Google Home Mini can now stream music to Bluetooth speakers

Table of Content

• Method 4: Connect Google Home Mini to Roku Stick as a Bluetooth speaker.
• Manage paired and connected devices
• How to Connect Google Home Mini as Bluetooth Speaker
• Google Home and Bluetooth speakers make the perfect pair
• Method 8: Connect Google Home Mini to Chromebook as Bluetooth Speaker.
• Android Guides
• Step 4:  Pair Google Home to a Bluetooth speaker

To add a Bluetooth speaker, first make sure the speaker is in pairing mode. If you’re not sure how to do that, consult the website of your speaker’s manufacturer—most of the time, you’ll just long-press the Bluetooth button, though. If you want to reconnect again, you can go to your Bluetooth settings and select the device and it will automatically reconnect. Enjoy the awesome time listening with your Google Home Mini. Various forms of both in-house and third-party services are integrated into Google Home, allowing users to speak voice commands to control interaction with them. New services are integrated on an ongoing basis.

If you turn off Bluetooth speaker, Google Home will automatically change the default speaker to its own speaker. Now, Google Home will start to search for nearby Bluetooth speakers as shown above. You may need this option when you want to enjoy the music in a louder Google Home speaker or share the music with other listeners. The audio was transmitted to Google Home using the Bluetooth connection between your mobile device and Google Home.

Method 4: Connect Google Home Mini to Roku Stick as a Bluetooth speaker.

The Google Home smart speaker was released in the US on November 4, 2016, and in the UK on April 6, 2017. In July 2017, Google announced the release of Google Home in Australia on July 20, 2017, France on August 3, 2017, Germany on August 8, 2017, and Italy on March 27, 2018. Starting today, you can hook up a Bluetooth speaker to your Google Home without needing to purchase a separate Chromecast dongle.

Open YouTube or any other music app and play a video or audio. You will now be able to hear the music coming through your ‘Google Home Mini” speakers. This is thanks to its Bluetooth capability, allowing you to crank out basically any audio from your phone or laptop. If you’d like to turn your Google Home or Google Nest from a smart speaker to a plain Bluetooth speaker, here’s how to do it. Go to the Device settings at the upper-right corner of the Google Home app and tap on the three-dot menu.

Manage paired and connected devices

Together, Google Home and Bluetooth speakers make the perfect arrangement for amping up the music throughout your entire home. If you’re having trouble keeping a connection between your Home device and Bluetooth speaker, you’re not alone. Here you can choose all Home devices that you want to combine in a specific group. Add the group name (e.g. “First floor”) and save it. Tap the “Add” button at the top left corner of the screen. Namrata loves writing about products and gadgets.

She has been working for Guiding Tech since 2017 and has around five years of experience writing features, how-tos, buying guides, and explainers. Previously she worked as an IT Analyst at TCS, but she found her calling elsewhere. Tap on Settings, scroll down and hit the Enable Pairing Mode option located inside the Paired Bluetooth Devices settings. At the top right, tap Settings Audio Paired Bluetooth devices.

How to Connect Google Home Mini as Bluetooth Speaker

The original Google Home speaker released in November 2016 featured a cylindrical shape with colored status LEDs on top. In October 2017, Google announced two additions to the product lineup, the miniature puck-shaped Google Home Mini and a larger Google Home Max. In October 2018, the company released the Google Home Hub, a smart speaker with a 7-inch touchscreen. In May 2019, Google announced that Google Home devices would be rebranded under the Google Nest banner, and it unveiled the Nest Hub Max, a larger smart display. First, make sure to turn on the speaker’s pairing mode using either voice commands or your phone’s Google Home app.

Don’t worry, if you still want to use a single speaker, just follow the same process as before. Choose the “More” option on the top right of the Devices screen. Select the “Devices” button at the top-right of the screen. Touch and hold the tile of the device you want to unpair.

While the company did acknowledge the problem and assured that they are working on it, there has not been a proper solution or an update that they have come out with in order to resolve this issue. Scroll down and click on the “More Settings”. A different menu window will open up. Then, make sure that you have signed in from the same Google account on both devices. You shall see a window pop-up asking for you to select the Google Accounts that you have registered on your Android™ Device.

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Touch and hold the tile of the device you want to pair. Once done, sit back and play your locally saved songs, podcasts or even YouTube videos via Bluetooth. Touch and hold the Nest or Home device that you want to connect your Bluetooth device to. Turn on your Bluetooth speaker (or make sure it's in a state to accept connections). Make sure you're in the right home.

Note that you can only have one active Bluetooth output per Google speaker, so you may want more Minis. Once you hit Pair Bluetooth speaker, the Mini should run a quick scan. Select your Bluetooth speaker to complete the pairing. You can just say “Hey Google, play my podcast” or “Hey Google, play my audiobook” and it will automatically begin playing the podcast or audiobook in your library.