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ECO_Mental · 22-06-2017 06:13PM

matrim wrote: »

How do you get the free chromecast? I don't see that offer

Yeah I think that offer is gone now unfortunately. I bought a GH about two weeks ago and got a Chromecast but just got another one as a present but didn't get the Chromecast at all.

skerry · 22-06-2017 07:22PM

ECO_Mental wrote: »

Yeah I think that offer is gone now unfortunately. I bought a GH about two weeks ago and got a Chromecast but just got another one as a present but didn't get the Chromecast at all.

It seems to be gone now alright, just the google music offer. Not the end of the world, I think the Chromecast Audio can be got cheap enough anyway and I have one already.

How are you finding the GH so far? I'm thinking that plus 2 CC Audios could sort out a nice little home music system for downstairs.

ECO_Mental · 22-06-2017 08:11PM

skerry wrote: »

It seems to be gone now alright, just the google music offer. Not the end of the world, I think the Chromecast Audio can be got cheap enough anyway and I have one already.

How are you finding the GH so far? I'm thinking that plus 2 CC Audios could sort out a nice little home music system for downstairs.

Yeah it's a great little machine, tbh I'm only using it for radio gettin the weather playing music etc. I'm going to get a NEST thermostat through electric Ireland and a few lights over the next few weeks so I can use it better. I'm always fascinated the questions it can answer.

I 've just bought one for my old man who is 85 next week. He was fascinated by my GH and he can get some hue lights etc and he'd made up. You know how these old wans love switching off lights....

skerry · 22-06-2017 09:06PM

ECO_Mental wrote: »

Yeah it's a great little machine, tbh I'm only using it for radio gettin the weather playing music etc. I'm going to get a NEST thermostat through electric Ireland and a few lights over the next few weeks so I can use it better. I'm always fascinated the questions it can answer.

I 've just bought one for my old man who is 85 next week. He was fascinated by my GH and he can get some hue lights etc and he'd made up. You know how these old wans love switching off lights....

That's good enough for me, I'm mad for turning off lights

Ordered from Curry's there, €146 with Revolut card, not bad.

argentum · 23-06-2017 03:08PM

At present in my office I'm listening to chill out 80's on Spotify .However my daughter has just told Google Home to play Justin Bieber in our kitchen at home which immediately plays him also in my office which is a pain in the ass . .Anyone tell me how to avoid myself and my daughter fighting all summer over our playlists

degsie · 23-06-2017 03:17PM

argentum wrote: »

At present in my office I'm listening to chill out 80's on Spotify .However my daughter has just told Google Home to play Justin Bieber in our kitchen at home which immediately plays him also in my office which is a pain in the ass . .Anyone tell me how to avoid myself and my daughter fighting all summer over our playlists

Separate Spotify accounts?

lafors · 24-06-2017 08:10PM

argentum wrote: »

At present in my office I'm listening to chill out 80's on Spotify .However my daughter has just told Google Home to play Justin Bieber in our kitchen at home which immediately plays him also in my office which is a pain in the ass . .Anyone tell me how to avoid myself and my daughter fighting all summer over our playlists

degsie wrote: »

Separate Spotify accounts?

Unfortunately this hasn't anything to do with the Google home. It's Spotify.
The one way to get around it without getting a family Spotify plan is to download the playlist you like to your phone and then go offline. Then whatever she does won't affect you.

bk · 24-06-2017 08:25PM

lafors wrote: »

Unfortunately this hasn't anything to do with the Google home. It's Spotify.
The one way to get around it without getting a family Spotify plan is to download the playlist you like to your phone and then go offline. Then whatever she does won't affect you.

Actually the issue is more with the music industry. You have only paid for service for one person, so only one person can use it at a time. Same with Google Play Music and Apple Music (on other devices).

I suspect this will change in time. Google, Apple, Amazon and Spotify are all trying to get the music industry to loosen up on their restrictions on new devices like this.

donspeekinglesh · 27-06-2017 11:05AM

Multiple users now available on English UK: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/06/27/multiple-users-now-available-google-home-uk/

albob · 27-06-2017 11:59PM

donspeekinglesh wrote: »

Multiple users now available on English UK: http://www.androidpolice.com/2017/06/27/multiple-users-now-available-google-home-uk/

Haven't been able to get this to work for me. Keeps failing to enroll for some reason. Tried a reset etc. but no go.

