When you link your TVs and Google Nest or Home speakers or displays, you can use your voice assistant to control music and video.
What you need
The following Cast devices can play media on your TV using speakers or displays:
- Chromecast
- Chromecast Ultra
- TV that works with Google Cast
Link a TV or Chromecast that’s set up and connected to Wi-Fi
Make sure your phone or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi or Google Account as your speaker, display, Google streaming devices, or Pixel Tablet.
- Open the Google Home app
.
- Tap Home
All devices
, then touch and hold your device's tile.
- Tap Add to a room.
- Under "Where is this device?" choose a room
- Tap Next to finish assigning the device to the room.
Link a new TV or Chromecast that’s set up and connected to Wi-Fi
Important: If you get an "Error when linking device" error message, you need to factory reset your Chromecast device.
Make sure your phone or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi or Google Account as your speaker, display, Google streaming devices, or Pixel Tablet.
- Open the Google Home app
- From the Home tab, tap Add
.
- Tap the home you want to add the device to
- Tap the device you want to set up. The app will search for available devices and guide you through the rest of the setup.
Unlink a device
Make sure your phone or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi or Google Account as your speaker, display, Google streaming devices, or Pixel Tablet.
- Open the Google Home app
.
- Tap Home
- Tap Settings
Remove device.
