What is the cheapest way for me to get my Google Home devices to play a specific song.
Like, “Hey Google, play “I Was Alive by Beartooth”. I want that specific song played, not “Ok sure, here's a radio station you might enjoy”.
I used to use the YouTube Premium India/Turkey price hack to get YTP family plans for $5pm, but that's all dried up now.
I have switched to ad free versions of YouTube on the TV and that works great.
But I am getting stupidly angry over not being able to play a specific song when I'm busy doing other things and can't cast a song to the speaker. Even though that now seems to be broken on my apps.
Cheapest Way to Get My Google Home Devices to Play The Song I Want When I Ask for a Specific Song
Brettles on 22/01/2025 - 12:15
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Spotify is the answer.
but spotify has the same pricing as youtube premium…. but doesnt come with a video service like youtube?
that doesn't change the answer to your question.
xmanager is the cracked version.
maybe it'll work with thatdoes xmanager work through google home devices?
they dont list it as a featureShort answer no, you can however open the app find the song and then cast it from you mobile device.
What adfree version do you have of youtube for the TV? thanks.
i had to go in as a webos dev account and sideload one of the youtube apps they had, i forget the specific name
Thanks! What sort of TV brand is it?
lg.
Do u need programming background to do that?
i just googled my tv brand and how to get adfree youtube.
picked a youtube tutorial and followed it along.like, your just creating an account and using a web app to tell your tv what to do.
i wasnt opening CMD lines or anything@Brettles: Thanks!
Just worried about security vulnerabilities
But I dont understand much about it though
I used to use the YouTube Premium India/Turkey price hack to get YTP family plans for $5pm, but that's all dried up now.
This still works for other countries, higher than India/Turkey but cheaper than Aus. I'm on Algeria for ~$18 AUD per month for a family of 6.
$5.78/mth in Ukraine. it was $5.54 last mth, bloody AUD
So what you're saying is that you'd like to have premium features from behind a subscription paywall, but without paying for them?
The title says "cheapest way". It doesn't mean free …
I don't have Google Home speaker anymore. I have tried from my android phone with YouTube Music and VPN installed. I use NordVPN and choose Algeria server. Albania server doesn't work for this trick. If you have other VPN, you could try it. If you don't have VPN, usually there's around 100% or almost 100% cashback deals for VPN in Ozb.
I have tried using Hey Google (Google Assistant) from my phone to play certain songs and it works. But no background play as I don't use YouTube Premium. YouTube background Play works in Brave and Firefox browser in android and Windows computer for example. So, I don't feel the need to pay for YouTube Premium ;-)
For you, maybe need to put VPN in the router as you want to use Google Home Speaker, but only certain routers can do this. Otherwise just use your phone …
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https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/880322actually Russia & associated countries work well as the US sanctions mean they can't change (profit) from Russia. But that doesn't work For the Ops problem. The only way is a subscription to a supported Google Home/Nest music service.
Spotify or YT premium work.
Erm …
The first question is, do you have an mp3 file of every song you would ever want to play?
If so, there are numerous options that could achieve what I think is your desired aim …
i have 4tb of flac.
but i know of no way to say "hey google, play "i miss my lung, by frenzal rhomb on the garage speaker" on that ecosystem
It should work with Spotify premium.