At the moment, I'm unsure whether to invest beyond my single speaker since, long term, I don't want want to be restricted to the limitations of the Sonos controller app. And it would definitely convince me to invest in more Sonos speakers.
Surely we'd then see lots of music clients across platforms supporting this functionality. I just wish Sonos would release an open API to allow anyone to hook into direct play. Seems to me its either solely down to Google, or perhaps the terms of the partnership between Google and Sonos. Michael, I don't understand either why it would be supposed that this has anything to do with Apple. And on what grounds? Not sure why Apple would even care? Are you thinking Apple would be needed for the technical integration? Because AirPlay is licensable broadly (you can get cheap speakers that use it), so I'm guess is Sonos and Google wanted this to happen, it would not require much (any) work or even permission from Apple. Not sure how Apply could block this from working on the iOS version of the Google's app, unless they rejected it from the App Store. the Google play website and the iOS app)? Could you also comment on whether Google/Sonos integration will be added to other Google Play clients (i.e. Please let us know if you have any other questions and we'll be happy to assist you. I'd recommend that you follow that thread (if you haven't already) The ETA of this feature has not been released however, we hope add this option as soon as we can. In regards to multiple accounts, Sonos has officialy stated that it has plans to integrate multiple accounts in the future. The API itself is not open- this was a collaborative effort between Google and Sonos to integrate this feature.
#What is direct play android
The Android device acts as a controller which then sends the commands and plays the content through the Google integration on the Sonos system. As of right now, Sonos has not officially announced plans to expand this option to other services. West Indies and Sri Lanka will need to play an additional qualifying round to enter the Super 12 stage of the next years ICC Mens T20 World Cup in Australia. You can take a look at this page, it will discuss Google music and the ability to 'cast' that content to the Sonos system.