What are Google Assistant routines?
Which Google Assistant routines are available?
- Google Home tips and tricks
How do Google Assistant routines work?
Bedtime
- Say “Hey Google, bedtime”, or “Hey Google, good night” or “Hey Google, time to hit the hay” Your Assistant can then do the following: put your phone volume to zero (when initiated via an Android); tell you about tomorrow’s weather and first calendar event; set an alarm; adjust lights, plugs, thermostats, etc; adjust media volume; set a sleep timer, play sleep sounds or tell you a poem; tell you if your battery is low; turn Do Not Disturb (Android only).
Good morning
- Say “Hey Google, good morning”, or “Hey Google, tell me about my day”, or “Hey Google, I’m up” Your Assistant can then do the following: Turn off Do Not Disturb (when initiated via Android); adjust lights, plugs, thermostats, and more; tell you about today’s weather, commute, calendar, reminders; adjust media volume; play music, the news, radio, podcasts, and audiobooks; tell you if your phone battery is low; tell you what happened today in history.
Leaving home
- Say “Hey Google, I’m leaving”, or “Hey Google, I’m heading out”, or “Hey Google, Goodbye” Your Assistant can then do the following: adjust lights, plugs, thermostats, and more; adjust scenes.
I’m home
- Say “Hey Google, I’m home”, or “Hey Google, I’m back” Your Assistant can then do the following: adjust lights, plugs, thermostats, etc; broadcast to Google Home and Nest speakers that are in your home; tell you home (location-based) reminders; adjust the media volume; and play music, the news, radio, podcasts, and audiobooks, or nothing.
Commuting to work
- Say “Hey Google, let’s go to work.” Your Assistant can then do the following: tell you about today’s commute, weather, calendar, and reminders; adjust lights, plugs, thermostats, and more; adjust the media volume; and play music, the news, radio, podcasts, and audiobooks, or nothing; tell you what happened today in history; tell you a poem.
Commuting home
- Say “Hey Google, let’s go home.” Your Assistant can then do the following: tell you about your commute; adjust lights, plugs, thermostats, and more; send texts; read unread texts; broadcast to Google Home or Nest speakers that you’re on the way home; adjust media volume; and play music, the news, radio, podcasts, and audiobooks.
Workday
Custom routines
- Open the Google Home app Tap on the Routines icon Tap on the “+” icon in the bottom right corner of the display Tap on the pencil icon to edit the name of the routine Tap on ‘Add Starter’ to choose how the routine will start Tap on ‘Add action’ to add actions for the routine, such as turning your lights off When you’re finished, tap ‘Save’ in the bottom right corner
How to setup Google Assistant routines
Enable your personal results
Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi as your Google Home or Nest speaker device. Open the Google Home app. In the top left corner of the Home screen, tap the account icon. Verify that the Google Account listed is the one linked to Google Home. Tap Assistant settings. Under “Devices,” tap a Google Home or Nest speaker device. Turn ‘Personal results’ on.
Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi as your Google Home or Nest speaker device. Open the Google Home app. In the top left corner of the Home screen, tap the account icon. Verify that the Google Account listed is the one linked to Google Home. Tap Assistant settings. Scroll down to Face Match and Voice Match Follow the prompts in each section to teach your Assistant to recognise your voice and your face if you have the Nest Hub Max. If you’ve set up Voice Match before, you won’t need to teach your Assistant to recognise your voice.
Manage your routines
- Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi as your Google Home device. Open the Google Home app. In the top left corner of the Home screen, tap the account icon. Verify that the Google Account that is listed is the one linked to Google Home. Tap Routines. Choose a Routine. Choose a starter phrase Choose an action or actions and then save. You can adjust the settings for individual actions by tapping on each action.
Access your routines
- Open the Google Home app. Tap on the Routines icon. You’ll find your routines listed. Tapping on each routine will show what actions you have saved and allow you to add more. If accessing from the Google Assistant app, you’ll see Routines when you tap on the account icon in the top right corner.
