The google speakers They are an economical and simple way to set up a home stereo in which to play music from Spotify, YouTube Music, Apple Music or TuneIn. Controlled by your voice or from your smartphone with the Google Home app. Also, you can choose between the Nest Audio and the Nest Mini. Or have several in different rooms in the same room.
The fact is that Google speakers give a lot of play. And when it comes to music, don’t limit yourself to just one speaker. If you combine two or more, you can have surround music. Or listen to the same songs in several rooms of your house. The possibilities are varied. And to make it possible you will only need a smartphone with the app Google Home, the same one you use to control the speakers.
Another good news about playing music on two or more speakers at the same time is that they don’t have to be official Google speakers. Also works with any compatible speaker with Google Home. For example, from manufacturers such as Sonos, Bose, JBL, Xiaomi And a long etcetera. It also allows you to use screens Google Nest and devices chrome cast. Let’s see how it works.
Play music on multiple speakers
Let’s say you already have set up some music service streaming to play music on your Google or third-party speakers. All this through the Google Home app, which you can install on both iOS and Android. Usually when you want send the music to a smart speaker from your smartphone, you have previously paired both with Google Home. Specifically, we enter the app, hold down the speaker icon and then go to Settings > Audio > Paired Bluetooth devices > Enable pairing mode. But this only works for each speaker independently.
If you want to play music on two or more Google speakers simultaneously, we’ll need to create a speaker group. What’s more, you can create several groups and thus use them for different actions. For example, you can create a group for all the speakers in the house, another for the speakers on the first floor, a group for the speakers in the living room, etc. It will depend on the number of smart speakers you have in your home.
To create a group of speakers from Google Home you will have to enter the application, and from the tab House Click on the + symbol that you will see in the upper left corner. A list of actions will open. We are interested in what it says Create speaker group. Next, the Google or third-party speakers that you have paired with Google Home and that are connected to the same Wi-Fi network than your phone
Once you have chosen the speakers that will be part of that specific group, give it a name to differentiate it from others. And, especially, to be able to name it and thus play the music on all the speakers with an order to the Google Assistant. In this sense, try to find a name that Ok Google understands. To finish, click on Save. You will see the group created in the tab House.
Hey Google, put music everywhere
From here, to play music on all the speakers in the group you created, the operation is identical to when you played music on a single speaker. That is, you can order it to Ok Google with a simple order or do it from your smartphone. The commands are the same: put a certain song, group, style, list… Play, pause, skip, raise or lower the volume… You will simply have to specify that you want the music to play in the group, indicating the name of the group of speakers.
Another way of send the songs to the speakers it’s from the music app itself. Whether it’s YouTube Music, Spotify or Apple Music, to name three of them, if they’re linked to the Google Home app, when you tap the icon to share the music, the individual speakers and speaker groups you created will appear. Choose the group and the music will start playing on all the speakers in that group in unison.
What if the music doesn’t sound in sync?
One problem you may run into when playing music on multiple speakers at the same time is that not sound in sync in all of them. That is to say, that it begins to sound in one and, after a while, it begins in another and so on. How to make it sound everywhere at the same time? To do this, you can activate the audio adjustment or synchronization function on the speaker that is giving you problems.
To make this correction go to the Google Home app, enter the group of speakers you created and, finally, in the problematic speaker. go to Audio > Group Delay Correction. You will have to move the slider to the left or right until you manage to synchronize the audio with the other speakers.
But as Google explains in its aid official, “serial delay is very small, so group playback syncs unnecessarily to make additional settings. Do not adjust the group delay correction unless you notice a constant and significant delay”.