Play media from Chromecast-enabled apps to Google Home

Playing music on Google Home is simple way to enjoy your favorite audio apps optimized for your speaker. You can even use your mobile device or tablet as a remote and control everything from playback to volume.

Step 1. Cast from Chromecast-enabled apps to Google Home

Make sure your phone or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as Google Home.
Open a Chromecast-enabled app.
Tap the Cast button .
Tap the Google Home you'd like to cast to.
When you're connected, the Cast button will turn from light to dark gray, letting you know you're connected.
You can now cast audio and video to Google Home.
To stop casting, tap the Cast button at the top of your device. Tap Stop Casting in the box that appears.

Note: Some music providers, like Spotify, require a subscription to play music from its Chromecast-enabled app. Also, YouTube content is only supported from the YouTube Music app (not the YouTube app) and you must have a YouTube Premium account. YouTube Music is only available in the U.S. and Australia.

Step 2. Control Chromecast-enabled apps using voice commands

The following commands should work with almost all Chromecast-enabled apps.

To do this...	Say "OK Google" or “Hey Google," then...
Pause	"Pause," "Pause the music," “Pause music”
Resume	"Resume," "Continue playing"
Stop	"Stop," "Stop the music," “Stop music”
What’s playing	“What’s playing?”, “What song is playing?”, “What artist is playing?”
Control volume	"Set volume to 5," "Set volume to 40%"

Don't forget! Check out the advanced voice commands for Chromecast-enabled apps like Spotify, Google Play Music, and more.

Other ways to control your music

You can also control music by touching the top surface of Google Home or by using the Google Home app .

From the Google Home device

Google Home

To do this:	Touch the device like this:	Image
Play / Pause / Stop alarm or timer	Tap once on the top of the device
Turn up the volume	Swipe clockwise on the top of the device. Note: This only adjusts the volume of media. You can adjust alarms and timers volume anytime in the the Google Home app.
Turn down the volume	Swipe counterclockwise on the top of the device. Note: This only adjusts the volume of media and your Google Assistant. At volume level 0, all media will be muted but your Google Assistant will still speak at a minimum level. It doesn’t adjust the volume of alarms and timers.
Start your request	Press and hold down on the top of the device

Google Home Mini

To do this:	Touch Google Home Mini like this:	Image
Turn up the volume	Tap on right side of Mini. To reach maximum volume, tap to volume level 10. Note: This only adjusts the volume of media and your Google Assistant. At volume level 0, all media will be muted but your Google Assistant will still speak at a minimum level. It doesn’t adjust the volume of alarms and timers.
Turn down the volume	Tap on left side of Mini. 10 total taps will mute all audio except your Google Assistant. Note: This only adjusts the volume of media and your Google Assistant. At volume level 0, all media will be muted but your Google Assistant will still speak at a minimum level. It doesn’t adjust the volume of alarms and timers.
Play / Pause / Stop	Note: You can't tap on the top of Mini to control media. Instead, say "OK Google <pause/play/stop>".
Start your request	Note: You can't press and hold the top of Mini to start a request with your Assistant. Instead, say "OK Google" to start your request.

From the Google Home app

Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi as Google Home.
On your mobile device, open the Google Home app .
Tap the device that’s playing media. On the top of the screen, you will see the following information for the current music session:

Equalizer settings
Device settings
Help & feedback

Turn up the volume

Swipe clockwise on the volume slider. You can swipe all the way to 100%.

Turn down the volume

Swipe counterclockwise on the volume slider. You can swipe all the way to 0%. This will mute all music but will not turn off the mic.