re: Inexpensive 2 zone amplifier with wifi

uh oh..from yesterday

Google is Violating the Sonos ITC Import Ban

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The problem? Google continued importing smart speakers and other products that violated the Sonos patents. So Sony contacted the US Customs Service in March 2022 and asked them to investigate. What they found is interesting: Google did, in fact, work to update an incredible list of its infringing products—which includes, wait for it, the Google Home Mini, Nest Mini, Home, Nest Audio, Home Max , Home Hub, Nest Hub, Nest Hub Max, Nest Wifi Point, Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Chromecast Ultra, Chromecast with Google TV, multiple generations of Pixel smartphones, the Pixel Slate tablet, the Pixelbook, and the Pixelbook Go—making them less useful in some cases. But some or all of them still infringe on at least two Sonos patents.

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“To avoid further importation exclusions, Google must either further degrade its customer experience, or pursue a fair licensing agreement with Sonos,” a Sonos representative told me.

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you seem happy to roll that dice for the OP

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It is absolutely insane that Google doesn‘t want to properly license Sonos‘ tech but instead chose to cripple their products! I, for example, can‘t control the volume of my Google Cast enabled speakers using Assistant anymore, when they are in a group. And changing the volume separately in six speakers is just bad.

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well that doesn't seem optimal

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The Device Utility app is the only way that older devices can be setup (or resetup) now that Google had to comply with the findings. If they need to get rid of that too, then all of the original Google Home, Home Mini, etc. will be bricks if you need to set them up again (for example if your WiFi setup changes). It appeared originally that moving setup functionality to that Device Setup Utility was part of the agreement to become compliant

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clearly you should go with alxtiger's suggestion he's the brains of this outfit and he's got the ebay sellers with warehouses of this crap stacked in a corner to prove it!