HomePod HomePod working with Sonos?

[mikecronin1]

Hi All,

I have Sonos in my house at the moment in pretty much every room.
I'm hoping to get a HomePod and put it into my kitchen, the only thing stopping me is the integration with my Sonos system. Im hoping that I will be able to add the homePod into the system and almost have it as another Sonos speaker. So when I speak to Siri on the HomePod and ask it to play music in the kitchen (HomePod), living room (Sonos SoundBar) and bedroom (Sonos Play:5) it will work.

Do you think this can happen or will happen in the future?

Cheers,

Mike

 

[boshii]

It may work like that. Nobody will know anything until the Sonos AirPlay 2 update.

 

[AustinIllini]

I'm under the impression that should work when Sonos supports AirPlay 2.

 

[mikecronin1]

It may work like that. Nobody will know anything until the Sonos AirPlay 2 update.

Thanks Boshii, Is there any information on when Sonos will get AirPlay 2?

 

[AustinIllini]

Thanks Boshii, Is there any information on when Sonos will get AirPlay 2?

Guessing when Sonos will support anything is an exercise in futility. They said 2018, but anything beyond that is anyone's guess.

 

[chfilm]

I think Sonos might add AirPlay 2 only to the play 5 and the new sonos 1. Not the old play 1s.. (hope I got the naming correctly).

 

[ericwn]

I don‘t think adding Airplay will make the Sonos and the HomePod compatible. I also don‘t expect HomePod to be able to stream airplay to another device.

 

[legacyb4]

I'm guessing that if/when Airplay 2 releases on the Sonos, you can Airplay to a Homepod/Sonos combo from your device, but as @ericwn mentions, I doubt it'll enable the Sonos to be an "extended" speaker for the Homepod directly (just a wild guess).

And yes, as @chfilm points out, Sonos is being deliberately cagey whether the Sonos 1s (not the new Ones) will support Airplay 2 which will be a bummer if true...