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I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Re: I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Post by untog »

pkaye wrote: post #8
untog wrote: post #4

I'm a little confused as to why this question from 2015 is on the front page of Hacker News. The answer (which may not have been available at the time) is "get a family account, which allows multiple simultaneous streams".

> You can still only stream music from one device at a time on a single Google Id even with the Family Plan. Is this no longer the case?

Ah, I didn't scroll that far down in the comments. AFAIK, yes, the family plan still only allows one stream per user. But in the situation outlined in the question you'd just use a different account on the Google Home than you do at work.

Re: I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Post by ryanmercer »

untog wrote: post #11
pkaye wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> You can still only stream music from one device at a time on a single Google Id even with the Family Plan. Is this no longer the case?

Ah, I didn't scroll that far down in the comments. AFAIK, yes, the family plan still only allows one stream per user. But in the situation outlined in the question you'd just use a different account on the Google Home than you do at work.

Exactly, just have ryanmercerhome@gmail ryanmercernotathome@gmail and use them accordingly.

Re: I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Post by rhythnic »

xiphias2 wrote: post #7

The HN title is very different from the real problem that the person had (using 1 account by multiple people at the same time, which of course is not allowed if he didn't pay for it).

The person who started that topic did have that problem, but I feel the title represents the topic as a whole, including all the comments. The problem is this. We have a Google Music family plan that includes my wife and I. We have a Google Home associated with my account. By invitation, I've added my wife to our Google Home group. We have both done voice match for the Home, but if I'm listening to music at work, and my wife asks Google Home to play music, it cuts me off at work. We could associate the Home with my wife, and that would fix my problem by transferring it to my wife. If she were driving and listening to music, and I play music through Google Home, it will stop for her.

Re: I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Post by nmstoker »

Would be useful to follow the conventions on here and update the title with "(2015)"

The point that always bugs me when Google Music Family comes up for discussion is that being a G Suite user with one of the original free accounts means it's yet another service blocked for me. I get that I'm lucky to have the free account, but it is frustrating how many Google things aren't workable for those in this situation.

Re: I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Post by xiphias2 »

rhythnic wrote: post #13
xiphias2 wrote: post #7

The HN title is very different from the real problem that the person had (using 1 account by multiple people at the same time, which of course is not allowed if he didn't pay for it).

The person who started that topic did have that problem, but I feel the title represents the topic as a whole, including all the comments. The problem is this. We have a Google Music family plan that includes my wife and I. We have a Google Home associated with my account. By invitation, I've added my wife to our Google Home group. We have both done voice match for the Home, but if I'm listening to music at work, and…

I see, thanks! Maybe a new blog entry with a link to the old topic would have been better to show that there's a real problem.

Re: I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Post by rhythnic »

xiphias2 wrote: post #15
rhythnic wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The person who started that topic did have that problem, but I feel the title represents the topic as a whole, including all the comments. The problem is this. We have a Google Music family plan that includes my wife and I. We have a Google Home associated with my account. By invitation, I've added my wife to our Google Home group. We have both done voice match for the Home, but if I'm listening to music at work, and…

I see, thanks! Maybe a new blog entry with a link to the old topic would have been better to show that there's a real problem.

Yes that would have been better.

Re: I bought a Google Home, and now I can't listen to music at work

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Post by uslic001 »

Amazon Alexa has the exact same problem. I am sure it has something to do with licensing agreements with the songwriters. The problem is all of the music on both Google and Amazon that I listen too has been ripped from CD and uploaded by me so I own it. Now you can no longer upload music to Amazon that you own. At least Google still allows you to upload your own music.
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