i want to connect nest speakers to my smart tv.

[jeffbentone]

Hi Team

I want to connect my smart tv to my nest wifi speakers.

I have 2 set up in stereo mode next to the tv but would like to be able to play on other speaker groups around the house?

Can this be done?

Jeff

[Jeff]

Hi, jeffbentone.

Thanks for posting to the community with your question. If I have this right, you're looking to use your TV's speakers as part of a speaker group with other audio devices in your network? There's a way to make this work using a Chromecast device, but TVs natively don't generally have the option of being added to a speaker group. You can make it work by including a Chromecast device connected to the TV and adding the Chromecast into a group, but most TVs themselves do not support being added to a group.

If there's anything else you need or if you have other questions, let me know.

Thanks.

[jeffbentone]

Hi Thanks for your reply.

No you have it the wrong way around. I want to watch the tv screen but link 1 pair of wifi speakers now  in stereo and in a group and then occasionally with big sporting  events are on, use  other speaker groups around the house?

Thanks Jeff

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[Jeff]

Hey again, jeffbentone.

As of right now that's not something possible, as far as extending an audio out source (such as with a TV) to a linked speaker group on the network. That is a really cool idea though! I can let our teams know that this would be a feature that you would find useful. We take that feedback into consideration with product updates and improvements. As of right now, however, it's not within the capabilities of the Home app nor the Nest WiFi speakers. If there's anything else I can do for you, please let me know.

Thanks.

[jeffbentone]

Is it possible to use bluetooth to link the speaker group to the TV? Or will it only link one speaker by bluetooth

[Jeff]

That might be something to test out, jeffbentone. I'll ask the internal team here if they know for sure, but I'm not sure on that exact scenario off the top off my head. It's definitely an interesting idea and worth finding out.

[Jeff]

Hey, jeffbentone.

Looking into this more, it looks like you won't be able to run the bluetooth speaker in with the existing speaker group. With bluetooth devices, connections are limited to one at a time, so any time you mix in bluetooth, it becomes the sole audio channel.

Thanks.

[Jeff]

Hi, jeffbentone.
I just wanted to check in real fast to see if you saw my reply and to find out if you still needed any help on this. If you're still needing assistance, please just let me know and I'll be happy to continue helping.
Thanks.

[Jeff]

Hi, everyone.
Just 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 help, I would be happy to keep it open. If there's more we can do, just let me know.
Thanks.

[Jeff]

Hi, everyone.
As we haven't had any activity here recently I'm going to go ahead and close the thread. If you have more to add, feel free to start a new discussion.
Thanks