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Set up, manage, and control your Google Home, Google Nest, and Chromecast devices, plus thousands of connected home products like lights, cameras, thermostats, and more – all from the Google Home app.One view of your home.The Home tab gives you shortcuts for the things you do most, like playing music or dimming the lights when you want to start a movie. Control it all with just a tap – and get to the good stuff faster. The Feed tab highlights the most important events in your home all in one place. Here you’ll also find ways to get more out of your devices and improve your home setup.Create routines that allow you to turn on lights, check the weather, play the news, and more with one simple command.See all the active audio and video streams on all your home devices in one place, change their volumes, skip to the next track, or quickly change which speakers they’re playing from.Understand what’s going on at home with a glance. The Google Home app is designed to show you the status of your home and keep you up to date with what you missed. Check in on your home anytime and see a recap of recent events.

You can also get a notification if something important happens while you’re away.Set up your Nest Wifi in minutes using the Google Home app. Manage your network from your mobile device. Run speed tests, set up a guest network, and easily share your Wi-Fi password with family and friends. Decide which devices to prioritize for faster speeds and use parental controls like Wi-Fi pause to manage online time for the kids.

Some products and features may not be available in all regions. Compatible devices required. By purchasing this item, you are transacting with Google Payments and agreeing to the Google Payments. AFinitDataCallback(key: 'ds:17', isError: false, hash: '23', data:functionreturn 'gp:AOqpTOFfxEz3jW2bV2jFsDDPyQPoTO86h5qJkN8qHa2ZmUVsmghNtcRyXScAJVKpMzv7GyMfG1745X7hpDxOQ','Michelle Growe',null,2,null,null,null,'Google, but I think a recent update must have messed things up. Up until a few days I could cast to our speaker group. All was working wonderfully and then all of a sudden my phone can't find any devices to cast too and one of our Google Minis won't even allow us to set it up, it's totally disconnected. What has happened, Google?!

Please, please fix as soon as possible.' ,332000000,73,'Google LLC','Hi Michelle!

Thanks for reaching out and for posting. Make sure all devices are on the same network and that they're all within 15-20 ft of your router. Rebooting your Google Home and router might work too. For more help: Growe',null,null,2,null,null,null,'McTear',null,2,null,null,null,'app for the most part is great, but it is still missing a dark mode. Pretty much every other Google app supports dark mode, but this is the one outlier.

Other then that, it seems like there are 2 different 'Home settings' options. One right on the home screen of the app, the other when you press your profile pic. Would be more consistent if they were both merged.' ,917000000,36,null,null,'7','Shawn McTear',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Bailey',null,2,null,null,null,'amazes me how quickly and effectively information is given. Routines are great as well.

You can use it to control connected devices, including lights, TV, Thermostat, etc. You can set it up to turn off lights, turn down the thermostat, and play soothing sounds or music for a time when you tell it 'Good night' or any other custom phrase. Voice recognition ensures that others don't mess with your stuff. I wonder how long it will be before Google offers an implantable version of this!'

,970000000,257,null,null,'3','Scott Bailey',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Mayo',null,2,null,null,null,'good knows when the recent update was applied, it screwed up my 'home group'. It disappeared on home but can still play with in the group but cannot do maintenance whatsoever. It cannot even add new group as it would not find the network. Sometimes when playing music it will just stop for no reason or increase the volume. I was hoping to utilise Google Max and now it's a big piece of useless box.' ,363000000,19,null,null,'6','Percival Mayo',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Wade',null,2,null,null,null,'have 3 chrome casts that worked perfectly fine up until a couple of weeks ago.

Even though they are switched on and connected to the WiFi I can't find them on multiple devices to cast to them. Sometimes they will show up on one device and I can connect then suddenly after the film I watched it can't find that one anymore(bedroom) but can see another one(living room) or the opposite way round or neither of them. Its getting frustrating and even resetting them is.making no difference now',768000000,8,null,null,'9','Cassie Wade',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Mail',null,2,null,null,null,'layout is aesthetically pleasing and easy to navigate when devices are showing and configured properly. Need the ability to remove duplicate devices individually. Need the ability to change the icon so a wall plug can represent a light, or a light icon to represent a fan, or any kind of icon that represents the device that is being used.' ,968000000,8,null,null,'3','Joe Mail',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Henriquez',null,2,null,null,null,'is awful, I resently change my internet service company, and after setting up my 2 chromecast (1u00262 generation) and my mini speaker, the Google home app shows them unavailable.

The setup went well, but at the end show unavailable, very disappointed. I cant see the cast icon on any of my devices that I usually used to cast to either the speaker or the chromecast.

I have tried everything what the Google support page says to do, but nothing seems to work. I even disable my AP om my router. Help',120000000,6,null,null,'3','Guadalupe Henriquez',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Crowley',null,2,null,null,null,'keeps showing my home mini and my vizio chromecast soundbar as 'not available.' I know it's not a router issue because I can cast to these devices just fine with voice control, and all my smart bulbs and outlets are working great. It's an app issue, and from what I've read it's a common issue for a lot of people.

