Apple Music from iPhone to Chromecast

I don’t have a paid subscription to Apple Music, although I do have an iTunes Match subscription, so as I can get high quality match files when available. I would say 60% of my library is Matched, and 40% is not (stuff like obscure releases, bootlegs etc).

its frustrating not being able to cast my own files to my Chromecast Audio, which is connected to my hi-fi amp - is there not even a third party app in the AppStore that would do this?

Very short sighted of Apple to not include streaming to Chromecast devices as standard.

I agree. Not being able to control Chromecast devices using Apple Music on iPhone really is annoying, especially when Google Assistant doesn’t play what you want it to.

I highly doubt that Chromecast support will ever be added to Apple Music on Apple devices in the near future though, which is a shame.

FYI You are now able to use an Apple Music Subscription as your music “service” inside the Google Hone App.

If you have Google Assistant on a smart speaker you should be able to command it to play music using your Apple Music Subscription.

Once you have named and added the chromecast device in your Google Home app and set the music provider, you should also theoretically be able to use the iOS Google Assistant app to tell it what to play but I currently can only get it to work atm asking my Home Mini as an interpreter between my Apple Music Subscription and my Android TV & Chromecasts.

It’s dumb that Apple refuses to add cast integration, especially with how desperate they are to sell AppleTV subscriptions today to compete with the bigger players in that field. Surely the more platforms you allow it on the more you reap from your investments in creating the media. An AppleTV box is a one off profit but a loyal subscriber on any platform is a steady revenue.

-But at least Google have opened the door on their side allowing it as a music service on Google Home.

It’s with lots of detours possible to play Apple Music on your chromecast with a iPhone. Still it’s not very customer friendly, still casting Spotify from my iPhone/iPad to my chromecast devices because of this.

But first you’ve got to use the Google assistant to tell that device which playlist it is playing, right? Or am I missing something. -Or it just resumes the last Apple Music playlist you were playing via Google Assistant in any of the devices in your home.

For me, as an Android user who started subscribing to Apple Music because Google downgraded from Play Music to the absolutely pathetic Youtube Music around the same time Apple added Chromecast support to Apple Music for Android, it's keeping me from switching to an iPhone

I’m an apple enthusiast and like many others love everything apple. The Apple Music experience has come on leaps and bounds in the past couple of years but not having the ability to cast is a big negative. I pay for Spotify in tandem for this reason.

I really like Apple Music and the exclusive offerings they provide, the integration with car play is amazing but as I said the inability to cast to google home devices is making me consider stopping my subscription.

Apple, is this in the works? If not why allow third party apps like Spotify to claim market share by allowing such feature support through your sdk?

Yes.

If you have an android phone you can cast direct from the Apple Music app.

If you are on iOS you must add it as your main music service in the Google Home app, then use the Google Assistant/Google app to tell it what to do.

I haven’t tried casting Apple Music from a Google Chrome Browser cast button, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work that way either from browser based Apple Music access on a computer.

Apple has always been voluntarily blind when it’s about cross connecting with other non Apple devices. Simply they want us to buy Apple TV

I used to use iPhone 3GS to

send to my Chromecast.

Meaning to say, there is no way for iPhone users to connect Apple Music with Chromecast, is that correct?

Oh and Siri is actually horrible compared to Google Assistant. Who would even think to make a smart speaker powered by Siri.

Apple is quickly losing me as a loyal customer. So much on its platform is not really user-friendly. By the way, I have special gripes against the new ios14 system.

Apple music's inability to connect to chrome cast is absurd. Makes me want to switch back to Spotify.