Nest devices limited to joining a single speaker group simultaneously

What you need to know

• Google Nest devices are now limited to a single speaker group at a time, though existing speaker groups will not be affected.
• This change is likely due to a recent legal decision, possibly related to Sonos’ patent lawsuit against Google.
• A number of older Nest devices may still be able to join multiple speaker groups.

Google has confirmed that a recent court ruling means you can’t play your Nest devices in multiple rooms at the same time.

A Nest Community manager said in a forum post that many of your favorite Google Assistant speakers from Nest will be limited to only one speaker group in the Google Home app at a time due to “a recent legal decision” (via 9to5Google). That said, existing speaker groups will not be affected.