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
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- Tap the Google Home you'd like to cast to.
- When you're connected, the Cast button will turn color, letting you know you're connected.
- You can now cast audio to Google Home.
- To stop casting, tap the Cast button in the top right corner. Tap Stop Casting.
.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 Red 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" |
| Resume | "Resume," "Continue playing" |
| Stop | "Stop," "Stop the 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%" |
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.
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. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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| 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. |
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| Play / Pause / Stop |
Note: You can't tap on the top of Mini to control media. Instead, say "Ok Google <pause/play/stop>". |
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| 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. |
- Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi as Google Home.
- Open the Google Home app
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- In the top right corner of the Home screen, tap Devices
to see available Google Home devices.
- Scroll to find the device card for the Google Home.
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to see available Google Home devices. On the device card, you will see the following information for the current music session:
- Content provider
- Title (song name / show episode name / radio station program)
- Artist (if available)
- Collection (playlist / album / show series / radio station) (if available)
You can also pause/resume, stop, and control Google Home’s internal speaker from the device card.
Related Links
Play audio on speakers and TVs from Google HomesPlay video on TVs using Google Home
Listen to radio
Listen to podcasts
Control restricted content on Google Home
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