Smart Home Use Google Home to play music and movies on your TV. Google Home has a few advantages over other smart speakers. For one, it can throw content to your TV using nothing but your voice. The new functionality to connect Bluetooth speakers directly to Google Home is interesting but underwhelming. I successfully connected both a basic Bluetooth portable speaker and a sound bar. However, the utility is limited by the manual configuration required and Bluetooth's short range. While there are certain circumstances where this feature will be useful, it does.
My brother sent me some really cool wireless bluetooth speakers for my computer and I can’t figure out how to make them work. Is there some secret to getting a MacBook to use a bluetooth speaker system? Actually, there is a nuance involved with bluetooth speakers based on my experience because pairing them to your Mac doesn’t automatically mean that they’re selected as audio output devices. It’s a two step process and the Bluetooth Setup Assistant doesn’t make that clear at all. A few weeks ago sent me a pretty cool bluetooth speaker called a and I went through the same confusion it sounds like you’re having.
The first step with bluetooth devices of any sort is to put them into “pairing” or “discoverable” mode, which in this case involves pushing and holding the power button for about ten seconds. Then, on your Mac, go to “System Preferences” – “Bluetooth”: Make sure you have Bluetooth turned on (e.g. That box checked), then click on “Set Up New Device” which actually launches the Bluetooth Setup Assistant: Hopefully your device shows up here: if it doesn’t then double-check that it’s in pairing mode (check the manual if it’s not obvious). In this case, the generically named “Headset” is actually the remote speaker we want to connect.
Choose it and click “Continue” What you should see next is that the computer has figured out some information about the device, it’s “discovered” it: As you can see, it’s now paired, but it’s not connected. In fact, it sounds like this is where you got without being able to proceed further.
No surprise, this is where you seem to need insider info. See the little gear button on the bottom? You need to click it: Ahhh that’s what we want: “Use as Audio Device”. Choose stereo if it is indeed a stereo device (it probably is) or mono otherwise.
Now it’s all good: That’s all there is to it. You have to take that second step for it to work or you’ll have the bluetooth pairing but it won’t actually be used as a speaker. That’ll get you working, so have fun! It took me a week or so of persistence.
All the advice I got from “experts,' including Samsung support, was either inadequate, or partially correct. So I have 3 Samsung Smart TV’s. For a while my headphones worked well on my 55' TV, then it quit, gradually! I could not connect to either of the other TV’s, but now can. Here are the steps I used to solve the problem: 1.Using the remote, got to MENU-Sound-RESET SOUND. Got to Tools -Speaker List -AUDIO-Bluetooth Audio.
If it says not paired, click on it and it should pair. If it says paired, click on that tab and hit connect. I seem to remember a setting that says: Show when a Bluetooth device is detected.
If it is checked no, you might not be able to connect. I cannot find it now, and do not need it as apparently when the sound is reset it sets to show detected Bluetooth devices.
Hope that helps.
While most would argue that is inferior to Siri in a lot of ways, it’s still a fairly handy tool for those using Google’s services. Recently, Google has given Assistant on iPhone a bit of extra functionality with Apple Music integration. Enabled through the Google Assistant app settings on iOS, users can now use Assistant to control tracks on Apple Music. Once connected, simply ask Assistant to play a specific song or album on Apple Music. This works whether you’re playing tracks you’ve purchased or anything you’re streaming with a subscription. Interestingly enough, radio stations such as Beats 1 won’t work, but everything else seems to work just fine. Most iOS users will still find that all of this functionality works better on Siri, but it’s always great to see Google’s option becoming more capable on Apple’s operating system.
Of course, if you’re on Android and using Apple Music, to control the service, including radio stations.