For Michael Daniels and other Google Home users

For Michael Daniels and other Google Home users
Just in case you missed it

Originally shared by Michael Dopp

Just realized Google Home will work with Google Play Movies - sort of.
Similar to another post I made pointing out that you can start a stream to a Chromecast via the Netflix app on your phone or tablet and then take control of that stream with Google Home, the same works with Google Play Movies. And I suspect because of this that it will probably work with a wide variety of services. I would think Google Home is simply working with the deck controls built into Chromecast and any service which can make use of those can also be controlled by Google Home.

So - for example:
1. I initiated a Chromecast stream - device name 'Screen 1' - via the Google Play Movies app on my Android tablet.
2. Once playing I instructed Google Home to "Pause Screen 1". It will pause the stream. Note that I gave it both the command and the device name there. Home will remember that this is the stream it is currently issuing commands for. So all subsequent deck controls can just be issued without naming the stream device. 'Play', 'Go back 1 hour', 'Fast Forward 10 minutes', 'Rewind 30 seconds', etc... All such common deck controls worked fine with Google Play Movies. "Stop" also worked. For the heck of it once stopped I asked it to play that movie via Google Play Movies and it informed me it did not currently work with Google Play Movies. LOL. I didn't try just saying "Play" though after I had stopped it. I wonder...

Anyway I really, really like the voice control for video. It seems just about as good as a dedicated remote control which I have long wanted for Chromecast. So I hope somebody else out there is as happy about this little discovery as I am.