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Google Home The Complete Manual “OK Google, 9001 how do I...?” Introducing Google Home Learn all about your new smart device and how the Google Assistant can help you Setup guide Control your smart home Set up and configure your Google Home or Use Google Home as the hub of your connected Google Home Mini home and control lights, heating and more Your My Day briefing Add more functions Teach your Google Home what content you Use IFTTT functionality to create and automate want to hear updates about every day command routines Cast media Explore apps Take advantage of Google Cast and get your Explore some of the wealth of apps and games Home to send media to your TV and speakers available for Google Home 9000 NEWGoogle Home The Complete Manual The independent handbook for Google Home users Master essential commands & more 100% UNOFFICIAL100% Digital Edition FIRST EDITION GoWelcomeog to le Home The Complete Manual Our homes are getting smarter. And who better to help us take advantage of this than the search engine we turn to with all of our queries? The Google Home is a revolutionary product in the same vein as the Amazon Echo and Apple HomePod. Where it differs is in its ability to leverage Google’s awesome powers of search, making it easy for it to answer any query you have, from news to weather to traffic and travel, in real time. In addition to that, it can take advantage of Google Cast technology to serve up music and video to your TV or stereo, function as the connected hub of your smart home, play audio- based games with you, and much more. The ability to install a wide range of apps makes its uses almost limitless. Read on to find out more... 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This magazine is fully independent ƏȇƳȇȒɎƏǔˡǼǣƏɎƺƳǣȇƏȇɵɯƏɵɯǣɎǝɎǝƺƬȒȅȵƏȇǣƺɀȅƺȇɎǣȒȇƺƳǝƺȸƺǣȇِ Future plc is a public Chief executive Zillah Byng-Thorne company quoted on the Chairman Richard Huntingford London Stock Exchange !ǝǣƺǔˡȇƏȇƬǣƏǼȒǔˡƬƺȸ Penny Ladkin-Brand (symbol: FUTR) www.futureplc.com Tel +44 (0)1225 442 244 Contents What you can find inside the bookazine Introduction 08 Introducing Google Home The Google Home voice- controlled smart speaker helps you make the most of Google Assistant, using only your voice How to... 16 Set up your Google Home 24 Set up My Day 34 Use reminders The Google Home is a Get a quick snapshot of the Get Google Home to remind powerful device, but its news, weather and more you about important events not complicated to set up, especially with 26 Get the news 36 Set timers and alarms our instructions Get the Google Assistant to Set multiple timers and wake read you news feeds up to alarms 28 Get the weather 38 Create shopping lists Ask Google Assistant about Create shopping lists and add the weather for the day items to them 30 Get sports news 40 Get traffic updates Stay up to date on your Know which roads to avoid favourite teams on the way to work 22 Talk to Home Ask questions, issue 32 Set up Calendars 42 Find local businesses commands and more Get Google Home to tell you Looking for a restaurant or using just your voice what you have planned shop? Ask Google Home 6 Apps Enhance your Google Home with a range of 44 Google shop 50 Protect your privacy apps, from news and sport Make the most of your shop Lock down your settings and to fun for all the family with Google Home keep your data safe Page 90 46 Stock market 52 Link and unlink accounts Keep an eye on the markets, Set up multiple Google users stocks and shares on your Google Home 68 Multiroom Audio 47 Find your parked car 54 Enable Guest Mode Get the same music playing Record the location of your Allow visiting friends to cast concurrently across rooms car and get Google to tell you through your Google Home 70 Watch TV 48 Check flights 56 Relax with Google Home Google Home can become Google Home can tell you a TV remote about your booked flights Get your Google Home 58 Use Google Cast 72 View photos Cast media to your devices Showcase your snaps in a through Google Home voice-controlled slideshow 74 Make your home smart 60 Media playback Use Google Home as the hub Play media on your of your smart house setup Google Home or other devices 78 Introducing IFTTT Create custom actions for 64 Listen to your Google Home the radio Listen to 82 Fix 10 common problems commercial or Essential solutions to your web radio through Google Home issues Google Home 86 Top 50 easter eggs 66 Pair Bluetooth Amuse and entertain fwith speakers these hidden functions Boost your music experience by 88 Add apps adding Bluetooth Make your Google Home do speakers even more with added apps 7 Introducing… Google Home Introducing Google Home The Google Home voice-controlled smart speaker helps you make the most of Google Assistant, using only your voice The Google Home is a voice-controlled smart speaker, powered by Google Assistant, which enables owners to use a wide range of Google and third-party services. Originally released in mid-2016, Google Home has a growing number of integrations with many different types of services and products including music, video, news, weather, games and home automation. Updates are released frequently by Google ‘over the air’ and install transparently, adding new features and improvements to enhance the abilities of the Home device. Several different Google Home devices are available including the original unit (simply ‘Google Home’), a smaller version called the ‘Google Home Mini’, a larger ‘Google Home Max’ that focuses on excellent audio quality and models featuring screens, called ‘Google Smart Displays’. Google has designed the range to fit in in the home, not to look like technology showcases, with neutral colours, curved edges and neatly designed power cables. Each of the units offers a degree of customisation, either with multiple colour purchase options or removable coloured speaker mesh. The products are designed to compete with the Echo, Echo Dot and Echo Show from Amazon, which offer similar functionality but without the rich knowledge that comes from being powered by the world’s favourite search engine and its advanced ‘knowledge graph’. The original Google Home product has a touch sensitive panel on the top which is used to control volume, play and pause modes. Google’s signature coloured lights illuminate when the Google Home hears its wake word (‘Hey Google’ 8 Google Home Introducing… 9 Introducing… Google Home The Google Home Mini in particular is designed to sit unobtrusively amid the rest of your decor by default). Also on the top of the device are the two far-field microphones. Despite having fewer microphones than the six on the Amazon Echo, the Google Home is still great at hearing commands, even when music is playing or in a loud environment. Of course, in order for Google Home to respond to commands, it has to be always listening. A mute button is on the back of the device if you are concerned about privacy and you can review your Google Home’s activity online at the Google website at any time. The Google Home Mini comes at less than half the price of the full-size Google Home, but still packs a punch! The speaker is incredible for its size, easily outperforming the Echo Dot, but it won’t fill a room in quite the same way as the regular Home.