MentalMario · 28-06-2017 09:05AM

Anybody else's news sources gone?

Sky Sports News not working for me.

albob · 28-06-2017 09:43PM

MentalMario wrote: »

Anybody else's news sources gone?

Sky Sports News not working for me.

Missing for me too.

(Got multiple accounts to work eventually....just had to wait)

skerry · 29-06-2017 04:09PM

Unfortunately my Curry's Home order got cancelled so I am still without my new gadget. Going to order from Argos instead I think.

In the meantime, having just bought a house, I'm looking into smart home gadgetry to pair with my Home. Was looking at the Phillips Hue systems but they are mouth wateringly expensive.

Are there other options or does anyone know if these do be on sale often and what would be good to start with? Seems a great idea but might be a tad expensive at the moment.

ECO_Mental · 29-06-2017 04:48PM

skerry wrote: »

Unfortunately my Curry's Home order got cancelled so I am still without my new gadget. Going to order from Argos instead I think.

In the meantime, having just bought a house, I'm looking into smart home gadgetry to pair with my Home. Was looking at the Phillips Hue systems but they are mouth wateringly expensive.

Are there other options or does anyone know if these do be on sale often and what would be good to start with? Seems a great idea but might be a tad expensive at the moment.

You can get it from the Google store as well I got one last week from there. Just use the parcel motel address.

bk · 29-06-2017 07:07PM

skerry wrote: »

In the meantime, having just bought a house, I'm looking into smart home gadgetry to pair with my Home. Was looking at the Phillips Hue systems but they are mouth wateringly expensive.

Are there other options or does anyone know if these do be on sale often and what would be good to start with? Seems a great idea but might be a tad expensive at the moment.

Hue stuff goes on sale every few months. Usually during the Amazon prime sales. Picked most of mine up during those sales. Still not cheap, but takes the edge off the cost and well worth it imo.

ForestFire · 03-07-2017 05:39PM

Was looking for internet radios at weekend and came across the echo and Google home as better alternatives.

What are people's thoughts on the offers returning with the free Chromecast devices in the next few weeks?

Was this only an early bird offer?

Maplin.ie is showing them in stock in limericks, is this still an error as not released here yet?

I guessing Argos uk and Google uk seem to be the best options right now?

I will be using address pal if anyone has experience with this service for above.

skerry · 05-07-2017 02:31PM

So, I finally got my Google Home. Ordered from Argos on Monday afternoon using Revolut and Parcel Motel and got it this morning which was fairly quick.

I've been tinkering around with it, just playing music from Spotify really, and I can get the hang of playing music OK. I can also cast it to my chromecast audio but this is where things start to get flakey.

Once casted to the Chromecast I can't get it to stop playing the music or forward the tracks, which are things I can do no problem when playing music straight through the Home (probably cos I don't know the command). Also, if it plays the music on the Home and the Chromecast there's a lag of about 1 second which is really annoying.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here, I thought it would be more straightforward to cast between devices but it's a bit of a mess.

Black_Knight · 05-07-2017 02:43PM

skerry wrote: »

So, I finally got my Google Home. Ordered from Argos on Monday afternoon using Revolut and Parcel Motel and got it this morning which was fairly quick.

I've been tinkering around with it, just playing music from Spotify really, and I can get the hang of playing music OK. I can also cast it to my chromecast audio but this is where things start to get flakey.

Once casted to the Chromecast I can't get it to stop playing the music (probably cos I don't know the command). Also, if it plays the music on the Home and the Chromecast there's a lag of about 1 second which is really annoying.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong here, I thought it would be more straightforward to cast between devices but it's a bit of a mess.

That sucks. Zero lag for mine, and sometimes i'm streaming to up to 4 devices at a time. How's your broadband connection?

Usually an "Ok Google, stop" will get it to stop whatever its doing (music, casting etc).

Black_Knight · 05-07-2017 02:44PM

Has anyone been able to setup multiple accounts on their Google home since that feature came to the UK?

I was able to setup my account, but when I go to devices on my wifes phone there's no option to train the Google Home for her account.

skerry · 05-07-2017 03:40PM

Black_Knight wrote: »

That sucks. Zero lag for mine, and sometimes i'm streaming to up to 4 devices at a time. How's your broadband connection?

