Google Home app users should be able to add speakers back to groups for synchronous audio and video throughout the home.
Google is re-adding features to its Google Home ecosystem that were taken away due to a patent lawsuit involving Sonos. It’s a win for Nest users, but it shows that while big tech continues to bicker about ownership, customers are being stiffed on features they’ve come to expect from their products. In a Tuesday update on the Google Nest blog, the company said those changes made to the Nest speakers, displays, and Chromecast would be reversed.
In his decision, he said Sonos’ lawsuit was “not a case of an inventor leading the industry to something new. This was a case of the industry leading with something new and, only then, an inventor coming out of the woodwork to say that he had come up with the idea first.” Gizmodo reached out to Sonos for comment, but we did not immediately hear back. According to Reuters, Sonos said it plans to appeal Alsup’s decision.
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