If your Nest Hub Max cannot work with Chromecast Audio device in the group, then you are no alone. When you remove the Chromecast, surely your Nest Hub Max will be able to play in the group. But, when you add the Chromecast back, it will also stop the Nest Hub Max again.
The Google Nest Hub Max is primarily a smart display with built-in speakers, designed to provide visual and voice-based interactions with various Google services and smart home devices. It can stream audio from compatible services like YouTube Music, Spotify, and others directly through its built-in speakers or to other Chromecast-enabled devices like smart speakers or TVs.
Why Nest Hub Max Cannot Play in Group with Chromecast Audio
It is possible if you try to force the Nest Hub Max to join all devices and play via hub display. To do so, click the currently playing group. Then, select ‘this device’ from the available devices list on the group. But, this will also change the device with control of audio playing from your phone to the hub display.
It is important to know that Nest Hub Max cannot work with Chromecast Audio. It is important to know that certain devices are only capable of a single group at one time.
We can say that you must move the impacted devices to your preferred speaker group in the Google Home app. Alternatively, you can dynamically add the devices to a group during media playback.
There are some devices that can only work with one speaker group in the Google Home app. If you want to add Google Nest Hub Max to a second speaker group in the app, then it will not work. Instead, you will get an error notification.
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