Play audio on your Google Assistant device with Bluetooth

Say "Hey Google, Bluetooth pairing." Your Assistant-enabled device enters pairing mode.

After you enter pairing mode, open the Bluetooth settings on your mobile device or computer and connect your Assistant-enabled device.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app .
2. At the bottom, tap Home .
3. Touch and hold your device.
4. At the top right, tap Device settings   Audio  Paired Bluetooth devices.
5. Tap Enable pairing mode.

After you enter pairing mode, open the Bluetooth settings on your mobile device or computer and connect to your Assistant-enabled device.

Use your voice

Say "Hey Google" and ask a question, like:

• "Is Bluetooth active?"
• "Is Bluetooth paired?"
• "Is Bluetooth connected?"

Use the Google Home app

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app .
2. At the bottom, tap Home .
3. Touch and hold your device.
4. At the top right, tap Device settings Audio Paired Bluetooth devices.
5. Check the paired devices and the date they were paired.

Use your voice

Say "Hey Google" then say a command, like:

• "Unpair devices."
• "Clear all paired Bluetooth devices."
• "Clear all paired devices."
• "Clear all Bluetooth devices."

Use the Google Home app

1. On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app .
2. At the bottom, tap Home .
3. Touch and hold your device.
4. At the top right, tap Device settings Audio Paired Bluetooth devices.
5. Next to the device you want to unpair, tap Remove Unpair.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." 
2. Tap Music.
3. Choose a music service. For some services, you’re asked to sign in to your account.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." 
2. Under "All settings," tap Videos and photos.
3. On the app you want to connect, tap Link  Link account.
4. Follow the steps to sign in.

To play, you can say:

• “Play [song name] on [speaker].”
• “Play [artist name] on [speaker].”
• “Play [album name] on [speaker].”
• “Play [song name] by [artist name] on [speaker].”

Tip: These commands open your default music app. To use another app, add its name to the command, for example: "Play [artist name] on [Spotify] on [speaker]."

To control what’s playing, you can say:

• “Pause.”
• “Stop.”
• “Resume.”

To play, you can say:

• “Play [movie name] on [TV].”
• “Watch [TV show name] on [TV].”
• “Watch [movie name] on [Netflix] on [TV].”

To control what’s playing, you can say:

• Next or previous: “Next episode.” “Previous episode.”
• Pause or resume: “Pause.” “Stop.” “Resume.”
• Rewind: “Skip back [X] seconds or minutes.” “Rewind [X] seconds or minutes.”
• Fast forward: “Go forward [X] seconds or minutes.”
• Volume: “Turn it up.” “Turn it down.” “Volume 5.”
  • Learn more about how to change the volume.

Use subtitles or change the language

Languages you can use depend on the video service and show. You can say:

• Subtitles:
  • “Turn on/off subtitles.”
  • “Turn on/off captions.”
  • “Captions on/off.”
  • “Turn on/off Spanish subtitles.”
• Spoken language:
  • “Turn on/off dubbing.”
  • “Dubbing on/off.”
  • “Play it in German.”
  • “Change language to German.”

To play, you can say:

• “Play [station name] on [speaker].”
• “Play [frequency] on [speaker].”
• “Play [call sign] on [speaker].”

To control what’s playing, you can say:

• “Pause.”
• “Stop.”
• “Resume.”

If you don’t want your Assistant to control a TV or speaker:

1. On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." 
2. Tap Devices your device.
3. At the bottom, tap Remove device Remove.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." 
2. Tap Music.
3. From here, you can:
   • Choose another service.
   • Disconnect a service: Tap Unlink.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." 
2. Under "All settings," tap Videos and photos.
3. From here, you can:
   • Disconnect an app: Tap Unlink Unlink account.
   • Choose another app: Tap Link Link account. Follow the steps to sign in.