Speakers With Google Assistant That You Can Still Buy

Google’s voice assistant has nearly gone from other makers’ speakers. The direct route to it now is Google’s own Google Home Speaker at about $100, the speaker Google sells for Gemini for Home. For the details, see Google’s own home devices. Google Home Speaker on Amazon

From an audio brand that still answers to “Hey Google”, look at the JBL Authentics 200 first: the cheapest here at its marked-down price, with Alexa to fall back on. There is not much of a queue behind it.

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JBL Authentics 200, 300 and 500

JBL’s three retro-styled Wi-Fi speakers are the only ones here that run Google Assistant and Alexa at the same time, so either wake word works. JBL also lists Bluetooth, AirPlay, Chromecast built-in and Spotify Connect. That matters for the future: if one assistant goes, the speaker still has the other and still takes music from a phone.

The 200 is mains-powered and marked down to about $200 from a $380 list price. The 300 adds a handle and a battery that JBL rates at up to 8 hours, at about $300 against a $500 list price. The 500 is the large mains-powered one with Dolby Atmos music, at about $750. JBL notes that the assistants are not available in every country or language. JBL Authentics 200 on Amazon · JBL Authentics 300 on Amazon · JBL Authentics 500 on Amazon

JBL’s website blocks automated readers, so these figures come from the latest copies of its US store pages saved by the Internet Archive. Check them on jbl.com before you pay. The JBL Link Portable is not on the saved home speaker page, which lists only these three models with assistants.

The last Bose with Google Assistant

The Bose Portable Smart Speaker, once sold as the Bose Portable Home Speaker, is the one model left on Bose’s US store. Bose says it has Google Assistant and Alexa built in, and you choose one. On Wi-Fi it is a smart speaker with AirPlay 2 and Spotify Connect. Away from Wi-Fi it is a Bluetooth speaker. Bose gives the battery up to 12 hours and rates it IPX4 against splashes.

Bose’s store had it at $349, down from $399, with stock running low. Against the JBL Authentics 300 at about $300, that buys four more hours of battery and the splash rating, since JBL’s page for the 300 lists no water rating. Bose Portable Smart Speaker on Amazon

Do not expect a successor with it. Bose’s newer home speaker, the Lifestyle Ultra, has Alexa built in and Google Cast but no Google Assistant. On its Smart Ultra Soundbar, Bose says Google voice control works through a separate Google speaker.

Does Sonos work with Google Assistant?

Only on older models. Sonos’s support page says Google Assistant is available on the Arc, Beam (Gen 1 and 2), Move, One and Roam. The speakers it sells now are different ones. The Era 100, Era 300, Move 2, Roam 2 and Arc Ultra list Sonos Voice Control and Alexa only, and the new Beam Ultra lists Sonos Voice Control alone. Sonos says the One has been discontinued and points buyers to the Era 100, and the Move has gone from the range in favour of the Move 2.

The Sonos Beam (Gen 2) soundbar, mains-powered at about $500, is the only current Sonos product we found whose spec sheet still lists Google Assistant, beside Alexa and Sonos Voice Control. Sonos says Alexa and Google Assistant cannot run on the same product. Sonos Beam (Gen 2) on Amazon

There is a catch: Sonos’s support page says Google Assistant can no longer be added from an Android phone. Setups made earlier keep working, but adding it now, or adding it back after removing it, needs an iPhone or iPad. Skip the Beam for Google Assistant unless you have one, and skip an old Sonos One or Move bought for the same reason.

Gemini for Home on other makers’ speakers

Google’s announcement says Gemini for Home will replace Google Assistant on existing speakers and displays over time. It is rolling out as early access in 20 countries, which do not include India or Nigeria.

Other makers’ speakers get most of it. Google’s help page puts third-party speakers in the group that will support most Gemini for Home features but not Gemini Live, the free-flowing conversation mode. So a speaker you already own looks set to carry on, and Sonos says existing Google Assistant setups continue to operate.

New ones may come. Google’s developer blog describes a speaker reference design, new for 2026, that lets partners build speakers with the full Gemini voice experience. We found no such speaker on JBL’s, Bose’s or Sonos’s store pages.

A speaker with Google Cast is also useful without an assistant of its own. Google says its Google Home Speaker can play in a group with Nest speakers and other Google Cast devices, so a Cast speaker can be the loudspeaker while a Google one does the listening.

Google’s speaker list is out of date

Google’s own list of speakers with Google Assistant still names twelve. Two are Google’s Nest Mini and Nest Audio, which the Google Store no longer sells. One is the Polk Assist, which Polk has moved to its archive. The list is a poor guide to what you can buy.

The Harman Kardon Citation One and the Sony SRS-XB402G are not on that list. Neither maker’s site would load and we found no recent saved copy, so we cannot say whether they are still sold.

Music from your phone with no assistant at all is a simpler buy, and you will find Bluetooth models under smartphone speakers.