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Google Home Can Now Control Your Bluetooth Speakers (theverge.com)
Google Home speakers can now play music and other audio on the Bluetooth speakers you might have around the house. "We brought this feature to life after hearing how much you wanted to amp up the sound with your Google Home Mini," the company said in a blog announcement. "Now any of your Google Home devices can connect to other Bluetooth speakers so you can control your entertainment experience simply using the sound of your voice." The Verge reports: You can also add your existing Bluetooth speakers to Google Home groups for multi-room audio, which is where this might prove handy for Home Max users. You can pair a Bluetooth speaker with Google Home in the device settings section of the Home app. Just set it as your default speaker. Your Home device will still listen for your commands, but will route all audio through the connected Bluetooth speaker. This doesn't magically give those paired speakers Google Assistant's smarts, though. "You'll still need to talk to your Google Home device -- not the connected Bluetooth speakers -- for queries like asking questions, getting weather updates, and using smart home commands."
Where I can read a book, made of paper, in peace.
C'mon folks, nobody needs to be so connected that every room and every device within them are waiting for your beck and call to Google.
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My Amazon Echo is a Bluetooth speaker, so now I can control it using my voice with Google Home! It's a decent speaker, but I'm not happy with it's ability to answer questions, so I've been thinking of switching to Google Home, so I may really use this feature.
Well, this sounds like a fail-proof plan!
Waitress: "Google, eggs, Google, sausage, Google and Spam."
PRK: Do you have something without any Google in it . . . ?"
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
For without it, how would Google spread the news of the their marvellous new invention? Huzzah!