3 Ways to Play Tidal on Google Home/Google Nest

Google replaced the Home Mini with the Nest Mini in 2019, two years after its debut in 2017. Despite that, the original affordable speaker has remained available for sale but is now finally out of stock on the Google Store. The Nest Mini comes in four colorways - Charcoal, Sky, Coral, and Chalk. If you’re willing to spend a bit extra, you can get a Nest Audio smart speaker for $74.99. It has a slightly larger form factor, better audio output, a triple far-field microphone setup, and more processing power. The Nest Audio comes in five color variants - Charcoal, Sky, Sage, Sand, and Chalk.

You can link your music services and pick a music service as your default on your Google Nest or Home speaker or display. Ask your Google Assistant to play your favorite songs from Spotify, YouTube Music, and more. Or stream music from your phone to Home Mini/Nest Mini/Nest Audio.

However, TIDAL is not supported by Google Assistant. To play Tidal music on Google Home/Nest speakers and displays, you will need to cast or use bluetooth.

Option 1 Play Tidal on Google Home/Nest with bluetooth

1. Select your Google Nest speaker or display from Google Home app.
2. Tap on Settings icon on the top right corner.
3. Select Audio under Device features.
4. Tap Paired Bluetooth devices.
5. Tap Enable pairing mode.
6. Go to Bluetooth settings on your phone or tablet and tap Pair new device.
7. Under “Available devices,” choose your Google Home/Nest speaker or display and tap Pair.
8. Play Tidal music on your mobile device.
9. Now the songs will play on Google Home/Nest.

Check this video for detailed steps.

Option 2 Cast Tidal to Google Home/Nest

Use TIDAL app on your phone

1. Make sure that your phone and Google Home Mini/Nest Mini/Nest Audio are connected to the same Wi-Fi network.
2. Tap on the "Now Playing" bar
3. Tap on the sound output icon
4. Select the Google Home Mini/Nest Mini/Nest Audio you want your content to play on from the list, and your music will play when it connects.

On your computer

TIDAL desktop app

1. Launch TIDAL desktop app on your Mac or Windows.
2. Click the sound output icon on the top right corner and choose your Google Home device from the list, then play the songs you like.

Chrome browser

1. Run the Chrome browser and go to listen.TIDAL.com . Log in your account.
2. Click the three dots in the top-right corner of your browser to open the Chrome drop-down menu, and click the Cast option.
3. Select your Google Home speaker from the available devices and play and play the songs you want. Then the selected songs will be played from your computer on your Google Home speaker.

Option 3 Cast Tidal to Google Home/Nest without subscription

However, all above methods requires TIDAL subscription. Once you cancel TIDAL subscription, you can't cast TIDAL music to Home Mini/Nest Mini/Nest Audio.

Luckily, with Pazu Tidal Converter, you can download any Tidal songs, albums and playlists to M4A/MP3/AAC/FLAC/WAV/AIFF on your Mac and Windows. Play the downloaded songs with Windows Media Player or VLC, etc. Then cast your computer screen to Home Mini/Nest Mini/Nest Audio.

Cast your computer screen

You can display your entire computer screen using Chrome on Mac, Windows, and Chrome OS.

Note: To play the audio on your TV, use a Windows computer.

1. On your computer, open Chrome.
2. At the top right, click More Cast .
3. Click Sources .
4. Click Cast desktop .
5. Choose the Chromecast device where you want to watch the content.

Follow below steps and learn how to download Tidal music to MP3.

1. Run Pazu Tidal Converter

Download, install and run Pazu Tidal Converter on your Windows, which features a built-in Tidal web player.

If you have purchased a license, click the key icon to register the converter. If not, continue using the trial version.

2. Log in your Tidal account

Follow the onscreen instructions to log in yout Tidal account.

3. Choose output format

The default output format is M4A. Pazu Tidal Music Converter also supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV, AIFF. Click the Gear icon on the top right corner to change output format or output folder if you need.

You can also customize output song name with any combination of Title, Artist, Album, Track Number, Playlist Index.

4. Add songs

Click any playlist you want to download.

Then click the red icon to load songs. All songs in the playlist will be added by default. You can uncheck the songs you don't want to get.

5. Click Convert button

Click Convert button to start downloading Tidal music to the format you choose.

After conversion, click the folder icon to quickly locate the downloaded Tidal songs in the format you choose. You can then play them on Google Home/Google Nest using Bluetooth.