You can use Bluetooth to play music or other audio that's on your mobile device or computer through your speaker, smart display, Smart Clock or Pixel Tablet.
Important: This feature may not work on some speakers that have Google Assistant.
Play music and videos on your TV or speakers
You can ask your Google Assistant to cast music, films and radio to your smart TV or speakers.
Important: The languages you can use depend on the device. Learn which languages work on your device.
TVs
- Chromecast
- Android TV devices
- TVs with Chromecast built in
Speakers
- Chromecast Audio
- Speakers with Chromecast built in
- Speakers with Google Assistant built in
Pair your device
Use your voiceSay "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.
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app
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- At the bottom, tap Home
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- Touch and hold your device.
- At the top right, tap Device settings
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- Tap Enable pairing mode.
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Audio After you enter pairing mode, open the Bluetooth settings on your mobile device or computer and connect to your Assistant-enabled device.
Manage paired devices
Check if your Assistant-enabled smart device is pairedUse your voice
Say "Hey Google" and ask a question, such as:
- "Is Bluetooth active?"
- "Is Bluetooth paired?"
- "Is Bluetooth connected?"
Use the Google Home app
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app
- At the bottom, tap Home
- Touch and hold your device.
- At the top right, tap Device settings
- Check the paired devices and the date that they were paired.
Use your voice
Say "Hey Google", then say a command, such as:
- "Unpair devices."
- "Clear all paired Bluetooth devices."
- "Clear all paired devices."
- "Clear all Bluetooth devices."
Use the Google Home app
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app
- At the bottom, tap Home
- Touch and hold your device.
- At the top right, tap Device settings
- Next to the device that you want to unpair, tap Remove
Step 1: Connect a TV or speaker to your Assistant
After you connect a TV or speaker, you can ask your Assistant to control that device.
- On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings".
- Tap Devices
- Follow the steps to add your device.
Step 2: Link music and video apps
Select apps from which you want to play music and videos. For example, you can choose Spotify for music or Netflix for videos.
Link a music app- On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings".
- Tap Music.
- Choose a music service. For some services, you're asked to sign in to your account.
- On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings".
- Under "All settings", tap Videos and photos.
- On the app that you want to connect, tap Link
- Follow the steps to sign in.
Step 3: Play music and videos using commands
- On your Android phone or tablet, touch and hold the Home button or say "Hey Google".
- Say or type a command:
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 [film name] on [TV]."
- "Watch [TV show name] on [TV]."
- "Watch [film 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."
Use subtitles or change the language
Languages that 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."
Disconnect a TV, speaker or app
Disconnect a TV or speakerIf you don't want your Assistant to control a TV or speaker:
- On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings".
- Tap Devices
- At the bottom, tap Remove device
- On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings".
- Tap Music.
- From here, you can:
- Choose another service.
- Disconnect a service: Tap Unlink.
- On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings".
- Under "All settings", tap Videos and photos.
- From here, you can:
- Disconnect an app: Tap Unlink
- Choose another app: Tap Link
- Disconnect an app: Tap Unlink
Play music and videos on your Google Assistant device
You can ask your Google Assistant to cast music, videos and radio to your smart TV or smart display. You can also cast music and radio to your speaker or Smart Clock.
Important: The languages that you can use depend on the device. Learn which languages work on your device.
For example, you can say:
- "Hey Google, play [song name] on my bedroom speaker."
- "Hey Google, play [TV show] on my kitchen TV."