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Tips on How to Play Apple Music on Google Home

By Noah Brown

Updated on September 16, 2022

Google Home is one of the most popular smart speakers of our time. Google home can pull music from all the big names in the industry, like its own YouTube music, Raumfeld, Google Play, Netflix, Pandora, Polk, and Spotify among others. One big player is, however, missing from the list above, so one might ask “can I play Apple Music on Google Home?” The good news is that by a stroke of luck, the power of Intelligence makes it possible to listen to Apple Music on Google Home.

Apart from using Bluetooth to play Apple Music on Google Home, we can also try to set up Apple Music for Google Home device or use Chromecast to stream your music from Google Home. Meanwhile, Apple Music can be downloaded and played offline in various formats. This, however, requires the use of third-party audio converting software to help remove the FairPlay DRM protection that Apple Music comes with. It’s only then that you’ll manage to play Apple Music songs on non-Apple devices. One such provider is TuneIf Audio Converter, an industry leader in converting music to various audio platforms without compromising audio quality. In this article, we outlined four methods you can use to play Apple Music on Google Home.

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Part 1. How to Connect Apple Music to Google Home via Bluetooth

Google Home enables you to listen to your favorite Apple Music via Bluetooth. Just ensure that your Bluetooth and Apple devices are on the same network provider then follow these steps.

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Step 1. First, turn on the Bluetooth on your Google home and your Apple device. Then launch the Google Home app on your Apple device.

Step 2. Next, select  Settings > Paired Bluetooth devices, and tap ENABLE PAIRING MODE to search for your devices.

Step 3. Once the search is complete, select your Google Home device on the phone.

Wait for a few minutes to finish the pairing. Then you can play Apple Music on Google home from your device. Simply select Bluetooth as the audio and it shall stream and be streamed from the Google Home. The next method will require you to link Apple Music to Google Home with accounts.


Part 2. How to Link Apple Music to Google Home with Accounts

To stream Apple Music on Google Home, you’ll need the help of Google Home app. Now all you need to do is to set up Apple Music for playing on Google Home devices. After that, you can simply make voice commands to Google Home to request the music playing from Apple Music. Here’s the how-to guide:

Step 1. Open the Google Home app on your iPhone, iPad or Android devices.

Step 2. Go to Settings and tap Music.

Step 3. In the More Music Services section, tap the link icon beside the Apple Music.

Step 4. Tap Link Account, you’ll be asked to log into your Apple ID.

Step 5. Tap Allow and enter your Apple ID verification code.

Now your Apple Music is linked with Google Home. You can say “Hey Google, play (song name) on Apple Music.” to listen to your favorite music.

How to Set Up Apple Music on Google Home as Default Music Player

If you don’t want to make requests to Google Home by specifying “on Apple Music” everytime when playing, you can set it as your default music player on Google Home. By doing so, all of your music requests will go through Apple Music by default. And if you’d like to play music from other music services, you’ll need to make commands on specified words like “Play XX on YouTube Music”. The set up procedures are as follows:

Step 1. Open the Google Home app on your devices.

Step 2. Go to Settings > Music.

Step 3. Under Your Music Services, select Apple Music to set up.

Now Apple Music is set as your default msuic player on Google Home. You can stream Apple Music via Google Home by saying “Hey Google, play (song name)”.


Part 3. How to Cast Apple Music to Google Home with Chromecast

If you’re Android users, this method is specailly for you. As Apple Music has added Google Chromecast support to its Android app, you can now cast Apple Music songs to your Google Home speaker, Android TV, or any other Chromecast-enabled device you might have. To use Chromecast, you’ll need an Android phone or tablet with Android 5.0 or later, or a Chromebook that supports Android apps, as well a a compatible Chromecast device, like the Google Home or the Google Home Mini. Then try the steps below.

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Step 1. Make sure your Android device and Google Home are under the same network.

Step 2. Open the Apple Music app and tap a song to play.

Step 3. In the Now Playing view, tap the Cast icon.

Step 4. In the available devices list, select your Google Home device to connect.

Before you start playing music, you can also tap the Cast button at the top of the screen in the Music app. This is only available on Android devices.


Part 4. Play Apple Music on Google Home with Tunelf

Even though one can play Apple Music on Google Home by applying the above methods, you won’t unleash all the features. So, for more experience listening to Apple Music, we are glad to introduce the recommended tool for converting your tracks in simple steps. Tunelf Audio Converter will losslessly download and convert your Spotify music for offline listening. It will retain the ID3 tags and metadata information of your tracks, ensuring 100% original music quality. Likewise, it lets you split any large files into smaller, manageable sections.

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Key Features of Tunelf Audio Converter

  • Convert Apple Music to MP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, and other audio formats
  • Remove DRM from Apple Music, iTunes audios, and Audible audiobooks
  • Preserve the converted audio with lossless audio quality and ID3 tags
  • Support the conversion of audio format at a 30× faster speed in batch

Before conversion, launch the Tunelf program by double-clicking on the app icon on your desktop computer, iTunes will also open automatically.

Step 1 Add your target audio files

To import audio files that are to be converted to the program, click the add “+” button or simply drag and drop the targeted audio files to the program. Tunelf app allows for batch conversion of several files at a go.

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Step 2 Set the output audio parameters

Once you have added the target Apple songs, specify the output audio parameters by clicking the ‘Edit’ icon to edit tags i.e album, title, artist, and genre among others. At this point, the audio files can be split via time length or chapters. From the ‘General’ window, click the ‘Format’ panel to select the output format as MP3, and customize audio parameters to your preferences.

select output format

Step 3 Convert Apple Music to MP3

Once you are done with the audio settings, click the ‘Convert’ button to begin the conversion of importing audio to MP3. This process takes just a while to complete. The ‘Converted’ audio files will be saved in the ‘Converted’ folder. You can then locate them by clicking the ‘Converted’ button to transfer them to your Apple device for offline listening.

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Bottomline

We have shown you how to play Apple Music on Google Home in four ways. The former options offer you a quick way to stream your music. However, you get limited features like being unable to split your files. Likewise, you are not likely to get the lossless quality of your music. That’s why we recommend the final option for optimum music enjoyment. TuneIf Audio Converter lets you edit your music to perfection and the conversion process is super easy and fast.


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