Play audio on your Google Assistant device with Bluetooth

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 & videos on your TV or speakers

You can ask your Google Assistant to cast music, movies, 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 voice

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.

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. 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.

Manage paired devices

Check if your Assistant-enabled smart device is paired

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.

Unpair an Assistant-enabled smart device

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.

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.

1. On your Android phone or tablet, say "Hey Google, open Assistant settings." 
2. Tap Devices  Add device.
3. Follow the steps to add your device.

Step 2: Link music & video apps

Select apps you want to play music and videos from. For example, you can choose Spotify for music or Netflix for videos.

Link a music app

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.

Link a video app

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.

Step 3: Play music & videos using commands

1. On your Android phone or tablet, touch and hold the Home button or say "Hey Google."
2. Say or type a command:

Music commands

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.”

Learn more about the commands you can use.

Video commands

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.”

Radio commands

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.”

Learn more about the commands you can use.

Disconnect a TV, speaker, or app

Disconnect a TV or speaker

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.

Change or disconnect a music app

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.

Change or disconnect a video app

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.

Play music & 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."