How to connect your Google speakers to a smart group

Linking a number of speakers together is called a speaker group in the Google world. So what you do is you link all the speakers to a group, and the smart thing is that you don't always have to group them. So, you can choose whether you want to play audio only on your kitchen speaker, only your living room speaker or both at the same time.

Please note that all speakers and your smartphone must be connected to the same Wi-Fi router. Once you have all your speakers turned on, do the following:

1. Open the Google Home app on your mobile phone or tablet and click on the icon Settings At the bottom. Opens Units, groups and rooms By pressing the arrow to the right.

2. At the top, tap the icon Speaker set And he chooses Create a speaker group. You can now see which Google Home devices are connected to your network. Select everything that should be included in your speaker set and press the next.

3. You can now name your speaker group. This is what you'll say when you ask Google to play audio, so it's wise to choose something that's easy to pronounce and remember. Enter the name and confirm with Memorizes Your speaker group has been created.

4. To play audio from a mobile phone or other device, open the desired application, for example Spotify or Sveriges Radio Play. Tap the Cast icon (a rectangle with three dashes) and select your speaker group icon. However, the individual speakers remain, so you can still play audio on a single speaker.

5. To play audio using your voice, add the speaker group name to the end of the voice command. If your speaker group is called All speakers You can say, for example Play the news on all speakers To listen to the latest news broadcast everywhere.

6. You can control your speakers by opening Google Home and selecting the tab Units At the bottom. during groups It's your group of speakers and by clicking on it you can rename, add and remove devices – or delete the entire group.