topic Pin YouTube Music playlist in Speakers and Displays

Pin YouTube Music playlist

QPhysics137 — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:48:45 GMT

I play the same YouTube Music playlist every night. I never play any other music from my Nest Hub. Sometimes in the mornings I'll ask for weather or news, but NEVER any other music than this playlist.

Every night, I have to speak, "Hey Google, Play my [playlist name]" and sometimes it plays the right thing, other times it plays something completely random...including hard-core rap sometimes (I NEVER listen to rap on any of my devices).

Worst thing is that my wife goes to bed a couple hours before me because of our work schedules. So speaking then having the Nest respond causes her to wake up some nights...and that's if it gets it right the first time. Some nights I have to repeat the play command three or four times before it starts playing the right thing.

Why isn't there a way to pin a playlist to the "Media" list that I can access on the screen? Or a way to open YouTube Music so I can select what I want to play?

I really would like to have the ability to pin this one and only thing I play from the Hub to the screen of the Hub so I can just press the screen and play every night.

Re: Pin YouTube Music playlist

moralesvicente — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:41:06 GMT

Hello QPhysics137,

Thank you for posting in this community. I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble requesting your YouTube playlist on your Google Nest Hub. Don't worry; I'm happy to help.

Based on the information you've provided, here are a few suggestions:

Rename the YouTube playlist and see if that resolves the issue.
When making a request, be clear and specific. For example, say, "Hey Google, play [playlist name] on YouTube Music."
Rebooting your device may fix several situations. Refer to this article for instructions: Reboot Google Nest or Home speaker or display.

Please let me know if these suggestions are helpful.

Best regards,

Daniel

Re: Pin YouTube Music playlist

QPhysics137 — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 21:36:12 GMT

None of those even come close to addressing the issues I wrote about. It's like there's a boilerplate response that gets posted when a few keywords are recognized.

The playlist does play sometimes, but not all the time. So renaming wouldn't change anything.

According to the documentation, "Play my [playlist name]" is supposed to work. But I have tried other things, including the very specific, "Play my YouTube Music playlist [playlist name]" and it still doesn't get it right every time.

I have rebooted my device to try and address this and other issues.

None of your suggestions does a thing about why I can't pin the playlist to the device.

Re: Pin YouTube Music playlist

moralesvicente — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:41:20 GMT

Hey QPhysics137,

Thank you so much for keeping me updated. I appreciate the information you've provided. Let's explore some more tips:

Try unlinking and then re-linking your music streaming services. For reference, check out this article: Link your music services and set your default service
If the issue persists, I recommend performing a factory reset. Take a look at this article to learn how to do it: Factory Data Reset (FDR) Google Home

I look forward to your response.

Regards,

Daniel

Re: Pin YouTube Music playlist

QPhysics137 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 01:06:13 GMT

You haven't read a word I've written, have you?