# Google Home - continue playing music after an alert

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-home-continue-playing-music-after-an-alert/47698>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [26 June 2021 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-home-continue-playing-music-after-an-alert/47698 "2021-06-26T11:32:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2021 11:32 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-home-continue-playing-music-after-an-alert/47698/1 "2021-06-26T11:32:31Z")

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It has been raised a number of times in the forum, that whilst casting/playing music on a Google speaker, any interruption such as a doorbell alert will stop the music and will not restart playing it again after the alert, I've linked a few topics below.

Using `node-red-contrib-google-smarthome` it's now possible to create alerts without even using tts, and which continue playing music after the alert.  
As we can't upload mp4 files here, I've hosted a couple of quick videos on youtube as a demo (turn volume up!).

The first simply announces that someone is at the front door - [https://youtu.be/CCvqQRJleHE](https://youtu.be/CCvqQRJleHE)

If you have camera recognition, you can also announce the name of the visitor - [https://youtu.be/Xfk\_nSrzpqo](https://youtu.be/Xfk_nSrzpqo)

Thanks to @ckhmer1 & @mikejac for their help with this feature.

**Links to previous posts**  
[Help, Google home return to play music after announcement?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-google-home-return-to-play-music-after-announcement/46763)

[Tts Google Messages and then start Music](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/tts-google-messages-and-then-start-music/47110)

[Can NR determine what is playing on my Google Home?](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/can-nr-determine-what-is-playing-on-my-google-home/16971)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2021 11:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-home-continue-playing-music-after-an-alert/47698/2 "2021-06-26T11:42:26Z")

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And a demo flow can be found here

> <https://github.com/mikejac/node-red-contrib-google-smarthome/issues/153#issuecomment-868864918>
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> Is it possible to send an 'announcement' command to google home using smarthome?…
> Possible uses could include providing audible feedback following smarthome actions, such as announcing a doorbell, fire alarm message, or just general information.
> We could of course 'cast' messages, instead of making 'announcements', but there are many problems with casting, \[such as this issue\](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/help-google-home-return-to-play-music-after-announcement/46763) raised by another user in the node-RED forum.
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> \_If this is straying away from intended use of smarthome - please close.\_

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**Author:** ![Paul-Reed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/paul-reed/32/66906_2.png) [@Paul-Reed](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Paul-Reed)\
**Post date:** [26 June 2021 21:56 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-home-continue-playing-music-after-an-alert/47698/3 "2021-06-26T21:56:18Z")

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> [@Steve-Mcl](#):
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> ....can be found here

Thanks Steve, I thought I'd missed something out... 🤭

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [25 August 2021 21:57 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/google-home-continue-playing-music-after-an-alert/47698/4 "2021-08-25T21:57:12Z")

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