,115000000,0,null,null,'7','John Crowley',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Wilson',null,2,null,null,null,'app, but has anyone had the trouble when you try to look at your devices and they say it's not connected or not available? App is updated, but still get the same message. Google tells me it my router, and the devices have to be closer.

I can set the device right next to the router and still get the same message. Troubleshooting help from Google has never helped either.' ,385000000,303,null,null,'1','Joe Wilson',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Lara',null,2,null,null,null,'Home disconnects every few minutes. When requested to set a sleep timer it says it cannot help with that.

When requesting specific songs or playlist from Spotify to play, it either doesn't play what you ask or plays something nowhere near pronounciation what I stated to play. All these problems didn't exist a month ago or so. ):',290000000,9,null,null,'7','Elise Lara',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Growe',null,2,null,null,null,'Ok even though all devices were within range and on the same network, had to restart the router and uninstall and reinstall the app to get it working. But it works now. Thanks for quick response from developer.

Since the latest update, I can't connect to my Google mini speaker anymore. Please fix as my google home mini is now unusable.' ,758000000,0,'Google LLC','Hey Tim, thanks for posting. Make sure your Google Home is within 15-20 ft of your router and that all devices are on the same network. Rebooting your Google Home and router can help too.

Reach out to our team if you ever need help: Growe',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Kosabo',null,2,null,null,null,'app but have an issue when I need to play music on my device, before Google home, my phone would communicate with the app 'Jetaudio' which is my music player app, but since I've installed Google home it restricts me to using Google play or YouTube but even they cannot take the command to play local files or files on my phone. Help please or tell me if there's an app I can use for this',660000000,4,null,null,'6','Mduduzi Kosabo',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Niska',null,2,null,null,null,'app was super nice for several months.

Now in the past few days neither my Google home mini or smart lights will connect. I tried discpnnecting the Google home mini and then reconnecting it to my account to see if that would fix the issues. My phone will sit for 10 minutes trying to pair and then tell me it was unsuccessful and the home mini cannot be set up. Very frustrating. Something to do with the recent update. This needs to get fixed soon.' ,183000000,154,null,null,'8','Justin Niska',null,null,2,null,null,null,'S',null,2,null,null,null,'want to just cast the video to Chromecast and not the audio and there is no setting available in the app!!

Chromecast is been there for a while now and it's one of the basic need for the users and I didn't find any setting. Please add this feature ASAP, if this feature is there I will change to 5 ud83cudf1f. If it is already there ease let me know how to just cast only the video but not the audio. Thanks in advance. On April 25th: I didn't get any useful information with the link provided by Google.'

,318000000,113,'Google LLC','Hi Manus, thanks for reaching out and for giving feedback. We're always looking for ways to improve. You can give more feedback here: For more help, feel free to contact us here: S',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Kelly',null,2,null,null,null,'Tried telling home speaker to 'turn off music in X minutes' last night (5/9) and it finally worked again. Somebody must have fixed it. ORIGINAL COMPLAINT (now fixed): 'As of the last few days can no longer ask the device turn the music off after x number of minutes. It just stops the music immediately.

Also won't set a 'sleep timer'. Instead it sets a regular timer and starts beeping in x minutes. Instead of letting you sleep it wakes you up!' ',129000000,3,null,null,'8','Michael Kelly',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Lowe',null,2,null,null,null,'is bugging out and I am having a tough time trying to figure it out. I've never has an issue before, and I can still chromecast every other platform. Nothing helpful comes up with the error code when I Google it.

Tried rebooting ALL the things. Funny, this is the first time I've been prompted to rate Google home, and I'm having issues!'

,749000000,65,null,null,'5','Matt Lowe',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Pandey',null,2,null,null,null,'there, after updating my MI TV to android 9 I am not able to cast my screen via this app or any other. I tried methods like clearing data and etc but does not work for more than a minute. Mirror option screen in home screen is stuck and does not move where I can still control volume.

Can you please suggest any solution or look into it.' ,556000000,2,null,null,'5','Aakash Pandey',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Amir',null,2,null,null,null,'performance lately. Laggy and not responsive. And best part I've got the whole house hooked up with Google home and when it all fails.arghhhhhhhhh Update 10th May 2020 What use to be seamless now is a pain.

Even trying to access the mini settings is excruciating.And the worst part is you made Google home become a part of our daily lives that when it fails it gets to u even more.so many updates which end up screwing everything up.DONT change what is not broken!!!' ,107000000,5,null,null,'6','Amin Amir',null,null,2,null,null,null,'K',null,2,null,null,null,'Google home capable smart clock from Lenovo that I have been using for the past couple of months has been working great with the app until a couple days ago.

10 XENYX X1222USB User ManualRecording: ◊ Connect microphones before you switch on the phantom power supply.Please do not. 8 XENYX X1222USB User ManualMON SEND ◊ If the connected effects processor receives no input signal, the FX MUTE. 11 XENYX X1222USB User ManualFBQ FEEDBACK DETECTION PHANTOMThe switch turns on the FBQ Feedback Detection System. X1222usb manual. 9 XENYX X1222USB User ManualVOICE CANCELLER CD/TAPE OUTPUTHere, you have a filter circuitry that lets you almost entirely.

