topic Re: Play music while not home in Apps / Account

Play music while not home

alygat — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 19:40:39 GMT

I believe this feature used to exist, but I don't see it now:

I have two homes, and both are set up with google homes and apps. I'd like to play music at the house that I'm not currently in to help with scaring mice away. They are less likely to be bold in a house they think is occupied.

How can I set this up? I have Spotify accounts for each home so that the streaming doesn't affect each other, but Google Home is just not giving me the option to play media when I'm off the network. I'm fairly certain I used to have this option, so am I doing something wrong?

Re: Play music while not home

Dan_A — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 20:43:19 GMT

Hi alygat,

Thanks for posting and welcome to the Community.

You have a great idea there however, casting music to your Nest speakers when you’re not home is not applicable. The function can only be done when your phone and your Nest speakers are on the same Wi-Fi network, under the same home structure and account.

Good thing we have another way to scare off mice. You could create routines for your speakers to play and control media. For more information on how to, check out this guide.

You can also try to use the Google Assistant on your phone to give command to your Nest speaker to play a song. For example, "Hey Google, play Iris on family room speaker". Make sure that the Google Assistant, Google Home app and your Nest speakers are on the same account.

Keep us posted.

Best,

Dan

Re: Play music while not home

Jake — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 23:19:10 GMT

Hey there,

I wanted to check in and see if you managed to see Dan's post. Please let me know if you have any questions from here. I would be happy to assist, and make sure you are good to go.

Best regards,
Jake

Re: Play music while not home

Jake — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 17:49:13 GMT

Hey there,

I wanted to check in, and let you know that I will be locking the thread in 24 hours.

Best regards,

Jake