Pair Your Google Home Mini to a Bluetooth Speaker
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- If you have a Google Home Mini you are most likely very happy with the product like me. But what if you could get it to pump out even better tunes? You now can by pairing it to any Bluetooth speaker that you might already have. This feature will work with all Google Home sizes.
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"Disconnect Bluetooth"
Clear all paired devices:
"Clear all paired Bluetooth devices"
"Clear all paired devices"
"Clear all Bluetooth devices"
"Clear all devices"
"Clear all my devices"
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Mine disconnects every night and I have to reconnect it every time I want to use it. bummer is its hooked up to logiteck bluetooth to aux jack and beeps in middle of the night. It's unusable in other words. Thanks
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thanks for the info.
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I watched this video because it showed my exact speaker in the thumbnail and I just recently got 2 Minis. This is the pinnacle of curated content by companies like Google and Amazon. I love it. Great video, too. I love that you got right to the point and went step-by-step for those who needed it. Really well edited for the video and sound, too. I've never seen this channel before but I really liked that you took the time to answer questions or concerns people may have as you go along. That's the mark of a true tech support person right there. Knowing exactly what kind of questions and concerns people would ask even when they're not there to ask it.
Brett, This worked perfectly! I had contacted Taotronics, and they said it could not be done which seemed wrong. We connect the Taotronics Receiver to an FM Transmitter to play music throughout our home via an unused FM frequency. We had done this with the Amazon Dot units since they have an audio-out plug, and this now makes it possible using the Google Home Mini without attempting to install an adapter. It also works with a group of either Amazon or Google units, and the FM radio music seems to sinc without noticeable delays among the speakers. Thanks very much for giving us great directions and a new source of music!
Just picked up a Google mini yesterday. Your videos have been very helpful, Thanks.
Great tutorial! I also appreciate the effort in lowering the "okay/hey Google" volume to not set off people's Google Home devices.
Never mind my last two comments, I figured it out! In order to simultaneously cast the Harmon Kardon blue tooth with another google device speaker through a google home, you have to have the blue tooth speaker set as the default speaker on the google home or google mini you're using to create the group. I now have my Harmon Kardon Onyx Studio 1 in the living room playing simultaneously with my JBL link 10 in the kitchen all because I didn't set my HK as the default speaker on my google base unit. Phew. I hope this helps someone who is in the same boat.
"playing 1984" how ironic considering google home is an always listening mic inside your home 😂
You can mute it
Great videos very helpful thanks brett. Was wondering if there is a way to pair a bluetooth speaker from a mini but also have the sound come out of the mini (like stereo)
Thanks for censoring the 'Hey Google' 😂
This is a great hack for multiroom audio if you've already got stereos and speakers and such. Just get a little home mini for each of them
This feature is not available now in 2019?
This good so I don't need a Chromecast audio to connect my sound bar
Brother ballin' with an Harman Kardon speaker! Really want it as well, but i'm no stock trader..
Good demo. I paired mine with a JBL xTreme and it plays well, but volume controls don't work well for me. I can tell the speaker to turn the volume up or down, but it doesn't actually do it until the media stops and starts again. It's annoying to me, but if you can get past adjusting volume manually, it's a good experience.
Hmmm now I can pair my JBL to enhace the sound, great! Thanks Brett!
Fernando Castro doesn't work in both devices?
Fernando Castro Well actually I'll do the same thing when I get a google home mini tomorrow, with my jbl charge 3 speaker. :) I thought it is better to buy a google home mini and pare it with the speaker that I already have and enjoy!
How to pair a BT STEREO sound bar (e.g. Samsung sound bar) to any Google device/devices and listen real STEREO music?
The Google home app have been updated 😁
This single video will make me buy Google home mini. So many generic videos out there about the Google mini and noone talked about this Bluetooth feature. Props and subbed. Cheers.
Glad I could help! More stuff coming soon!
Thanks a million. That was the clearest explanation I have gotten.
I don't have the device option tab on top right corner??
