How to listen to youtube music for free in your google home

Recently, Google has announced the launch of a free version of YouTube Music that can be used with Google Home speakers and other smart speakers that have their voice assistant activated. If you have any of these speakers, you can already listen to free music on them, yes, with some ads.

Free YouTube Music on your smart speaker

Basically, this new feature means you can listen to songs from the YouTube Music catalog interspersed with occasional announcements, both on your Google Home range speaker and on other Google Assistant-compatible smart speakers.

With YouTube Music and Google Home, you can ask your speaker to play the right music for any time or mood, and YouTube Music will play a station personalized to your taste and request. So you could say, for example, "OK, Google, put some music on for exercise, " and your speaker will start playing music that is appropriate and optimistic for your workouts.

Currently, YouTube Music, free with advertising, is available on smart speakers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Great Britain, Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands and Austria.. According to the company, it will soon be available in more countries.

To use YouTube Music for free with ads on your smart speaker, simply follow these steps:

• Launch the Google Home app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. Tap the Account Settings option on the app's home screen. Scroll down and tap Music. Now select YouTube Music to link the service to your smart speaker. and make it your default music provider. If you are not subscribed to the premium option, you can verify that you have a "Free account available"

And that's it! From now on you can listen to YouTube Music for free on your smart speaker with Google Assistant integrated. And if all goes well, users of an Amazon Echo will soon be able to enjoy a free version of Amazon Music that is already available in the United States.

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