The beauty of having Google smart home devices is connecting your whole house in a network of home automation awesomeness. But when it comes to stereo speakers, that wasnât always possible. At first, only Google Home Max could pair with stereo speakers, and then Google added the Nest Mini, which was a bummer if you had another smart speaker in the Google lineup. Over the weekend, though, Android Police discovered that Google has been quietly making their other smart speakers pairing compatible with stereo speakers. Now, you can pair your stereo speaker system with Google Home and Google Home Mini speakers, too.
To set up a pairing, turn on your non-Google speaker and make sure itâs in pairing mode. Open up your Google Home app on your phone and tap on the Google speaker you want to pair. Once thatâs selected, tap on the Settings, which is a little gear icon. Next, tap on Speaker pair and choose which speakers you want to pair, then pick a left and right channel (the app will help you choose), give the pairing a name and assign it a room. Thatâs all there is to it.
[images cols=”three” lightbox=”true”] [image link=”4725″ image=”4725″] [image link=”4726″ image=”4726″] [/images]Now you will be able to control both speakers at the same time. You can go into the speaker groupâs settings to adjust bass, treble and balance by going to Speaker Pair Settings > Speaker Pair. Play around with the settings until you find a sound you like. Donât forget, you can keep adding on speakers and Google speakers to fill your whole room with surround sound.
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You can use your regular Google Assistant voice commands to control the volume, what you listen to and when to pause or play the music. When you use Google Assistant only the speaker thatâs set up as âleftâ will listen, so keep that in mind when youâre using them. You donât want to be yelling âHey, Google!â to the wrong speaker for 10 minutes.
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How to Pair?
- Open the Google Home app
- Tap the first of the two speakers you wish to pair
- Tap the settings cog in the upper right corner
- Tap âSpeaker pairâ
- Choose two speakers to pair
- Select a channel (left or right)
- Assign a name, home and room to your synced speakers
Your two Google Homes should now show up as a single speaker in the Google Home app, though you may want to test it by playing your favorite stereo-heavy song.
The speakers will now be fully paired, meaning that changing the song or volume on one will also affect the other. Though youâll still be able to reboot each speaker and change the balance between the left and right channels separately.
The synced up speakers can also be added to a larger speaker group, potentially allowing users to build a surround sound system made up entirely of Google Homes.
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