Do you want to play your locally stored music collection on a Google Home via Google Assistant? We’ll tell you what you need to pay attention to.
The Google Assistant is not only an enrichment for your smart home, it can also be used in conjunction with Google speakers to control your music streaming services. You can easily access songs and playlists using voice commands without having to pick up your smartphone or other device.
If you have your favorite songs saved locally on your smartphone or computer, you don’t have to go without them when using speakers like Google Nest or Home. However, it is only possible to play them via a detour and, unlike the Amazon Echo, a connection to the PC is unfortunately not supported.
You can play your music collection using your smartphone. All you have to do is establish a connection between your cell phone and the Google speaker via Bluetooth. In the following instructions we will show you how to do it in no time.
This approach allows you to play music from locally stored tracks, but you have to forego control via voice command. The Google Assistant is only available for compatible music streaming services. So you have to select the titles you want manually on your phone. However, the audio quality is not affected.
Want to get even more out of the sound of Google Nest or Google Home? We’ll tell you how to connect two speakers to form a stereo pair or how to create and manage speaker groups.
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