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Select the Start button type “Bluetooth”select Bluetooth settings from the list. In the Google Home app, scroll to the bottom and tap your speaker group. This is a super easy method, and it’s great because you will have access to thousands of free music sources (which don’t contain ads) on a computer. Your tablet, laptop and phone will almost certainly offer Bluetooth, and both the Google Mini and Nest Mini offer Bluetooth support. Hence you can pair the two, and play audio that way.
It may take your speaker or display several hours to recognize a newly-created private playlist. Your speaker or display may take several hours to recognize a newly-created private playlist. Choose the “Music” option, and a list of the different music players available will pop up.
YouTube Music
Now this is really useful because you can actually go to any website and as long as it plays music or audio you can cast that to your Google Mini device. In this case I’m going to use YouTube. Uhm, I’ve got an app blocker on there – simple chrome plug-in – and that means that I’m never actually gonna see any adverts. It’ll say paired and then click on connect. I don’t know why sometimes it does this, it just glitches a little bit. This tip involves playing music/audio on your phone – such as from a YouTube video or an MP3 – and then casting your phone’s audio to your Google Mini, using the Google Home app.
This method is compatible with both Android and Apple devices. Always ensure that the Bluetooth on your device is “on” when connecting to your Google Home system. Here you will choose the name of your Google Home speaker.
Link your music services
But what’s the point of having thousands of MP3s nowadays? Well as luck would have it, a little-known Google Mini feature means that you can store these MP3s in your Google Play Music library and play these ad-free on your Google Nest Mini. Be sure to not run "Power Saving Mode" on your Android device.
You can now play music from this service on Google Home. Below, we’ll guide you through playing and controlling music on Google Home, as well as offer tips on setting your default service and which commands to bark at your smart speaker. You can ask your Google Home or Nest to adjust the volume or play a different song. The song, however, will be played via your default music streaming service—here's how you can choose your go-to streaming service.
Using your voice
In addition to basic voice commands, you can use these advanced commands when you listen to Apple Music. In addition to basic voice commands, you can use these advanced commands when you listen to Spotify or Premium. In addition to basic voice commands, you can use these advanced commands when you listen to YouTube Music Premium.
If your speaker or display is paired with multiple mobile devices, it connects to the most recently paired device. Learn how to check which mobile devices are connected to your speaker or display. A speaker group is a set of speakers you define that lets the Google Home app know that you want those speakers to play audio in unison. Okay, so the first option is to play mp3s on your Google Mini or Google Nest Mini device. Now you might be wondering how you do this, because obviously you can’t store mp3 files directly on here.
Ask Google Home to play your playlists. You can ask Google Home to play your playlists by name and by music service. For instance, if you have a playlist entitled "Dinner Party" on Spotify, you could say, "Hey Google, play my 'Dinner Party' playlist on Spotify," to play it instantly.
For Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and others, you'll need to link your accounts. To connect your account, tap a music serviceLink account sign in or sign up for the service and follow the in-app steps. Factory reset the device Turn the mic off, then press and hold the lights in the center of the Nest Audio.
There are a couple of ways to listen to music using YouTube Music. Whether you want to request an artist, play music based on your mood or shuffle things around, check out the commands below for some inspiration for controlling your Google Home music. Alternatively, your app may show a cast button in the top area of the screen, so you can press that one instead of choosing the Google Home or Nest device from the list. However, both devices need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network for the button to be available. Okay, so for the fourth method you can use the cast feature on the Google Chrome browser which you can see by clicking settings there’s a cast button.
Tristan Perry is a software developer who is passionate about tech gadgets, DIY and housing. He has therefore loved seeing smart homes hit the mainstream. Tristan also has an academic background (in Math & Computer Science), and so he enjoys digging into the technical ways that smart home devices work.
Stop a ringing alarm or timer Tap the center of the Nest Audio. Stop a ringing alarm or timer Tap the center of the Nest Mini. You'll get different music based on the content partner and your subscription. YouTube Music is automatically synced when you link your Google Account to Google Home, but Spotify/Deezer/Apple Music requires you to sign in and link your account.
Make sure that Google Home and your casting device are both connected to the same Wi-Fi network. When your device and the speaker have paired, exit the Settings. Continuing to work with your Android or Apple device, make your way to your Settings menu.
Click continue and I need to add Right what was I doing… okay, so I think now it’s actually added an app – that’s confusing. Let’s restarted and see the original website and try again. Right, upload music… upload… try again.
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