Chromecast and Google Home actually work really well together. So does Chromecas...

fps · on April 21, 2017

I don't have a google home, but I have android TV (NVidia Shield) and an Android phone, Android Watch and several chromecast audios. Google Assistant on my android phone and watch can't interface with the chromecasts or android TV at all. I can "cast" from any app on the phone to most of the chromecasts, but not via google assistant. Android TV can't send audio to chromecasts at all, and it's a special snowflake that can't particpate in multi-room audio sent from an android device.

I have something called "google assistant" on all 3 devices, and none of them have even close to the same capabilities or UX flows for media playback, so I basically don't even bother using it because it's just frustrating.

jacksmith21006 · on April 21, 2017

Do this everyday so not following?

Even my kids every morning fight over which Bob Burgers episode from Netflix they are going to watch with the Google Home (GH) and Chromecast.

shaklee3 · on April 21, 2017

Google home can do that. I think it's unique in that sense, where you cannot control other devices through Google assistant without it.

jcastro · on April 21, 2017

This is because not all Chromecasts are created equal. If you have a "normal Chromecast" it works great, if you have an Nvidia Shield that comes with "Chromecast built in" it does not integrate with Home at all.