That's the old I interface, it's now on the bottom tabs
Sami Sayegh where?
The 4th box on the bottom right
Brett, Thanks for this update for the new Google Home app paring, I was able to figure it out with your 2018 video, yet this is better to have. I erred in my post a day ago to your 2018 video, and I apologize. Using your method, the Google Home Mini will link to the Taotronics and will play through a single speaker when directly wired to the speaker. The Taotronics Receiver can also be connected to an FM Transmitter (about $50 or so on Ebay) and will play through FM receivers or FM radios in the house. We haven't noticed any lag in music playing at the same time on any combination of Google Mini, Amazon Dot, FM radios/receivers, or by the Techtronics connected to another speaker. Unlike the Amazon Dot with its built-in audio-out plug, I was unable to find a way to get the Mini to play songs through a Group while connected to the Taotronics Receiver. Thus, it seems you can't play simultaneously through Google Home speakers/displays on a Group as well as on the FM devices using the Taotronics Receiver and a transmitter. I'm guessing that the Mini simply isn't functional to connect with other Grouped Mini speakers/devices when it is paired by bluetooth to a single speaker, or, in my case, to the Taotronics Receiver. It seems to me that this simultaneous play to Grouped Mini speakers and FM radios will work if one installs an audio-out plug inside of a Google Home mini (eliminating the warranty). Many TH-cam postings show how it is done. I may buy or find an old Mini and try this. Had hoped the Taotronics would suffice.
excellent video, i wonder if exists a configuration that allow you to play music on the paired speaker but in the main google home mini also?
Can't wait for that! People have been asking for this on the nest forum for years but no response :(
Thanks, Brett, for another great video. I have one question: when you pair your Google Home Mini to a Bluetooth Speaker, will the music and any other sound output come from BOTH the Google Home Mini AND the extra speaker, or from the bluetooth speaker ONLY? This was not very clear to me.
I have a Google Mini I would like to pair an extra speaker with, but I would love if my music could come from both devices at the same time, so that I could place them on opposite sides of a large room.
Thanks!
Good question. The music will only come out of the Bluetooth speaker, not both of them. When you ask the Google Home a question the response will come out of the Google Home.
@@TechWithBrettso there is no way of playing sound out of the external speaker and Bluetooth speaker? :(
thank you, been looking all night on how to make our mini louder with all the DIY Projects online, just about ready for bed and seen your video, will be connecting to our unused bluetooth speaker tomorrow ! no work needed now ! thank you you got a sub from this video
Thank you and I'm glad it was helpful!
Works great for my $10 shower Bluetooth speaker. I used to pair it to my phone and yell Hey Google play MSNBC on TuneIn during shower lol
I thought I was the only crazy guy that keeps yelling "Hey Google" in my house...
I was today years old when I found out you could pair google home mini lol 😆 nice
Hi need another tutorial now the Google Home App has been updated. The 'welcome home' no longer exist. Cheers Andy
Thanks. Oddly I find adding a bluetooth speaker wasnt really as easy on this as it usually is. I really couldnt figure it out. I wish there was a way to play all speakers simultaneously
Yeah it is a bit different when pairing to a Bluetooth. You can apply it to a group if you have other Google Home speakers. See here: th-cam.com/video/6jeRkAqEjuk/w-d-xo.html
Very helpful I didn't even know that my Google home could do this thank you
Really enjoy your videos. Great info. Question..can you do the same with Alexa the same way?
Yes you can. The first think I did with my Echo Dot was Bluetooth it to my Google Home. Haha!
This guy is a genius,he didn't said "Hey google"... but just rigth it down... on that way my Google home didn't get trouble
Just the info I was looking for. Thanks
Hey this is my fave song at the moment, except a different version, "Harvester of constant sorrow" by "The Native howl"
thanks Brett now my Onyx speaker can stream music with Spotify
Hi Brett i just bought 2 of these HK onyx 4 on amazon, i was wondering if i could pair them together to get the stereo sound then Bluetooth pair with the google home mini and stream to get the stereo sound im not sure if it work like that please let me know thank you !
