Google Home

- August 11, 2017

Everyone

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( 429,341)

Description

The Google Home app is one app to set up, manage, and control your Chromecast, Chromecast Audio and Google Home* devices.

If you own a Chromecast device, with this app you can:
• Easily browse trending and popular content from your Chromecast-enabled apps.
• Use search to find content by movie, TV show or actor*.
• Play, pause and change volume across all your Chromecast devices.
• Customize your TV screen with beautiful imagery.
• Discover new apps, offers and content.

If you own a Chromecast Audio device, with this app you can:
• Sync your speakers and Google Home together with Multi-room groups, so you can enjoy playback in every room.
• Play, pause and change volume across all your Chromecast Audio devices.
• Discover new apps, offers and content.

If you own a Google Home device, with this app you can:
• Control Google Home settings, like your default music provider or your location.
• Sync compatible devices with Google Home like smart lights, thermostats, Chromecast devices and more.
• Discover new features and offers.

* Some features may not be available in all countries.

Reviews

4.2

429,341 total

5 262,100

4 77,380

3 29,808

2 16,774

1 43,279

Gob Lins

My wife and I each own Android tablets. Both of them say "Unfortunately Google has stopped working" when trying to do anything on the Google Home app. I've sent in a report, talked to a Google representative in chat, posted on the Google forum and sent 2 emails. I've read all the possible causes and tried every possible fix that the internet has to offer. Google. Please, please get back to me, as I'd love to be able to use this item as it's intended to be used.

Jim H

We have both a home and an echo, they both have pros and cons. The pros for the Home include ability to recognize who is asking questions and personalize responses to each person. It can hear slightly better than the Echo. Cons it cannot read from your library, but does better playing from your Google music library. Of the two I like Home the best... But it's a close call.

Ian Finlay

Come on Google get a grip. I have 3 of your devices but none of them can connect to Google Home when I use my Sony Z2 tablet. I've had a ChromeCast since it came out and it was brilliant. However now as Google Home it's a waist of time. Strangely enough I can connect using my phone. Both devices have rhe same software updates and Android version and my tablet is listed as one of the devices best able to connect to Google Home.

Jim Stricker

90% of the time my Google home, a cast (audio or chrome) device, or audio speaker group will not show up in the home app when I open or when I open an app like apotify that has cast. A day later the missing device shows and others are gone. Currently my Google home is missing from the home app. It was visible for a short time yesterday. These connectivity issues make changing settings impossible and make casting to a specific device impossible at times. Untill the random connectivity issues are resolved audio cast is worthless.

Raman David

Not easy to connect and major problem is to connecting via third media that's so funny i has to ingage my second mobile as wifi device. Pls let me know if it can be connected directly and easly through same mobile data. So until u resolve it i'm giving u ✡✡✡

Eric Grimmett

Don't waste your time or money! Chromecast never and I mean NEVER stays stable, assuming you get it to connect in the first place. I have an apple TV, 2 roku players and 4 smart TVs, and yep you guessed it.... One Chromecast, because it's a terrible product. Constant crashing, constant disconnections, poor quality video streaming, you name it. I have ZERO PROBLEMS on all of my other devices. Google dropped the ball hard on this product.

User reviews

Gob Lins September 23, 2017

Jim H September 12, 2017

Ian Finlay August 28, 2017

Jim Stricker August 18, 2017

Raman David August 24, 2017

Eric Grimmett August 22, 2017

James Ravenell September 5, 2017

Now with the latest version of this app, I cannot setup my ChromeCast 1st Gen because the app no longer sees my WPA2 Wifi Network. It lists only a partial list of Wifi networks available to ALL OF MY DEVICES in my home. Really annoying. I can't use my Chromecast at all right now.

Gabi August 26, 2017

It used to work but this version is forcing me to share my location which I denied and now it can't find my Chromecast device. Why the hell does Google need to know where I am when I am using a device that I bought? Every day Google convinces me further to distance myself from their schemes.

Juan Carlos Gil Lopez August 28, 2017

No longer working, now says conecting-disconecting. Also if I have installed this app, netflix or orange cant send anything to chromecast. Never worked fine for my tablet, duplicate screen crashed using some minutes and after that I had to reboot my tablet.

Zoe Davies September 7, 2017

Only been using for a while and was ok....until last update. Now will only cast screen for 5 mins then loses connection? When I go into home app it still says connected? These chromecasts are a great idea when they work.....just too glitchy.

Ebony Wyatt August 24, 2017

I thought the cast device was all the rave but once you updated to home to probably add your new costly devices, it sucks. It won't stay connected to any device and when it is connected the sound is out. So can anyone tell me if the more expensive device is any better?

