Google once again lets users control the volume of multiple grouped speakers after having removed the feature when it lost a Sonos patent lawsuit in 2022.
After a few years of legal battles, you can once again control grouped speakers using the Google Home app and Google Assistant. The feature was slipped into Android 15 beta 2 last week, and now it’s going out to everyone, so users shouldn’t have to adjust the volume one speaker at a time anymore from their Android phones.
But last year, a US district judge threw out the previous ruling and essentially accused Sonos of being a patent troll. Not wasting any time, Google quickly set about bringing features back into its ecosystem by letting users incorporate speakers into multiple speaker groups at once.
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