Had no idea!!! Bose soundlink mini is about to get a whole new life!!
Was delighted I
sucessfully paired the pod with my bose mini sound link speaker thanks to your video HOWEVER the sound is all blurred!!
Thanks for the tips, however I have one question. Does the BT speaker need to be powered on, or is standby mode enough? I guess this might be different from device to device.
The idea was to get a Samsung HW-Q80R soundbar for my TV which I also wanted to listen to music on through my Google Home, but then I found out that it only has Alexa and it was a dealbreaker, until I found out that you could stream through BT instead! But it would be great if I didn't need to power it on first for it to work.
Playing music from BT speaker and commands from internal speaker is a game changer for me and stops me from buying Amazon Echo Dot, which afaik lacks this feature.
Thanks for sharing this information, this just made my google mini more awesome 😎
Is it possible to make them both play the music, like stereo?
It is not. You can now do this though if you have two Google Home Mini's.
Thanks for the video. I was trying to pair through the "Paired Bluetooth devices" menu, which asks that you pair your phone to the Mini, and then errors out with "Failed to put XXX speaker into discovery mode". Asking the Mini to "Pair a device" using voice failed in a similar fashion ("Something went wrong, retry later"). Pairing via the Default music speaker menu is a great workaround.
Very cool. It's a little rough when I start playing music. It cuts in and out, but when the songs get going it works. Office group not so much. I'm going to unpair and repair to see if it works.
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Brett, The HK Onyx speaker is an excellent one, and having these commands is useful. Thanks! I also appreciate having your list of equipment. My wife and I aren't as young as we once were so our fidelity range is more limited. We play the Amazon Dot and now the Google Home through the FM Transmitter, then pick up the FM signal on three receivers located on our main floor. The receivers have very good speakers, woofers, volume, and signal strength. We can control the volume through the Dot or Mini in my Tech Room, and they are connected to the transmitter (located near the ceiling) or by using the remote of any receiver. This works well for us. My only complaint is that, especially Amazon Music, will simply disconnect far more often than we prefer, but we simply ask any Dot in our home to play the station again on our First Floor Group. The FM Transmitter has worked flawlessly. We are happiest with the Mini and the Nest Display. The Dots have worked well also.
Question for you. In your video you demonstrated playing the audio through both a bluetooth speaker and and wifi connected Google home speaker simultaneously. And then you stated you just need to set up groups. My question is can you have multiple bluetooth speakers connected to the group and play audio to them simultaneously?
Yes you can, you just need to have a Google Home for each Bluetooth speaker. Pair each Google Home up with it's own Bluetooth speaker and then create the group. You may experience audio delay bit I will cover that in another video.
Thanks for the information..
Thanks, I've been waiting for this video. I stumbled on this with my Google home and Bluetooth feature once but wasn't able to do it successful ever afterwards.
Is there a way to pair and play in both speaker and mini like mirroring. I have 3 minis and a bluetooth speaker that I want the 4 to play at the same time in different rooms.
Awsome video. Im going to set up my 2 story home w multiple speakers. How many speakers can i pair @ the same time?
I am using Android and I don't get the same Home screen you do. There is no "Home" icon on the top right, no matter what screen I go to. So I can't get to the devices screen you are showing and I can't find the Bluetooth pairing function. I found it once by accident but now I can't find it. This is not an intuitive app at all. Boo hiss to the developers.
Sorry you can't find it, the app recently updated. On the Home page of the app find your Google Home device. Tap on it. Then select the settings in the top right. In there you should see the menu to add Bluetooth & default speakers.
@@TechWithBrett BTW, your video is really good. I did finally find the function to add the Bluetooth speaker and it is as you say, you have to go to the Home screen, scroll down and find the device, select it and then scroll down to select "Default Music Speaker" and from there you can pair the Bluetooth speaker. As I mentioned, the developers didn't do a great job on this one. That's not your fault - just venting. It's working and I enjoy having the Bluetooth option. Thanks again.