H A September 17, 2017

After the new update I can't use my hotspot phone to cast and this is absolutely useless. I can't use this chromecast because I don't have wifi at home . Please fix this issue ASAP Google play service the update of this horrible thing disabled this future. When I did downgrade to old version the chromecast worked . Please fix it and stop wasting time. Almost now year and I changed new phones to note 8 now but the issue still same. How hard do you work guys . Please fix it I need to cast to my TV

Google Inc. June 12, 2017

Hi Hesham, sorry for the trouble here. We’re working on fixing this. We’ve outlined a workaround with a second device here: https://goo.gl/b7T1He

Sam Dodson August 15, 2017

Its a great app don't get me wrong, but if there was a feature/option to only cast video while keeping the audio on the device casting, it would be even better. This mean people would not have to worry about things such as Bluetooth adapters to switch the audio to bluetooth headphones/speakers seamlessly.

Vinícius Augusto August 27, 2017

The Chromecast in itself is fantastic! But everyone connected to my WiFi network can access it. Where is my privacy? Many jokers pause and interrupt my show Everytime. This is so annoying! It could have a password at least.

Tracy Cox August 15, 2017

IF Google Home actually casts to my Google Chromecast, the cast will either cancel what I click on and start with the last channel I was watching or it will add another layer of what I click on IE: restart instead of playing from where I left off. Another thing that happens. I'll close everything out a few times start Chromecast up again and the movie may start when I click on it but with no sound. I will then click the sound off and on, move the slider up and down. To no avail. I've tried everything and am not happy with it. I don't use Apple products. And I am not here bashing Android/Google.

redsam252000 August 13, 2017

I used to be able to say OK Google turn on all lights Philips Hue and my lifx bulbs but now it doesn't work anymore. It keeps saying I don't understand that. Before the last update it worked flawlessly. I used to also be able to say set all lights to red or blue and now that doesn't work either.

Andrew Murray August 15, 2017

Chrome cast is great but there needs to be a feature included to stop anyone connected to the Wi-Fi from casting to it. I have brother and housemates constantly messing with me and it gets annoying. I can get new housemates but not new brothers

Tom Falconbridge August 15, 2017

My chromecast used to be amazing!! Now in the last couple months it has become at times completely unusable, the quality of streaming on netflix and nowtv has become terrible and unwatchable with no options to adjust quality (not anymore anyway). It's not my Internet connection as I can stream HD direct to other devices. It feels like Google has decided to kill my device, is this because you want me to buy a newer one Google?

Madeline Gerweck August 24, 2017

I've never used the app before and it was forced upon me with the latest update. It has rendered my chromecast completely unusable most of the time. It just won't connect, even after trying all of the common sense solutions on the help page. If I payed good money for a device, I shouldn't be unable to use it because the app doesn't function properly. This version of the app is glitchy and frustrating.

Mike Coles September 15, 2017

reupdated: Google is being a scumbag and refusing to work unless you divulge your pinpoint location. It's time to ditch Google. Updated update: Why does Google have such weak changelogs? Update: Volume control no longer works. Why remove functionality or allow your partners to? Also, why not allow for directly entering the IP information in the 'clients'. Having to be in the same broadcast domain is Windows BS from the 90s. If MS finally figured it out, you can as well. Original: Please allow the app to function when the phone is providing WiFi for other devices.

Thomas Wade August 25, 2017

Support team didn't even try to find the phantom duplicate rooms in my account preventing me from using the room or device name "downstairs bathroom" and fully restoring from defaults doesn't fix it either. Fix this garbage bug Google!

L. Vazquez August 11, 2017

Great app as far as function and ease of use with chromecast on android. I'll give 5 stars if screen casting is ever made incognito to prevent greedy cable providers from blocking their app when screen casting is detected. Please make this happen Google

Cinda Workout August 19, 2017

I was able to use Chromecast from my Samsung S6 earlier this year. I have tried to use it for the past two days, but continue to get the message "Chromecast is not nearby". I am in the same room with the Chromecast. I am able to cast from an old netbook computer, but not my Samsung S6. Nice ... Fix it Google or off to Roku I go!

MASTER GURI Dhillon September 10, 2017

Google made garbage device as Chromecast .i made totally wastage of money i feeling after use of a month and device Chromecast is not showing to me it a Google make.. Many cheap casting device performing miles ahead than it. Most irritating is lack of support to Windows. Searching for a customer to sell him my Chromecast...only a month old.

