topic Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device. in Speakers and Displays

Speaker groups only play to one random device.

elfstones65 — Sun, 27 Feb 2022 21:17:23 GMT

Hi not sure if this is a result of the sonos lawsuit or not but my speaker groups will only play on random device when using spotify or apple music for android. (even trying via the home app itself clicking play music)

I will admit I am on a linksys mesh velop system but that worked fine before for over a year. I even created a smaller group that would be using only one node from the mesh.

I have attempted the following:

changed all the chromecast audios to 2.4 ghz
factory reset each chromecast audio and re-setup them up.
changed the devices back to the 5ghz

Nothing seems to work, Essentially muliroom/speaker groups seem useless right now.

I know some other people have had similar issues reading through posts on here and reddit but nothing remotely shows a solution.

Would be nice to just hear, sorry till google and sonos come to an agreeement only casting to single device will work for now or some such but this is hugely frustrating. Yes I know I didn't invest much, the Chromecast audios were 20/30 pounds when i bought them but they did work and now they don't.

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

elfstones65 — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:09:28 GMT

Anyone with any idea how to resolve?

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

Jake — Fri, 06 May 2022 19:08:12 GMT

Hey elfstones65,

Sorry for the late reply. I wanted to follow up and see if you are still in need of any help? Please let me know if you are still having any trouble from here, as I would be happy to take a closer look and assist you further.

Best regards,
Jake

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

Jake — Wed, 11 May 2022 17:36:37 GMT

Hey elfstones65,

I wanted to check in and see if you are still in need of any help with your device? Please let me know, as I would be happy to assist, and answer any questions you may have.

Best regards,
Jake

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

AJT693 — Thu, 12 May 2022 16:36:28 GMT

Hi @Jake - I'm having the exact same issue but with a speaker group containing a Polk Magnifi Mini and a Nest Audio.

These two speakers could be casted to at the same time within a speaker group up until last week (worked for about 7 months prior), but now only one speaker plays in the group. Each speaker can be casted to individually just fine.

The Polk settings in the Google Home App shows the Cast firmware is 1.36.145853 and not 1.52.272222 or above which is what has been mentioned as a potential factor - however I don't know if Polk are planning to upgrade their firmware for my device as it is no longer a model on sale. However as Elfstone has mentioned in his other thread (https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Chromecast/Speaker-groups-no-longer-working-from-smartphone/m-p/100464), his devices all have the latest Cast firmware yet he is still having the same issue.

I've tried resetting all devices & deleting/re-creating groups, but all made no difference.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Ali

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

Azarco — Wed, 18 May 2022 21:46:12 GMT

Hey folks,

Thanks for the update.

Make sure your devices are within 15-20 feet of your router and connected to the same network. Are they working when you use voice commands in playing music to your speaker group? Also, have you tried reinstalling your Google Home app?

Best,

Alex

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

AJT693 — Thu, 19 May 2022 14:41:36 GMT

My issue has been resolved by resetting the WiFi router, the only thing I hadn't done - speaker group of two speakers now working as expected.

Cheers

Ali

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

Azarco — Thu, 19 May 2022 18:02:57 GMT

Hey AJT693,

Thanks for updating the Community forum of your resolution. Let us know if you still need help with devices.

Kind regards,

Alex

Re: Speaker groups only play to one random device.

Azarco — Mon, 23 May 2022 18:34:40 GMT

Hi AJT693,

As we got our resolution here, I'm going to mark this thread as resolved. I'll be locking this thread if we won't hear back from you again in 24 hrs. Should that happen, feel free to create a new one if you have more questions or have other concerns in the future.

Best,
Alex