Google Assistant is a virtual assistant that lets you perform tasks like scheduling appointments, sending text messages, and even playing movies from various streaming services. Sometimes, however, your trusty assistant just won’t play your movies.

There are four things you can try if your Google Assistant won't play your movies.

If Google Assistant won’t play movies, the first thing you’ll want to do is make sure it has the right permissions. On an Android phone, permissions are how you give an app access to various things, like your microphone, local storage, and your contact information.

At a minimum, Google Assistant needs access to your microphone to hear your voice commands. However, it also needs access to a number of other permissions to perform all the tasks it can do.