I've uninstalled and reinstalled the home app and factory reset the smart clock several times but it can't seem to connect. There really isn't any trouble shooting information I can't find.' ,413000000,70,null,null,'7','P K',null,null,2,null,null,null,'home mini is the most underrated piece of tech! You can use it as a noise machine, an alarm, a reminder, a weather man, a dictionary, a calculator, it can read you your ebooks/audiobooks, can read you bedtime stories, doubles as a speaker to play music, it literally has so many functions that getting the google home mini is a steal, it should cost at least $1000 because of its versatility. The fact that this device is so cheap is just incredible to me.'

,120000000,41,null,null,'7','Adeel',null,null,2,null,null,null,'fine for 4 months and now non of my 4 nest mini devices would let me broadcast. Understands every other command. What's more interesting is that it worked fine for my kids and wife, but I decided to do a factory reset with the hope that it'll work for me too, the way it did before. Now it won't work for any of us.

For my kids will say 'OK, broadcasting now' but nothing happens, and for me is the same as before. It's just saying that something went wrong. Very upsetting.'

,351000000,98,null,null,'6','RoKa',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Struggle',null,2,null,null,null,'first it couldn't connect spotify, after following the company suggestion to reset the device and app, it could not connect our wifi. After that it could not even reach the device. It was fine before.

When I hook the phone up to my computer, pressing c, I can’t seem to install the drivers, windows can’t find them automatically, and the file i downloaded from the guide was no use.Uploader:Date Added:1 August 2005File Size:33.10 MbOperating Systems:Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/2003/7/8/10 MacOS 10/XDownloads:33308Price:Free.Free Regsitration RequiredSEMCBOOT driver probleme with W – GSM-ForumHere is how to do it: A driver update may also improve stability and performance, or may fix issues with games, semcgoot and power management. Asus vs228h p drivers for mac. New drivers can unlock additional features for a device that may not have been available before.Now locate the USBFlash folder and install the drivers.

Please fix it. Thank you, thank you, thank youu!!' ,776000000,0,'Google LLC','Hey there, thanks for posting. You could try resetting your Google Home to default: Also, you could try rebooting your Wi-Fi router before trying to set it up again. If you need more help, reach us through chat or social forums: Struggle',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Gorodetsky',null,2,null,null,null,'app, but why there's no so basic option like to group rooms I!?

The rooms cannot be grouped into first/second floor. I would like to have options like: 1. 'Turn off bedroom lights' 2. 'Turn off second floor lights.' Room -u003e Floor -u003e House.

Another thing: you can't know if the switch is on or unless you open this switch in the app! Seriously Google?' ,214000000,38,'Google LLC','Hey Vlad, thanks for posting. You can create a room and add your lights to group them via Google Home app. Make sure your Roku TV is working on its own app before connecting it to your Google Home.

For more help, check this out: Gorodetsky',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Shea',null,2,null,null,null,'the time my google devices are visible on the home app. They work just fine solo, but I'm not able to use most the features. Reaching out to customers service got me no where good. Just a rude lady that wanted me to do the same thing over and over.

Despite requesting for someone else to help numerous times, she refused. I tried to start a new work ticket, but the way google is set up it doesnt allow that. They directed me back to the rude lady.

I dont see myself buying more google products.' ,236000000,157,null,null,'5','Jessie Shea',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Miller',null,2,null,null,null,'the point of having a smart home if the Google speakers keeps forgetting my voice match settings? Disgusting lack of assistance by Google One support team; never followed up with me and problem still persists. The updates for the app itself seems to make everything worse and more unstable. The layout is confusing and horrible.

The changes of design are to make it 'more accessible,' but actually are making it much more difficult to use. Give people the option to change back to normal.' ,809000000,98,null,null,'8','Mariah Miller',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Straw',null,2,null,null,null,'recent, the sleep timer (to turn off the music) for my Home Mini fails to differentiate between 'stop playing in 20 minutes' from a simple 'stop' command. I've even tried to use creative phrases to express my desire to stop playing later. It used to work fine, but perhaps a new bug in the update?' ,539000000,31,null,null,'4','Jeff Straw',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Miller',null,2,null,null,null,'didn't even have this app but got it after I saw someone had connected their phone with mine and was playing Spotify. Some random person in my apartment complex, don't know who they are or how they connected.

Apparently this is a common problem. An EXTREME breach of privacy, thanks Google.

Makes me want to throw my whole phone away.' ,875000000,22,null,null,'3','Ashley Miller',null,null,2,null,null,null,'Ryan',null,2,null,null,null,'no longer set sleep timers, which makes the whole thing borderline unusable because I mainly use my Google home to play something quietly while I go to sleep and turn off after a couple of hours. Now when I asking it to stop in 2 hours it just tells me it doesn't know how to help with that, and provides suggestions that also don't work. I have tried every combination of words I know and none of them will make it stop playing whatever media I'm casting after a set amount of time.' ,111000000,8,null,null,'7','Shannon Ryan'.