Google owns YouTube, so you'd think that using Google Home with YouTube would be easy. However, the Google Home device you have determines how you access and control YouTube. Here's what you need to know about using Google Home to play your YouTube videos.

The Google Home smart speakers can play songs from the YouTube Music service, but since they don't have a screen, you can't watch videos or play audio directly from YouTube videos.

There is a workaround, however. Using Bluetooth, you can watch a YouTube video on your phone or PC and listen to the audio portion on a Google Home smart speaker. You can also use this trick to listen to YouTube audio on a Google Home Hub/Nest or compatible smart display if you want to watch the video portion on your phone or PC.

Here's how to play audio from YouTube videos on a Google Home from your smartphone.