Usually an "Ok Google, stop" will get it to stop whatever its doing (music, casting etc).

Its' possibly me doing something wrong. I turned it off there and tried again and it seems to be responding to commands once casted to my chromecast now.

Do you have the same music playing on all devices? What's the command you use to have the same music play in sync on Home and Chromecast.

Was sitting a good 15 feet away from it there and asked it to cast Chopin to living room chromecast and it did it no problem so impressed with that anyway

the heathen · 05-07-2017 04:08PM

skerry wrote: »

Its' possibly me doing something wrong. I turned it off there and tried again and it seems to be responding to commands once casted to my chromecast now.

Do you have the same music playing on all devices? What's the command you use to have the same music play in sync on Home and Chromecast.

Was sitting a good 15 feet away from it there and asked it to cast Chopin to living room chromecast and it did it no problem so impressed with that anyway

You have to assign them to the same Home Group -

https://support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7174267?hl=en

skerry · 05-07-2017 07:38PM

the heathen wrote: »

You have to assign them to the same Home Group -

https://support.google.com/googlehome/answer/7174267?hl=en

Legend, thanks for that. I set up a downstairs group there and working perfect now.

Ordered from Argos and it was the 3 months Google Music free offer but no indication on how to redeem the offer. I have Spotify already but no harm trying Google Play for the few months. Has anyone here got the same offer and successfully redeemed?

Sickened I missed the free chromecast offers, could do with a handful of them now.

ForestFire · 10-07-2017 06:06PM

Okay lads tell me what to do...All set on the Google Home... and now this...

Amazon Deals -

Amazon Echo £70 Off down to £79.99
Echo Dot £15 off down to £34.99

Tell me is this is just the last chance for mazon:p
Tell me to stick with plans for the google Home:o

What about a Dot as backup to Google home with BT speaker I already have??

Black_Knight · 10-07-2017 07:09PM

It was an easy decision for me. I've the house kitted out with chromecast audios, and the Echo doesn't support casting to multiple devices. I also use Google music.

What makes you lean towards the GHome rather than the Echo?

ForestFire · 10-07-2017 07:52PM

Black_Knight wrote: »

It was an easy decision for me. I've the house kitted out with chromecast audios, and the Echo doesn't support casting to multiple devices. I also use Google music.

What makes you lean towards the GHome rather than the Echo?

I currently use...

Gmail account and calander
Android phone
Android auto
Spotify
Better search, question responses?
Multi user, not sure if echo has this?
Better future upgrades?

Current have no smart home device but maybe later.

Disadvantage of Google is there is no dot equivalent if I want to add small devices to bedroom etc. Later

I would like ability to stream to my speaker also . Not sure if either can do this now on there own. (Echo with for and Google home with audio cast)

skerry · 11-07-2017 08:11PM

Is Multi User supported here yet? I had my Home set up for myself to recognise my voice and give my info etc. and herself got a prompt on her phone to enter her details and to register her voice but all it did was replace me as a user and gave her details when I asked it questions.

ForestFire · 11-07-2017 11:07PM

Okay Curry's UK have the Home for £99 today only (Just seen it now).

I know some others have not been successful with curry's, and I have tried everything using Address Pal, but keeps refusing Credit card payment and Pay Pal payment.

Is there any ideas if this is possible to get it from curry's, or just give up...Only 1 hour left

ForestFire · 11-07-2017 11:46PM

Well it looks like pay pal has sent the payment request through to curry's, even though the curry's website showed an error.

Now I face the prospect of having 4 delivered, or none.

Ha ha make that 5..:rolleyes:

wexfordman2 · 11-07-2017 11:48PM

ForestFire wrote: »

Well it looks like pay pal has sent the payment request through to curry's, even though the curry's website showed an error.

Now I face the prospect of having 4 delivered, or none. ðŸ˜

Nope, I think k what will happen is t will take ten working days for your payment to be returned. That's what happened me

Rowley Birkin QC · 11-07-2017 11:50PM

ForestFire wrote: »

Well it looks like pay pal has sent the payment request through to curry's, even though the curry's website showed an error.

Now I face the prospect of having 4 delivered, or none. ��

Ha ha make that 5...��

Let me know if you get extra, I'll take one!

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