At the Google I/O developer conference last May, the search giant announced plans to update Google Home with Bluetooth audio support, which was strangely missing from the smart speaker at its launch last November. That promise was fulfilled last week when California-based tech giant Mountain View began rolling out the update that allowed users to stream music, podcasts, and other streaming services to their Google Home regardless of whether the service was supported by the device. or not via Bluetooth. So, if you are wondering how to play music on Google Home via Bluetooth, we are here to guide you. Before you begin, you should make sure that you have updated your Google Home speaker to the latest software update.
Update Your Google Home Speaker
For the Bluetooth function to work, you need to update your Google Home device to firmware version 93937 or higher. As for the Google Home app, it’s just latest version In my case, my Google Home device was firmware version 1.26.93937 and the Google Home app on my phone was version 1.24.37.7.
Now that we’ve worked out the technical details, Here’s how you can listen to your music on Google Home via Bluetooth:
Stream Music to Google Home via Bluetooth
- First, open the Google Home app on your phone and tap the ‘devices’ icon In the upper right corner of your screen. After doing this, tap the menu button (three little dots) select it in the Google Home app and ‘Settings’.
- Now Tap on ‘Paired Bluetooth Devices’ On the ‘Device Settings’ screen. Next, Select ‘Enable pairing mode’You will get a message that says ‘Pairing Mode Enabled’.
- When Matching Mode is enabled for your Google Home, phone’s Bluetooth settings and Tap on ‘Google Home’ from the list of available devices. This much. Google Home is now paired with your phone. Remember, “Use for Media Audio” The toggle in Bluetooth->Google Home should be on by default. If not, just turn onand the next time you play a local music file, it will be automatically transferred to Google Home.
This much. Now you can play music, podcasts or anything else on your phone and listen through the Google Home speaker.
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Play Music on Google Home via Bluetooth
Bluetooth streaming is a feature that has been part of the Amazon Echo for a long time, but Google has taken its own sweet time to roll it out to its smart speaker. However, now that it’s finally available on Google Home, you can have it listen to all your music on it, not just streaming services like Pandora and device-supported streaming services. Have you already enabled Bluetooth streaming on your Google Home? Or are you planning to do it soon? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section below as we love hearing from you.
