How to turn off screen listen to sleep music

[bearhntr]

I am new to NEST from Alexa (for 6+ years)...got tired of the "you will do it our way" attitude.  I bought a Nest Hub Max to replace Amazon Show 10" in my den and a Nest Hub (2nd Gen) for my bedroom to replace Amazon Show 8".  My first night with the bedroom and I am already upset.  With Alexa I could say, "play sleep sounds" the "turn off screen". Music played and screen went dark.  When you do this with the Nest...the music stops.  In order to listen to music (which drowns out the house noises) I play music.  But my bedroom must be pitch dark.  This is very disturbing if I have to go back to Amazon for this "simple" task.  Even on the lowest setting for brightness...it is too bright.  I am serious when I say "can't see hand dark".  There has to be a way to get this working without having to put a towel over it...as there goes the sleep sensing that I wanted to use.  

Come on Google Developers tell me and I am sure others...how to do this.  Do not tell me to use my Pixel phone to play music there after turning off the screen with "Google, screen off".  That is one of the simplest of tasks...at least for Alexa.  

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

First things first, are you sure you have a Google Nest Hub Max? As only the Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) with a 7" screen has sleep sensing.

In the Google Home app settings of the Google Nest Hub Max > Display >

1. I activated DIM in LOW LIGHT ACTIVATION 

2. And TURN OFF SCREEN in DURING LOW LIGHT 

[bearhntr]

I have both. I have the nest Max in the den and the Gen 2 in my bedroom. I want to be able to tell the one in the bedroom to play music. Sleep sounds for 2 hours and then turn off the screen. I already have set all the settings you mentioned to dim the screen and dim light etc etc etc. Right now if I tell it to start playing music it starts. When I tell it to turn off the screen the music stops. I tried to create an animation correction, automation and enable the sleep sounds within that process and they don't play. It does turn off the screen but it doesn't play any music or sounds at all.

Seems like this is a VERY SIMPLE task, but apparently not.  I was hoping the Google would kick Alexa's butt, not finding that so at the moment.  

I cannot even tell it to "Play WSB news on Google TV (yes, I have the TV Streamer 4K, too).  It will start reading the news like a blog post on the Nest Max. 

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

It did work for me when I tested it on my Nest Hub Max, but my screen turned off within seconds of me covering the sensor to the left of the camera.

You probably won't be able to delay this feature for 2 hours.

I was playing Spotify 

Have you turned the speaker off for a few minutes to reset itself?

[bearhntr]

I tried rebooting it too.  I will continue to play with it.  Honestly this seems like a 'SIMPLE' function.  Play music with a black/off - screen.  Again, the HUB MAX and Gen2 are different beasts, no camera in the Gen2.  

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

Can you get the screen to turn off without the music playing?

If yes, what music service are you using?

I did some testing on my Google Nest Hub (2nd Gen) with the same settings I mentioned earlier enabled.

With a timed Automation set:-

YouTube Music: screen turns on and stays on.
= But if you cast it from the YouTube Music app to the Nest Hub the screen won't turn on until light reactivates the screen. The screen will stay lit up.

YouTube: I couldn't get YouTube to play with an Automation, but if I Cast a video from my phone to the Nest Hub the screen stays off until light reactivates the screen and then it stays on.

Spotify: my screen doesn't turn on in low light when music starts. If light turns on display it returns to screen off a few seconds later...

By the way, if you want to start a Spotify playlist without that annoying introduction on the Nest Hubs ("Ok Playing...")...
https://youtube.com/shorts/Syy1p71zVOU?feature=share

[bearhntr]

I have tried YouTube Music - and Spotify.  Both are logged into on my phone and the hub.  
I created a playlist on YouTube called 'Sleep' and that is what I would like to play.  I have tried in the automation entering Sleep playlist and "Sleep playlist" - - does not seem to matter.  Neither will play.  
If I ask the 'hub' to play (directly) .. "MY" Sleep playlist it is not playing it either.  It play some random playlist (and it seems to change).  Meaning I ask the hub "Ok Google - play my Sleep playlist".  I never know what I am gonna get.  

One would think that if the hub is set to use YouTube in the MUSIC SETTINGS - that it would play the playlist I asked for (for my sign-in).  

My biggest complaint is that when my phone is in the bedroom with me (and sitting on the nightstand where the Gen2) is located.  When I say "Ok Google" they both wake up and appear to be listening.  I want to find a way that only the Gen2 responds.  I have already disabled the 'locked screen' settings on my my Pixel 6 Pro - but it still responds and tells me I must unlock my device.  It is making me insane.