Play Spotify on Google Home - All you need to know

1. What subscription level do I need to play Spotify on Google Home?

Google Home supports both Spotify Free and Spotify Premium accounts, but you will get different music based on your subscription.

Spotify Premium

If you have a Spotify Premium account, you can play content on demand. You can get specificsongs, albums or artists along with music based on genre, mood or activity, Spotify’s curated playlists, and your personal playlists.

Spotify Free

If you don't have a Spotify Premium account, you'll get a station of songs inspired by the song, album, artist or personal playlists you asked for. You can't get specific songs, albums, artists or personal playlists on demand, but you can ask for music based on genre, mood or activity, or for Spotify-curated playlists.

2. Link Spotify to your Google Home

Google Home is a smart speaker with voice control. You need to set it up using the Google Home app on your phone or computer. Run the app and link your Google and Spotify accounts. You can also set Spotify as your default music service. Make sure your mobile device is connected to the same WiFi as your Google Home. Follow below detailed steps:

Download the Google Home app and open it.
Tap Account in the top-right.
Check the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google Home or Google Nest device. To switch accounts, tap another account or Add another account.
Back on the home screen, tap + in the top-left, then Music and audio.
Select Spotify and tap Link Account, then Log in to Spotify.

Now just ask Google to play something, e.g. "OK Google, play Discover Weekly".

3. Play Spotify on Google Home on demand with Spotify free

If you have Spotify free, you can only hear a station of songs inspired by the song/album/artist you requested (free radio service). You can't play songs on demand. How to bypass this limitation?

Well, besides music streaming service, Google Nest or Home speaker also allow you to play music that's stored on your mobile device (phone or tablet) or computer using bluetooth. So all you need to do is download Spotify music to your device.

4. Play downloaded Spotify music on Google Nest or Home via Bluetooth

The best way we recommend is Ondesoft Spotify Converter , which allows you to download Spotify music and save to mp3/m4a/wav/flac with fast speed.

1. Run Ondesoft Spotify Converter

Download, install and run Ondesoft Spotify Converter on your Mac or Windows. Log in your Spotify account, either free or premium.

2. Choose output format (optional)

Click the gear icon on the top right corner to change output format, music quality, cover quality, volume, download speed, output folder, etc. Ondesoft Spotify Converter will download Spotify songs in original format by default, mostly in M4A format. You can also change the output format to MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF.

3. Select Spotify songs, albums or playlists

Select Spotify songs, playlists or albums that you want to download from the built-in Spotify web player directly.

All songs in the playlist or albums will be checked by default. You can uncheck the songs you don't want to download.

4. Click Convert button

Click Convert button to start downloading Spotify music to the format you choose.

After conversion, click below folder icon to quickly locate the Spotify songs. Now you can upload them to your Google Play Music and enjoy the Spotify playlists on Google Home.

5. Connect your mobile device and Google Home

Open Bluetooth settings on your mobile device.
Under “Available devices,” tap the Google Home you paired to your mobile device.

6. Play local music from mobile device on Google Home

Once your mobile device is paired and connected to your speaker or display, use basic and advanced music commands to listen to music and playlists.

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