Google Home Now Connects to Other Bluetooth Speakers

When nosotros here at PCMag reviewed the Google Abode Mini last autumn, i of our chief complaints was that information technology didn't "play well with others." That should be less of an event in the hereafter, equally Google has announced that all Domicile devices can – finally – connect to other Bluetooth speakers.

"Nosotros brought this feature to life after hearing how much you wanted to amp up the sound with your Google Dwelling Mini," Google Dwelling Product Manager Surbhi Kaul wrote in a blog post.

Until now, y'all could only connect Dwelling house Mini to a larger, Chromecast-enabled speaker for better sound quality. Merely as we noted in our review, at that place aren't a ton of Chromecast-enabled speakers available. And by itself, Home Mini's sound is "tinny and harsh."

Fortunately, you tin can at present connect the device to whatever Bluetooth speaker you have. To do that, open the Google Domicile app, open up device settings, and follow the pairing instructions. One time yous get it all hooked upward, merely use voice commands like you normally would with your Habitation to play whatever you want.

"The music will automatically play on your Bluetooth speaker—without you having to tell Google the proper noun of the device," Kaul wrote.

Y'all tin can fifty-fifty put your Bluetooth speaker in one room and your Google Domicile in another, and pump the jams all over the house.

"Turn on groundwork music at dinner and have it follow you lot into the living room for dessert," Kaul wrote. "Or catch up on your podcasts as you movement room to room tidying upwardly."

About Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's skillful on fitness and smart dwelling house products. Didactics yoga for well-nigh x years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, eye rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more than. Angela also tests smart dwelling devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to proper noun a few.