilometers which is slightly larger than the province of British Columbia where I live which is 944,735 square kilometers but with a population of only just under 5 Million and 80% of them live in the Vancouver area and Vancouver Island. I live in a small town called Smithers in northwestern British Columbia with a population of about 6,000, driving distance to Vancouver is about 1,200 Km and it’s about 400 Km to the next larger city with a population of about 60,000. The coordinates are 54.7824 degrees North and 127.1686 degrees West. Strictly in terms of latitude we are a bit further north than Hamburg Germany which is northern Germany, Moscow in Russia is maybe a degree or so (100 Km) further North. 40% of Canada’s land mass are made of up our 3 northern Territories, Yukon, Northwest and Nunavut, combined population in those approx. 3.8 Million square kilometers is less than 120,000 and of those almost half live in the capital cities of each of those territories. Best regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Fanus Buys Sent: Monday, August 5, 2019 1:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Sonos and Ikea partner up - the result: Symfonisk WiFi Table lamp and bookshelf Speakers Hello Sieghard Thanks for the info. Alexa is not yet available here but your instructions for volume up and down and play and pause are spot on. Is google assistant built into the Sonos One or must I set it up? Bye the way, I am very interested in location of places so I did not realize that Canada is such a large country. What are your coordinates so that I can locate it in my mind and then it lets me imagine I can “see” your town. I use my perkins brailler and coordinates to make maps of countries and although the scale is not 100% I get a fair indication of locations. I have not yet made a Canada map but I would like to plot your town when I get to the Canada map. Regards Fanus From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Sunday, 04 August 2019 19:38 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Sonos and Ikea partner up - the result: Symfonisk WiFi Table lamp and bookshelf Speakers Hi Fanus, No, I have not heard either the Ikea bookshelf or speaker/lamp. The next Ikea for me is in Vancouver which is 1,200 Km away. If I get to Vancouver or another ccity with an Ikea next time I’ll try to find the time to check them out. I don’t use the touch controls on the Sonos One much except for maybe turning the volume up or down or to pause playback if Alexa or the Google Assistant fail to hear me. I can usually do the volume fairly consistently, the area you touch is about half way from front to back and towards the left edge of the speaker is volume down and towards the right edge is volume up. Play/Pause is in the middle. Towards the back of the speaker I think about in the middle left to right is a button which let’s you turn off the microphone and I think there maybe one which you can press to make the assistant listen in case you don’t want to say the wake word. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Fanus Buys Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2019 4:14 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: Sonos and Ikea partner up - the result: Symfonisk WiFi Table lamp and bookshelf Speakers Hello Sieghard Thanks for informing us. Have you perhaps hat a chance to listen to an Ikea Speaker to compare the quality with Sonos? Secondly, can you please remind me and others of the touch buttons and swipes one can use on the Sonos One speaker? 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The bookshelf speakers are a foot tall, 4 inches wide and 6 inches deep and you can get a wall bracket for a mere $15 and a speaker hook for $10, it allows you to hang the speakers of a rail like some of the systems you can find for in the kitchen where you install a continuous rail under your upper counters and you can then hang utensils off it or get various shelves, paper towel holders etc. You can read all about it below: Symfonisk WiFi Speakers<https://www.ikea.com/ca/en/news/-pubaafe6500?utm_source=Owners_Null_109529816&utm_medium=email&utm_content=image-t0-hero_EN-CA&utm_campaign=IKEA_GA_177543_1358859&et_rid=128689949> 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. 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