Indian Content on Google Home

After you have got hold of that new toy they call Google Home, you probably start wondering "does it play regional content?" This article attempts to uncover ways to do just that.

Been trying to figure out ways to make the Google Home speaker play online radio content from India and this is what you discover - it can play some Indian radio channels via TuneIn and iHeartRadio. You can, for example, call out Hey Google and tell it to fire up any of these online radio stations playing news, music and other content in Indian languages. Here is a non-exhaustive list of online radio that streams Indian content ranging from news to commentary to music.

1. Hey Google, play Red FM: plays 93.1 Red FM Vancouver streamed over TuneIn. This Canadian radio station is broadcast from the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia and the majority of its programming is in Punjabi, Hindi and Urdu languages.
2. Hey Google, play Radio Mirchi: plays Mirchi FM Online that is streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Suva, Fiji and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language playing Bollywood and other Indian music. This broadcast is mostly unreliable - more often the playback fails.
3. Hey Google, play Big FM Kolkata: attempts to play 92.7 Big FM streamed over iHeartRadio but fails.
4. Hey Google, play Radio City Hindi: plays online Radio City Hindi streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language. This channel gives you a flavor of Radio City 91.1 FM online, with mood-mapped Bollywood music, stories from Love Guru and the oh-so hilarious Babber Sher.
5. Hey Google, play Radio City Hindi Classics: plays Radio City Hindi Classics streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language featuring all-time favorite classics of Hindi Cinema’s legendary artists.
6. Hey Google, play Radio City Bollywood Mix: plays Radio City Bollywood Mix streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language featuring select covers, mixes, recreations and much more of favorite Bollywood songs from across the globe.
7. Hey Google, play Radio City Tamil: plays Radio City Tamil streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Tamil language featuring the finest picks of Tamil contemporary songs peppered with humor capsules & the iconic Radio City Love Guru.
8. Hey Google, play Radio City Malayalam: plays Radio City Malayalam streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Malayalam language featuring blend of contemporary and classic hits.
9. Hey Google, play Radio City Kannada: plays a radio station from Google Play Music called College Bound - though you would expect it to play Radio City Kannada streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Kannada language presenting the best of Bangalore.
10. Hey Google, play Radio City Gujarati: plays Radio City Gujarati streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Gujarati language featuring a blend of devotional, lok sangeet, garba and Gujarati film music streaming all day long.
11. Hey Google, play Radio City Marathi: plays Radio City Marathi streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Marathi language featuring retro music across a wide range of film, devotional and folk compositions, all-day long.
12. Hey Google, play Radio City Premaloka: plays Radio City Premaloka streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Kannada language featuring love songs with the soothing voice of Love Guru, all through the day, all throughout the year.
13. Hey Google, play Radio City Freedom: plays Radio City Freedom streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language featuring the best of indie music from across genres straight out of the Indian sub-continent.
14. Hey Google, play Radio City Electronica: plays Radio City Electronica streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language featuring Indie Electronic music 24x7 - Dubstep, House, Chillout, Drum & Bass, Ambient, Trance & more.
15. Hey Google, play Radio City Metal: plays Radio City Metal streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language featuring non-stop Indian metal songs from the biggest bands in the Indian metal underground.
16. Hey Google, play Radio City Fusion: plays Radio City Fusion streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Mumbai and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language featuring carefully curated, non-stop contemporary Indian folk fusion songs across languages.
17. Hey Google, play Suno 1024: plays Suno 102.4 FM streamed over TuneIn. This Indian radio station is broadcast from Dubai, United Arab Emirates and the majority of its programming is in the Hindi language featuring Bollywood and other Indian music.

Some of these streaming services are not always too reliable, though they work most of the times.