Putting Android tv in google home speaker group

by Tims2224

Did anybody have luck with that in recent days? I know it was a thing sometime last year but they took it off silently and theres no option for that now(dont understand why though). It was possible via installing the Chromecast beta app on the tv. They used to advertise it would be possible soon but in the tech community soon can mean a lot of things hahah.

Id very very much would love to be able to have my tv added to speaker group as i love the surround around my house when playing some tunes.

Thanks for any comments or shared infos. Cheers people.

musicalfurball

"Chromecast Built in" is a Chromecast target app that runs in top of Android TV. Guess what? It did have multiroom capability for a hot minute, about two years ago. Then they shut it back off again a few days later in the next update. Never said why, never even mentioned it in the documentation.

Our household is moving away from the Google ecosystem for reasons like this. Their products keep getting worse not better, they frequently change or eliminate useful features without giving the end user a choice, and they don't hear or respond to consumer feedback. Classic monopolistic corporate behavior.

Gardenpapaya

i too would love this , can add my chromecast but not my Sony (Android) TV

MadMax7777

This works with my chromecast. Which device did you try

-UniversalCitizen-

It is infuriating because I am currently playing music to a speaker group and when I hit the chevron for more devices my televisions are listed but when I click on them to add them to the playing media it just spins and times out. I went through the settings on my Android TVs looking for something that might be disabled and I couldn't find anything. I rebooted them just in case but it always just spins and times out.

daskino40

i searched for this feature yesterday also in the home group app for my speaker group, not able to add nvidia shield.

StarKiller024

Sadly, no. We should be able to include TVs in audio groups and caselt video to speakers - sometimes all I need is the audio!

fahad_ayaz

I did this last year with my Google Home, Google Home Mini and Chromecast with Google TV. Are you saying they've removed the option now?

Sylvester88

Not possible.. Pretty stupid that I have to have a chromecast plugged into my Android TV