Here, you’ll learn how to stream music from Spotify on your Google Home. Connecting Spotify to Google Home is the most important step.
Spotify can be integrated with Google Home.
Open your Google Home app and pick the “+” symbol in the upper left corner to connect Spotify to Google Home. Connect your Spotify account by clicking on MUSIC>SPOTIFY>LINK ACCOUNT. It’s as simple as typing in your Spotify login and password. Spotify is now available on Google Home.
Does Google Home need Spotify Premium?
Google Home can play Spotify music without the requirement for a Spotify Premium subscription. You may set up for a Spotify free account on the Spotify website and then use it with Google Home.
Use your Facebook account as the Spotify login to speed up the sign-up process and save time.
This means that you’ll sometimes be subjected to interruptions and won’t have complete control over what music may be played via your Google Home’s free Spotify account.
The good news is that I’ve come up with a solution for the control component…
Google Home’s music service is free of charge.
This is a technique I picked up a long ago.
Even with a free Spotify account, you have greater freedom to pick and select the music you wish to hear.
For this method to work, you’ll need Spotify’s desktop player, so go ahead and download that now.
Using the Spotify desktop player’s “Connected Devices” option, you’ll be able to link your Google Home to Spotify.
If you were streaming Spotify music from the computer to an external speaker, this is the exact approach you’d follow.
For the first time ever, you can now play Spotify tracks on your Google Home!
Google Home Spotify commands
Having successfully connected your Google Home to Spotify, it’s now time to experiment with one of the various Google Home voice commands for your Spotify.
- “Turn up the volume on Spotify”.
- “Play my Discover Weekly on Spotify”.
- “Pause this song on Spotify”.
- “Play some rock music on Spotify”.
In order to avoid having to specify “Spotify” in any of your instructions, I recommend that you set Spotify as your default music player with Google Home.
Google has put out a full instruction on how to use Google Home’s built-in music player.
Troubleshooting
“You must first connect your Spotify account”
You must follow these precise instructions if you previously connected the Google Home to Spotify, however your Google Home is still stating “Your Spotify account has to be linked first”
- Take a look at the Google Home application.
- Go to Settings (gear icon)
- Select “Music” from the list of available services found under “Services.”
- Select “No default” for the time being if Spotify is your default player.
- Then “UNLINK” Spotify.
- To link your Spotify account, go back to Spotify and choose “Link account.”
- In the data disclosure alert, choose “Agree and link.”
- At this point, you may need to enter into your Spotify account.
You may try disconnecting your Google Home for around 30 seconds and then putting it back in if you’ve followed the previous instructions and you’re still receiving “Your Spotify account has to be connected first”.
You may always factory reset your Google Home if everything else fails.
Isn’t it reassuring to know that you won’t have to worry about losing any of your settings (commands, data, etc.)?
You may reset your Google Home by pressing and holding the middle of the device until you hear a beep. This normally takes around five seconds or so.
To begin the factory reset process, you will hear a beep.
When the reset procedure is complete in around five to ten seconds, your device will tell you to download the Google Home app. Since you’ve already downloaded it, this won’t be required.
At this point, you may switch on the microphone on your mobile device (unmute it).
You can find your Google Home in your WiFi settings on your smart phone, so connect to it.
Google Home will then guide you through the process of setting up your device.
Spotify should now be playing on your Google Home!
In Google Home, Spotify does not appear.
Because you’re using Google Home outside of the United States, you’re likely to encounter this problem.
Services like these often don’t operate in other countries.
This situation has two viable solutions.
One option is to use a virtual private network (VPN) to seem to be in the United States.
Finally, you may restart your phone as well as all the accessible services (including Spotify) will be available in Google Home.
Changing the iPhone’s language to “US English” has also been suggested. Spotify reappeared in the list of available services for certain customers after this easy update.
Even if you don’t have this problem, it’s worth trying to change your phone’s language settings to see if it helps resolve it.
Conclusion
If you already own a Spotify account, it shouldn’t take more than 60 seconds to link your Google Home to Spotify.
There is no need to upgrade to a premium Spotify account.
The Spotify desktop player’s “Connected Devices” page may be used to control what songs will be played on your Google Home if you have a free subscription.
So that you don’t have to keep saying “Spotify” every time you ask Google Home to play music, make Spotify your default audio player.
It’s possible that there will be problems with the sync. It is possible to factory reset your Google Home if you have any questions or concerns.
Best of luck!