Can You Play Apple Music on Google Home? (Explained!)

ByKern Campbell, MBA

Google Home is an extremely useful tool that has helped thousands of people accomplish tasks hands-free. One of these features is the ability to find and play whatever music or song the user wants. Google Home has a vast library of free music, but it requires a monthly subscription if you want to play music from the Apple library. 

You can play Apple Music on Google Home, but this feature isn’t included for free. A subscription to Apple Music costs between $10 to $15 a month. You will also need to link Apple Music to your Google Home device. 

The following article is a more detailed guide on how to play Apple Music on Google Home. It includes the standard way to do it and a few different ways you can play music from the Apple library. 

Will Google Home Ever Support Apple Music?

Google Home does support Apple Music. The device started supporting Apple Music around December 2020, and has been since. However, you will need a subscription to Apple Music and to link your devices to Google Home. 

Google Home has been able to play Apple Music since December 7th, 2020. However, it still doesn’t allow users to listen to the Apple music library free of charge. The main things you will need to listen to Apple Music on Google home are a subscription to Apple Music, which costs $9.99 a month for individuals and $14.99 for families with up to six users, and a device that’s connected to Google Home and signed into the Google Home app. 

Once you have everything, the steps to play Apple music on the Google Home are as follows: 

  1. Open the Google Home app on your device (iPhone or Android). 
  2. Go to settings, scroll down until you see the “Music” option, and select it.
  3. Under the option labeled “More Music Services,” click on the link icon next to Apple Music. Tap the account you want to link to Google Home. 
  4. Sign in with the Apple ID you use for your Apple Music account, and the screen will guide you through completing the setup process. 

Making Apple Music Your Default Music Service

You can also set Apple Music to be the default service you use on your Google Home. This will prevent you from having to say “on Apple Music” whenever you want to hear a song from that library. The steps to setting Apple Music as the default are as follows: 

  1. Open the Google Home app on your device. 
  2. Go to settings and select “Music.” 
  3. Find the option that says “Your Music Services” and select Apple Music as your default. 

Unlinking Apple Music from Google Home

If you decide you don’t want to have Apple Music on your Google Home, you can also unlink it. You can even unlink Apple Music as your default service on Google Home. The steps to doing either of these tasks are as follows: 

  1. Open the Google Home app on your device.
  2. Go to settings and select “Music.” 
  3. If you want to unlink Apple Music from your Google Home, simply tap “Unlink” under the Apple Music option. 
  4. If you want to change your default music service, select another service as your default or simply choose “No Default,” and then unlink Apple Music. 

Getting an Apple Music subscription is the simplest way to play that library on Google Home. However, there are other ways to access Apple Music for free, but it does require some extra setup. 

Can You Cast Apple Music to Google?

If you have an Android device, you can use Chromecast to cast Apple Music to play on your Google Home. The only things you need are the Apple music app that is free to download from the app store and a device that is compatible with Google casting. 

The Apple Music app is free to download from the App Store, and you can get it for iPhone or Android. Once you have the app, make sure your Android is compatible with casting. Any version that’s 5.0 or later will work with Chromecast. The steps to casting Apple Music onto Google are as follows: 

  1. Make sure the device you want to use and Chromecast are connected to the same Wi-Fi network. 
  2. Open Apple Music and begin playback. 
  3. Tap the song that’s currently playing to open the Now Playing screen. 
  4. Tap the Cast button; it looks like a rectangle with waves on the bottom left corner. 
  5. Tap the Chromecast device you want to start casting to. 
  6. If you want to stop casting, then tap the Cast icon again and select “Stop casting.” 

You won’t be able to skip songs or listen offline with the free app by itself. These features require a subscription, but you can still cast music with Chromecast with an Apple Music subscription. 

Can You Play Apple Music From Google Home Mini?

You can play Apple Music from a Google Home Mini. All you have to do is follow the same steps you would to play Apple Music on a regular Google Home device. 

Apple Music is compatible with all Google Home devices, including the Google Home Mini. To play Apple Music on the Google Home Mini, follow the steps explained in the first section of this article. You can also use the Google Home Mini to control Chromecast and Android devices. But you also have to follow the steps outlined in the second section of the article to do so. 

There’s pretty much no difference in how Apple Music works on the Google Home Mini compared to the Google Home. The only difference is that the device is smaller, but it still has the capabilities of a full-sized Google Home device. 

Final Thoughts

Playing Apple Music on the Google Home is easy to do, as long as you make sure all of your devices are connected and follow the steps. Using Chromecast is also a straightforward way to play Apple Music from an Android device. As long as all devices are connected and compatible with the technology, you can listen to all of the music that Apple has to offer in their library. 

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