Google Nest: This is how you connect Apple Music to your Google Smart Speakers

When you purchase certain Apple devices, such as an iPad or an iPhone, you qualify as a new subscriber for 6 months of free use of Apple Music. New users can test Apple’s music service free of charge for 1 month without purchasing a device and thus have access to 100 million songs and over 30,000 playlists.

Apple Music therefore offers a considerable selection that is in no way inferior to other major providers such as Deezer, Amazon Music, Spotify or YouTube Music. Apple’s music service can not only be used on your own Apple devices, but also on Google’s smart speakers. We’ll show you how to do this.

1. Are Google Assistant and Apple Music compatible?

2. The most important Google Assistant voice commands for Apple Music

3. Apple Music Individual vs. Voice: What are the differences with Google Assistant?

4. Google Nest: How to change your Apple Music account

Are Google Assistant and Apple Music compatible?

In contrast to Amazon Music, Apple Music has also been supported by Google since December 2020. Smart speakers like the Google Nest Mini can be easily connected to your Apple music service and controlled. This works when streaming via the devices just like Apple’s own voice assistant Siri.

With the smart voice assistant Google Assistant, you can play Apple Music just as easily and even with multi-room streaming. This means that if you change rooms, you can continuously enjoy music or other content on different Google Nest devices.

The most important Google Assistant voice commands for Apple Music

You can use your Google Nest devices particularly practically by not only asking general questions, but also direct voice commands via Google Assistant. If you don’t know which functions you can access on your Apple music service, we have collected some helpful suggestions here.

• Okay Google, turn up the music!
• Okay Google, play the “August 2023” playlist.
• Okay Google, play the next song.
• Okay Google, quieter please.
• Okay Google, play the “Best of Queen Album”.
• Okay Google, play the song again.

Apple Music Individual vs. Voice: What are the differences with Google Assistant?

Apple Music offers four different subscriptions, each with different features depending on the price range. This includes:

• Apple Music Individual: €10.99/month
• Apple Music Family: €16.99/month
• Apple Music students: €5.99/month
• Apple Music Voice: €4.99/month

No matter which subscription you use: You can play up to 100 million songs and 30,000 curated playlists without any advertising and use the voice assistant Siri, for example to search for specific stations or albums. All subscriptions except Apple Music Voice also offer sound in 3D audio with Dolby Atmos, which you can use on all devices.

The choice of your Apple Music subscription generally has no effect on the use of all Google devices. Depending on your subscription, you can only use individual functions on Google smart speakers. This also includes, for example, the fact that you can load up to 100,000 songs into your media library and access them online and offline from any device. This feature is also included with all subscriptions except Apple Music Voice.

Google Nest: How to change your Apple Music account

If you change the Apple Music account that is connected to your Google devices, you can do it in just a few steps. To do this, go to the Settings in the Google Home app and then go to “Services” in the Music section.

You can also easily connect your Apple Music account to Alexa and use it on Amazon speakers. If you want to know how to listen to content on Apple Music offline, we have a practical solution for you too.