Gone are the days when Apple products and services only worked with each other. Apple Music, the popular music service, is now available on Google Home and Nest Audio devices as well. This means that whether you have an old Google Home Mini or one of the newer Nest branded options, you can stream Apple Music.
Thankfully, setting it up is a very easy process. It starts like everything with an app. If you haven’t got Google Home installed on your phone, you’ll need to download that. It’s available for free for the iPhone on the App Store or in the Play Store for Android phones. Once you’re in and you’ve signed in, and presuming your Google Home or Nest speaker is already set up, open up the Home app and tap the plus sign in the top corner.
Now you’ll see music underneath the add services header. Tap on that. You should see various services in a list underneath the more music services banner in the next screen. So, tap the little link icon next to Apple Music and tap link account on the next pop-up window. At this point, you’ll need to sign in to your Apple ID. This could be the same as your iCloud account, but if you have a different account, you need to sign into that one depending on which one you use for iTunes and App Store purchases.
Once you’re signed in and chosen to allow access for Google Home, Apple Music moves up into the list of your linked music services and you can set it as your default. It may have already done that automatically though so that could be a step you don’t have to do yourself. So now, whenever you ask your smart speaker to play a particular playlist or album, it’ll use Apple Music and not try to use any other service. Once it’s playing, you can control it manually in the Home app. Just go to the home screen and tap the media toggle and then choose to play pause skip tracks or adjust the volume, or even choose to have the music play from another Google Home or Chromecast Audio enabled speaker or dongle.
In conclusion, it’s a really quick guide on how to set up Apple Music for your Google Home or Nest Audio speakers. It’s an easy process, and it takes only a few steps to get it up and running. So, enjoy your favorite music from Apple Music on your Google Home or Nest Audio device.