Why cant I cast my audio to my Google Home?

Cast all of your favourite music, playlists, podcasts and more from your Android phone or tablet to your speakers. Enjoy audio exactly as you hear it on your mobile device – but using your high-quality speakers to hear it all around the room or all around the house.

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  • Casting your Android audio is available on devices running Android 8.0 or later. Note: Some devices have been optimised for audio casting so your experience may vary.
  • Make sure that you're not running 'Power Saving Mode' on your Android device. This can limit the processing power of your device which could affect the performance of the Cast Audio feature.
  • Important: The 'Microphone' permission in the Google Play Services app needs to be turned on to successfully use the 'Cast Screen/Audio' feature with Chromecast Audio. If you don't have this permission turned on, the Cast Audio session will immediately disconnect after trying to connect. 

Note: Casting your Android audio is not supported on iOS or Windows devices.

Cast your audio from your Android device

  1. Make sure that your mobile phone or tablet is on the same Wi-Fi network as your Chromecast Audio or speaker with Chromecast Built-In.
  2. Open the Google Home app
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  3. Touch and hold your device's tile.
  4. Tap Cast my audio 
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     Cast audio.

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Why cant I cast my audio to my Google Home?

There are a lot of fantastic aspects of Google Home, but one that commonly taken for granted is its built-in speaker. Not only is it loud and 360-degree, but it’s also a fairly high-quality speaker. Of course, this was by design as Google Home can be used with some streaming services such as Spotify, Google Play Music, Pandora, and YouTube Music. However, there are many apps that Google Home doesn’t natively support. Luckily, there’s a way around that if you have an Android phone.

Google Home shares a lot of aspects with Google’s Chromecast devices, including what essentially equates to having a Chromecast Audio inside of the device. Just like with a Chromecast Audio, you can push audio from a smartphone or tablet directly to Google Home in a number of ways.

Cast all Android audio to Google Home

If you’re looking to mirror the audio coming out of your smartphone, perhaps for social media or music apps without Chromecast support, like Apple Music, you can do so using the built-in casting functionality. On Google’s Pixel and Nexus smartphones, as well as many other devices running near-stock Android, you can do this through your device’s quick settings menu. However, on any other smartphone, you’ll want to follow the steps below.

  1. Ensure your Android device is connected to the same WiFi network as your Google Home
  2. Open the Google Home app for Android
  3. Access the side-menu of the app and tap Cast Screen/Audio
  4.  Tap the “Cast Screen/Audio” button
  5. Select the Google Home device you want audio to play from
  6. Start playing audio on your Android device

To stop audio casting, simply pull down your notification shade, and tap the “Disconnect” option. Unfortunately, there’s not currently a way to mirror all device audio like this using an iOS device (iPhone/iPad/Apple Watch).

Cast Google Play Music, PocketCasts, other Chromecast apps

If all you want to do is play music from an app, odds are that app already has full support for Chromecast streaming, so the above workaround isn’t necessary. Popular apps like Pandora, Google Play Music, and PocketCasts (and more) all have that support built in, making it easy to push audio over to a Google Home device. Simply open the app, find the Chromecast icon (pictured below), and select the Google Home device you want to stream to.

Cast audio from Spotify to Google Home

One popular streaming app that does officially support casting audio (but doesn’t make it obvious) is Spotify. To cast through Spotify, you need to begin playing a song on your device, open the “now playing screen” and select the “devices available” option at the bottom of the screen. From there, you should see a list of Spotify-compatible devices on your network, and any Google Home devices on that network will be listed as well.

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Why can't I cast my audio to my Google Home?

Important: The "Microphone" permission in the Google Play Services app needs to be turned on to successfully use the "Cast Screen or Audio" feature with speaker or display. If you don't have this permission turned on, the Cast Audio session will immediately disconnect after you try to connect.

How do I cast audio to Google Home?

Hear anything playing on your Android device on your speakers. From your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Home app. Tap the left hand navigation to open the menu. Tap “Cast screen / audio” and select your speakers.

Why can't I cast to my Google Home anymore?

If your Google Home still can't find Chromecast during setup, make sure your mobile device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network you intend to connect your Chromecast device to. A common mistake that occurs during Chromecast setup is not enabling Wi-Fi on the mobile device where Google Home is installed.

Can you cast audio from TV to Google Home?

However, most android TVs or those with Chromecast built-in can stream sound to Google Home. You can also select other smart speakers within your Wi-Fi network if you want to redirect TV sound to them instead.