Randall Miller September 6, 2017

Chromecast with WiFi worked great about 2 weeks but now even if I reset my phone, router and Chromecast it RARELY connects. TOTALLY USELESS!! I have no idea why one day it works so so but then others it won't connect after 20 minutes. Occasionally it's casting screen but that's about it. This app needs SEROUS UPDATING. Great concept but poor performance

Sohaib Ahmed September 8, 2017

It used to work great as Chromecast or Google home. Recently on my S8 the screen mirroring randomly stopped working. It now says connecting then almost immediately says disconnecting and my phone is not able to mirror. Works fine when casting from YouTube or other apps.

Leelanshu Maurya August 21, 2017

Now it's very bad experience. Why you stop casting in hotspot mode? At the time of purchase this app cast or connect mobile screen on hotspot mode but now it's not, wastage of money and time.

Jeremy Zimmerman August 11, 2017

Really you gotten to my nerves lately with the changes they make without announcing them. The new sound you get when you ask Google to help you relax used to be fantastic. Now it doesn't tell you what the sounds are and if you ask it what sound it's playing it doesn't know what you're talking about. Need to have options to take out sounds for relaxation. Who the hell wants to hear a fireplace burning while they're asleep? I sure don't, always makes me think my house is burning down. Stossel getting kind of tired of using this to have Google play music play songs for me and it plays one song by that artist and goes to other stuff by similar artists. If I asked to hear an album by artist I want to hear that album.

Patrick Coombs August 15, 2017

This app and all companion apps I was using for streaming worked fine until the update released last week. So, now all these paid apps I have for streaming, which I was streaming to the television from my phone via Chromecast, no long function properly (buffering every 5-10 seconds, or, in UFC.tv's case, gives an error that the video is not available. Not impressed. This needs to be fixed immediately.

De ViceCrimsin August 14, 2017

Absolutely useless for my phone. It doesn't add any functionality whatsoever. At the bare minimum it should allow me to mirror the screen. It doesn't even do that unless you have an app like YouTube. Which is already a feature built-in. Hence its uselessness.

Alex MacDonald August 12, 2017

Finally Chromecast app firmware update fixed a lot of problems and works close to flawless. Needs a bit more tweaking to get the rest of the kinks worked out but I'm more than satisfied now that it isn't riddled with problems and glitches anymore. Only wish it allowed to stream Amazon Prime Video.

Gregory Adolph September 4, 2017

App should stay more connected and in control of the entertainment. I lose volume control on my device after only 15 minutes of inactivity. I'm using all Home WiFi products and Chromecast Audio. Not as user friendly as Sonos

Patrick Wallace August 26, 2017

DOES NOT WORK! I don't mean that it doesn't work well. I mean it doesn't work... period! Six months ago it worked, and I would have given it four stars; but, now I can't even get this app to launch. Every time I try to open it I get the message, "Home is having trouble with Google Play Services. Please try again." Google offers solutions, but they don't work. They say they're working on fixing the problem, but they haven't. Don't bother frustrating yourself by downloading this app. Look for alternatives.

Rowan Mountford August 26, 2017

This is a total bloatware app. Poor recognition of devices. Constant loss of connection. Slow reconnect. Freezes when casting. The original (pre home) app worked well. Classic case of mess it up by sticking it full of junk.

Robin Malik August 31, 2017

Trying to connect "TP-Link Kasa" to Google Home is now failing, giving the error "Couldn't update setting. Check your connection". This is only moments after successfully enabling the equivalent skill in Amazon Alexa. Possible oauth issue between Google and TP Link?

bahram fazel September 6, 2017

It works perfectly easy. Edit: I have so many problems with spotify. It is constantly getting disconnected and won't connect again. It shuffles while it shouldn't and randomly the volume goes up all the way. I'm starting to regret buying this

randie kie August 11, 2017

Please fix Spotify integration with Google Home! It's the only feature that seems broken. Besides that this app deserves 5 stars once Google Home plays music like it's supposed to without any error messages.

Bill Bridgeford September 23, 2017

This app used to be good until the switch to Google Home. Now whenever there is a Chromecast operating on the same network it shows up for everyone to control. In a shared living situation this is completely unacceptable. There should be an option for authorized devices.

sangeeta guha August 19, 2017

Using Chromecast 2, while screen mirroring of Amazon prime videos it disconnects in every 5 to 10 minutes. Horrible app. Google needs to fix the bug or try to understand the root cause of this kind of problem.

Vinny Albright August 21, 2017

The chromecast device itself is absolutely horrible at staying connected with other devices. Even with being on fast internet it loses connection so frequently i can barely watch anything

What's New

We're very excited to announce that the Google Cast app is now the Google Home app. We have new features* and improvements to make the Google Home app even better!

• Bug fixes and improvements

* Some features may not be available in all countries.

Additional information

Updated

August 11, 2017

Installs

50,000,000 - 100,000,000

Current Version

1.24.37.7

Requires Android

4.0.3 and up

Content Rating

Everyone

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