Missing Google Home Features

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Hi all!
Having made the leap from ST there are a couple of things I really miss...

Not being able to interrogate temperature and door sensors and not being able to stop / start sonos (at the very least).

Is there anyway I can work around this, without plugging my ST back in ?

Thanks

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Until Sonos does anything with Google Home you are kinda out of luck on that ask. You could create a virtual switch that turns on/off and use rules to stop/start sonos through the custom commands. Outside of that you may want to reach out to @stephack as he has some interesting solutions to other Sonos limitations.

<sorry @stephack but you really need to release that awesomesauce you have hiding. :wink: >

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Bah humbug

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Thanks! I'll take a look at these virtual switch thingies...

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@aaron aaron

I worked it out. Created virtual switches named after my oft-used groups (House Sonos, Downstairs Sonos, Upstairs Sonos and Office Sonos) Created Rule Machine triggers for these switches to STOP or PLAY selected Sonos players and shared the switch with Google Home.

Simple! ta!

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