You should include that in order to pair any device, the device you are using to control the app must also have wifi turned on and it must be the same wifi as the google nest mini speaker and the device you would like to pair to it
Cool. I have the first gen harman/kardon Onyx with AirPlay and BlueTooth. It has a battery built-in, but typically drains itself even though it is off. It isn't very portable either. And I hated it for needing Bluetooth to be paired with a device, even though I only used it for AirPlay, which created issues, suddenly reconnecting the speaker when I got home etc.
I have been toying with this idea for a while - having it on constant power, and plugging the Home Mini into the USB port for power, and use it as an extra Google Home with more oomph.
But will the speaker go to sleep? Will the Home Mini keep it on at all times, or wake it when necessary? I'm thinking of power consumption etc.
Do you need to be using the Google Home app on Android? I am running it on iOS, version 1.31.910 and when I got into settings on my Google Home Mini and choose Default Speaker, I don't have the option to "Pair a Bluetooth Speaker" :(
I have Android and don't have that option either.
Click on home, then select your device, at the top right click on (GEAR ICON) and then if you scroll down you will see "configuration" click on it and you will be able to add
a bluetooth device. My problem is that google home can't find my BOSE speaker :/
Did you get it to work?
I got it! Got it to work after the new app update! :D
Tech With Brett it did not. I don't have the option of "configuration". There's a section called "device settings" that has "default speaker" but in it there is no option to add a Bluetooth speaker.
Great video, straight to the point. However, I'd like to know if in case I don't have a tv to cast videos and only have my laptop/PC, how can I link my smart speaker to be able to request my video request to be casted through to my laptop as my only screen device I have.
The fact I have these both same things has me blown
I need something to turn on and off my bluetooth speaker by voice command, any ideas?
Wifi outlet
So glad I found you here :D Saved me a lot of money
This is late but thank you so much I was trying so hard to get my stereo connected
Just paired it up with my Bluetooth speaker in my bathroom (wich is also my lightbulb) and OT works flawlessly thanks! 👐
Thank you for censoring "hey google", I own plenty of google devices and they usually get activated when I watch these types of videos and then I have to pause the video and say nevermind to get them to stop listening, then play the video, thanks for censoring that, you saved me quite the hassle bro
I do my best to get them all muted but every now and again one slips through. I know the pain it can be!
just got the harman kardon citation one and the nest mini
Hey Brett. Have you noticed that there's been a new update, possibly only on the preview program, that in night mode the voice of the assistant can go a lot quieter than it used to? I've not seen anyone mention it but it was exactly what I was hoping for!
I have not noticed myself but that would be great! Playing with it now it does seem to be pretty quiet.
hi Brett, great videos, I just got my google mini and been following you.
I got question for you though
I have the HK bluetooh speaker as well and we know that we still need to turn on the speaker manually with power button
is there a way to turn them on and off using google home assistant?
Cheers mate
Wow thanks dude. This just gave new life to my home. I like it an all. I got it for 30 bux last shopping season and it's nice but not loud enough and so it found itself confined to a drawer. However this. This is great.
Good music choice and great book choice!
Animal Farm was great too.
cool I finally did it with my wireless sony speaker thank you so much
Great to hear!
Brett, absolutely perfect video for me to watch. I was wanting to do this with the exact same speaker you have. Everything works great, but I have one problem. I can't get my nest display to play a specific playlist from my TH-cam music playlist. I'm trying to play Christmas Music on my front porch from my nest hub to a small Bluetooth speaker that is on the front porch. But each time I try to tell Google to play the specific playlist, it plays something else. Any suggestions??? Thanks again for all the wonderful, thoughtful, educational videos also. Merry Christmas to you and your lovely Family.
Man, i really love your vids !!! for me as a dutchman its always Loud & Clear !!
thx a bunch :D just got a home mini from japan cos we aren't selling it here in taiwan yet XD and now it just became 10 times better hahahahaha
This is clever grouping speakers around the home.
Really help me a lot . Thank You
Wow.. your tutorials a VERY BIG HELP..
