Any hackers in here? Hack a Google Home?

You need to put in more effort! ;-)

I know what the problem is. Youtube/Google are now the same. The accounts are the same. But my Youtube account was banned for something a hacker did, and they insist it was me, despite having just told me I was hacked into, and want me to provide evidence, apparently their own evidence is not enough! Anyway, I have my phone with one account (which I don't want to change since it has 100s of contacts and is set up linked to many apps) and Youtube on a fresh one created to bypass their stupidity. But my Google Home wants to use the same Google/Youtube account as itself, which is why it's refusing to play. If I try doing that on the computer, I get the message it's a locked account.

I've complained to Youtube (again) to tell them to get their act together, and to Google to see if I can link the two accounts when playing music.

Now trying out free Deezer to see if it's any better.

I have a degree in electronics :-P No sound output jack my arse.

If you link google music to your google mini, can you ask for an particular song? As in "Hey Google, play Let It Be by The Beatles"?

I have a degree in electronics :-P No sound output jack my arse.

If you link google music to your google mini, can you ask for an particular song? As in "Hey Google, play Let It Be by The Beatles"?

For this purpose they have to break soon enough for the owner even to consider a repair. Given how often some people seem to upgrade their phones even when they're not broken, this repair window is not that wide.

Sylvia.

"Break" includes physical injury aswell as wearing out. It's why I have a £30 phone that should have been £130. A little crack in the screen and they sold it! It works fine.

I'm sure that should be titbit.

A good way to get free stuff from China on Ebay :-)

Not my fault they misadvertised it....

I take it you also take your car to a Ford (or whatever) dealer, and not a smaller garage? They see your sort coming.

You can re-invent yourself with a new persona on Google + YouTube.

I *KNOW* that to be a fact!

One has to have a paid subscription to achieve that.

I don't pay for music on-line.

ROTFPMSL! Back to the original topic of Google Homes, I just asked it to play some music and it played the wrong thing, which was rubbish, so I said "Hey Google, turn that shit off!", which it obeyed!

That's my problem. I use the reinvented account on Youtube, but my original on my phone/google home. They have to be the same so they talk to each other. I can't change my phone's account because so many things are linked to that account it would take an eternity to do so.

So they're all the same, free = vague choices, £10 a month = anything you like. Except some like Apple Music (spit!) don't have the free choice, stupid as you can't try it out first.

You surprise me, you pay for things I pirate....

Yes, for me it is way worth it. I think that YouTube Premium is now what they used to call YouTube Red which is what I signed up for as soon as it was available.

The main advantage for me and what I ordered it for was to not have commercials or have to hit "skip" when that comes up.

I use YT so much that it is worth it for me. BUT, I think another advantage is that I get their music library and some other YT content that I would not get like some movies for free. That I did not order but I don't mind it at all.

boB

Interesting but unfortunate situation !

boB

Certainly possible.

Joe Gwinn

I'm just using the free Spotify (now trying the free Deezer). I only use it to hear new songs that I might like, then I can ask Google what the track is and download that artist's discography from Piratebay.

I tried to complain and they said I have to fill in a form. The form requires you to fill in your Youtube ID (a 20 digit hex code, only visible when you're logged in). Catch 22. I can't log in can I! That's why I'm filling in the form!

Google Home has a very helpful phone number you can call. Worth a try!

It's Youtube I need to sort out though. Different department.