What's better than enjoying your favourite streaming music, radio stations and podcasts on your computer? Listening on your awesome audio device. It only takes a few simple steps to begin casting audio from computers running Chrome. Once complete, you can play music on your audio device from almost any website, including Google Cast-enabled sites like YouTube Music, iHeartRadio and more.
To set up casting from Chrome- If you're not already running Chrome, download Chrome. If you are, Chrome updates automatically, so no action should be required.
- Make sure that you're running the latest version of Chrome. If you're having trouble, here's how to get Chrome updates.
- Add the cast button to the Chrome toolbar. If the cast button is already added on your browser, you'll see a cast button in the Chrome toolbar (near the top right).
- If you plan to cast a tab's audio to your Cast speaker, review the Minimum system requirements to ensure that your computer and network are capable of supporting this.
To start casting your audio device
- Navigate to any website that you would like to listen to. Some sites, like YouTube Music, will offer Google Cast optimised experience .
- Press the cast button
in the Chrome toolbar (top-right-hand area) of your browser. A list of available cast devices will appear.
- Pick your audio device and you'll see the cast button change colour to indicate that it's active.
- Select your favourite music and enjoy the tunes coming from your audio device.
in the Chrome toolbar (top-right-hand area) of your browser. A list of available cast devices will appear.That's it – you're ready to go. If you need more information, take a look at one of the following:
- Google Cast-enabled site vs casting a tab explains the differences between Chromecast-enabled sites, such as YouTube Music, and general content that you'll find on the web.
- Casting a tab's audio explains how to cast the audio of an entire tab of Chrome onto your audio device, or your entire window's laptop/desktop audio.
Still need help? Check out the related questions below from Google help forum. Note: Help is currently in English only.