I have a different version of the app so the settings is a little lower down, and not at the top as shown in the video
So that items have changed. Just go tot he Google Home devices and then select the settings in the top right and go to the Default speaker setting and you set it up there.
Did you experience any lag and music being out of sync between two speakers, one connected via bluetooth and one playing from the Google Home device directly? The last time I tried this set up about a year ago, the music coming out of the bluetooth speaker was a second or two behind the music coming out of another Home device playing directly from its speaker and also behind a speaker connected to a Chromecast Audio.
Man, this review is very helpful! Thks so much! Subscribed👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you!
Dude your videos are so helpful thank you so much please don't stop... 👍😉
Won't stop.
Cant stop
Thanks Brett for the tips, great help.
That's a great feature! Did it get activated in the latest update? Thanks Brett!
The only Bluetooth Speaker I have is The Smaller one, I have a question about that Would a Google Home Mini still work for a Smaller one or is it just the bigger one in general if you don't Mind Me asking
Great choice in music! Is there a way we can get a duet of you singing with the song. 😁. Great video Brett keep them coming.
Do you want to break your 👂? Because that is how you do that. Maybe I should do a collab....
It would be cool if you would do a video showing how to use sync audio.. When I paired my Bluetooth speaker there was a noticeable delay. I used the sync audio feature in the Google home setting and completely got rid of the delay
It's called GROUP DELAY CORRECTION
That video will be coming soon!
@@TechWithBrett . How bout getting rid of the delay on the dual sync on the Galaxy phones?
Phil PJ Davis For a Google Home group or Dual audio in the Bluetooth? I will cover the Google Home in another video but for the dual audio each Bluetooth device needs to have the same Bluetooth hardware like 4.0 or 4.1.
When playing " all speaker" (different zones around the house) what would cause the speaker ( Harmon/kardon) I paired to Bluetooth to lag behind the rest of the home when playing together?
Good to know this actually can be done! Thank you.
Thanks for the great info.
I also suscribed to your channel 😀
Thank you!
Cant do this with Sony LG-S50 :(
Hi Brett, I need help. On my phone or GH app there is an option under device settings to "Default TV," how do I choose or pair my mini to a TV?
Can you connect to dual Bluetooth devices like with your Samsung phones now?
Yes you can, just make sure both devices are the same Bluetooth version. Tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/4XsDptFIEws/w-d-xo.html
Nice video
How do I connect tv chromecast for audio to the Google home speakers ?
This feature is only available for playing music and is not possible with a video. See the video here: th-cam.com/video/6jeRkAqEjuk/w-d-xo.html
Hi Brett and thank you, my google home mini can default to my Bose bluetooth speaker, but when I create a group it isn't in the list so I cannot create a group between the mini and Bose speaker any thoughts?
Thanks dude 👍
Can you use both Harmon’s (stereo mode) when connecting to a smart hub?
Saludos desde Uruguay tus vídeos son muy didácticos una de las razones por las cuales compré el Google mini. Saludos.
that got me curious can you pair both amazon alexa echo and google home in bluetooth then and make the music play in a group
Does it matter what version of Bluetooth the headphone or speaker should be?
Can you get the goog home minj play with the bluethooth speaker at thr same time?
No, it can only play out of one at a time.
I like how he mute "hey Google" incase if any one has Google home
is it possible to connect two harman kardon onyx studio 4 with google home mini? does the sound it makes results as stereo? thanks
Can i create a group with like a google home and more than one random Bluetooth speaker? Maybe a subwoofer and some tweeters or something like that.
Hello brett Good afternoon, I'm Brazilian and I always watch your channel and I really like it, can you tell me if you can use the sound box to listen to music and at the same time use TH-cam or Netflix on Chromecast on TV?
If you are playing Netflix on the Chromecast you can also ask Google Home to play music at the same time. Yes.
Tech With Brett thks man
Can I use this Bluetooth speaker with mic to give command to Google nest?
Just subscribed. Keep up the good work