Google Assistant, searching for music on phone

Google Assistant, searching for music on phone

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Murph7355

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38,924 posts

263 months

Wednesday 1st May
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Is it possible to use Google Assistant to search for music tracks stored on my phone (not in the cloud/on a music service) and play them?

I've tried a basic "play tracks by..." and it wants to go to an online service rather than look locally.

And my Google searching is proving less than fruitful...

Murph7355

Original Poster:

38,924 posts

263 months

Thursday 2nd May
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Just in case anyone ever searches for this, a penny dropped on searching for something else...

It's possible to use "Hey Google, play Poweramp <song>/<artist>/<album>/<etc>" and it does it.

Am not sure if it works with other music players etc...but it works with Poweramp.

(Am still not a massive fan of "Hey Googling"...doesn't feel that quick and feels a bit weird....but it does what I need on this one biggrin).