After the US international trade commission ruled that it was infringing on Sonos’ patents, Google has already announced software workarounds. Users will no longer be able to adjust a speaker group’s volume with their phone’s volume rocker.
Sonos warned that Google might have to’degrade or eliminate product features’ to be compliant. Google has 60 days to get its devices into compliance.
Instead of being able to say’hey Google, set volume to 40 percent on living room speakers,’ you’ll have to change the volume for each one, using either the assistant, Google home app, or a nest hub display.