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Only when all of them were connected with Google home. You can connect Google Home to several Bluetooth speakers simultaneously. This is an awesome feature, because it almost allows you to add voice control to any Bluetooth speaker. Let’s say you have a single Home in the kitchen, but you want to control music in the living room.
On the other hand, if you don’t listen to any music, the pairing mode has some issues, or the Bluetooth speaker has issues in the settings. Whatever the case, make sure to check the device and follow all of the steps again. I’m able to pair Google home mini with my JBL Charge 4 speaker.
How to Connect a Bluetooth Speaker to Google Home
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It will be listed under Local devices at the bottom of the Google Home app with the name you originally gave it. Signal, so that you can connect to a computer or TV, as detailed below. Note also that only the left speaker will listen for "Hey, Google" or "OK, Google" commands, as the right speaker's microphone will be muted. Also, you can choose mood or activity-specific music.
Steps to Connect the Bluetooth Speaker with Google Home?
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Tap the “Add” button at the top left corner of the screen. Launch the app on your device, which will be Google Home. At the top right, tap Settings Audio Paired Bluetooth devices. Turn on your Bluetooth speaker (or make sure it's in a state to accept connections).
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Don’t worry, if you still want to use a single speaker, just follow the same process as before. Choose the “More” option on the top right of the Devices screen. Select the “Devices” button at the top-right of the screen. You can read about the best non-portable Bluetooth speakers here. If you are interested in the best speakers for zoom calls, read our buying guide. Select Pair Bluetooth speaker and choose the speaker.
It shows up in the list of paired Bluetooth devices and as a default speaker. Then I instruct Google mini to play music. It says it is playing, but there’s no sound. When I open the list of default speakers, Bluetooth speaker is not on the list and Google home app freezes.
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These features work across the entire Home family. As shown below, the newly connected Bluetooth speaker is listed together with other possible audio output devices for this Google Home device. You can tap Default music player again to verify and change if necessary the default speaker for music and audio.
These are Android and Apple tablets and smartphones. You can actually use a macOS or Windows device as well, if you prefer computers. We’ll show you the steps for those devices too, but let’s start with the Google Home app method. Please also note, Google Home will always use its speaker to process voice commands and audio feedback when you connect Google Home to a Bluetooth speaker.
In this case, Google Home speaker will be silenced except for Google Assistant feedback. Of course, you still use Google Assistant on Google Home, not on the Bluetooth speaker. Touch and hold the tile of the device you want to unpair.
You can even use voice commands for your Google Home Mini to disconnect it, just say “Disconnect Bluetooth”. To add a song to a playlist, tap the “+” icon at the bottom right corner of the screen. Tap the name of your playlist and then tap the name of the song you want to add to it.
Then, all you need is to tap on the Bluetooth speaker pair option, and then it will scan the Bluetooth devices for the connection aspects. You can create the Group when the device is open and click on the Add button. The button is available on the Control Dock, which will be available on the home screen. From there, you can easily create a speaker group and then select the number of speakers. On voice command, you can control all of the speakers without any hurdles.
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