topic Re: Casting without internet in Home Automation

Casting without internet

jfii — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 03:25:56 GMT

How about casting without INTERNET. You know the home (log, brick or mobile) with just a generator or solar, laptop, .5TB thumb drive (with lots of music and movies) and WiFi router. Some speakers don't have buttons to turn on blue tooth and that only accounts for one or two. Forget about the ones with AUX ports like the Google Max speakers. I get voice commands won't work but It all seems to turn into bricks. If you did have a cell signal it probably would not be any good for data but if it was and you you had a USB to Ethernet adapter for your phone to plug in your router you would burn through your "tethered" 10 GB in a couple of days. Is there a proven way to use smart speakers as wireless speakers without INTERNET that will work?

Re: Casting without internet

David_K — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 12:23:59 GMT

No unfortunately because they're just not designed to be used in that way if you're looking to use casting.

However, it should work as a normal Bluetooth speaker if you set it up beforehand:
https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7381505

Re: Casting without internet

Azarco — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 20:24:20 GMT

Hey there,

Thanks for the information and link, davidking.

jfii, Google Nest devices are Wi-Fi dependent, they will not function properly if they're not connected to a Wi-Fi network. Let us know if you have other questions or concerns.

Best,

Alex

Re: Casting without internet

Princesss — Sat, 10 Sep 2022 05:30:05 GMT

Hi everyone,

We just want to check if you have seen our response posted above. Let us know if you have additional questions, otherwise we'll be locking the thread.

Best,

Princess

Re: Casting without internet

Azarco — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 21:17:40 GMT

Hey jfii,

One quick final check in here since activity has slowed down. We'll be locking the thread in the next 24 hours, but if you still need assistance, feel free to start a new thread in the community and we’ll be happy to help.

Thanks,

Alex