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If you're having trouble connecting to the Wi-Fi network, make sure your Mini is close to the router. You'll do this so you don't confuse your Google Home devices.You also have the option to send crash reports and diagnostics to Google. This wikiHow teaches you how to connect your Google Home Mini to Wi-Fi. Before you're ready for this, you have to complete the first part of this process in How to Set Up Google Home. You’ll be taken back to the Home app home screen.
Send information from your speaker or display to your phone — Your Google Assistant can send information from your speaker or display to your phone. Make calls — Call friends, family, and businesses using just your voice and your speaker or display. Play YouTube TV — Ready to start to watch content with your speaker or display and YouTube TV? Learn how to set up and use YouTube TV with your speaker or display. Audiobooks — Listen to audiobooks from Google Play Books on your speaker or display. Open the Google Home app on your phone or tablet.
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Like all Google Home devices, the Home Mini is built around the Google Assistant virtual assistant, so it is operated almost entirely via voice commands. It listens for a wake word, which is "Okay, Google," and then records anything it hears after the wake word. That information is passed to the cloud, where Google's powerful servers get to work.
Doorbell — Hear when someone's at your door or stream your video doorbell on your TV using Chromecast or a TV with Chromecast built-in. General and media alarms — Never run late or miss a flight or meeting. You can set and manage alarms with just your voice. Shortcuts — Create faster, easier ways to do your favorite things with your Google Assistant. Play TV shows and movies— Stream video content to any TV that has Chromecast plugged in or built-in. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 21,252 times.
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We've partnered with Samsung to build a smoother Multi-Admin experience, with an enhanced experience coming to you in 2023. When you open the Google Home app, you’ll see Matter devices that have been set up with Samsung SmartThings and have the option to easily add those devices to Google Home and vice-versa. With Matter, everything from smart lighting, thermostats, window shades and door locks will work better together with less time and effort on your part. For connectivity, the Google Home Mini can connect to both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless networks, supports Chromecast and Chromecast Audio, and accepts audio inputs via Bluetooth 4.1.
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The Google Assistant makes perfect sense on my Google Home Mini because I get to call up whatever I want in short order be it on Spotify, Netflix, YouTube, name it. I can control the lights, the smart cameras, thermostat e.t.c. A physical button on the side can disable the microphone if you feel creeped out by the unsolicited wiretapping. Although turning that off invalidates the whole reason to have a Google Home speaker at all to begin with. There’s also a tiny reset button at the bottom. You might miss it if you’re not paying attention.
(If it doesn't, tap the Device button in the top right and then tap the Add New Device button to get instructions on how to find the device.) Tap Set Up. TheGoogle Terms of Serviceand supplementalNest Terms of Serviceapply to use of the Google Home app and devices set up via the app. There are three microphones on this speaker, one more than the Home Mini, and they work with something Google calls Ultrasound Sensing. The speaker emits tiny inaudible chirps, which then bounce off objects in the environment, reflect back to the microphones and tell the device if someone is near.
Unlike the Home Mini, the Nest Mini comes with a built-in wall mount. It also provides better sound, with improved bass response, although the physical speakers in both devices use 40mm drivers. Nest is a company that Google purchased and folded into their own line of smart devices. The Nest name has subsequently been attached to various devices, including an improved version of the Google Home Mini. So the Nest Mini is essentially just a slightly more expensive, and slightly better, version of the Google Home Mini. Since the Google Home Mini has all of the same functionality as the Google Home, it makes a good entry-level smart speaker.
Rather than processing selected Assistant functions from Google’s data center, they’re being processed within the device itself. Follow the steps to set a nickname for these devices and add them to a room. To control your devices more easily, assign them to a room in a home.
We’re working with partners from across the industry — including Eve, Meross, Nanoleaf, Philips Hue and Tuya — to make sure more smart home devices work with Matter. You can learn more about how we are working with partners on our Google Home developer blog. The top control does not trigger input for voice commands/recording, and we've updated our coverage. Hover your hand above the Nest Mini and two new LED lights will illuminate on each side of the speaker, indicating where to tap for volume adjustment. If you already have one or more Google Home devices, then the Home Mini is a great way to extend the same functionality you're familiar with into every room in your house.
The potential new Google Nest Home will be a bit over 8.6 inches long. The original is 5.6 inches long, so that’s a noticeable difference. Instead of looking like a bloated can of chips, the new Google Home looks like a very uncomfortable pillow. Also, instead of a plastic top and a fabric-covered bottom, the whole thing appears to be covered in fabric. In fact, it tends to look more like an upright Google Home Maxthan a Google Home.
The Google Home mini is a teensy weensy speaker has tech for other smarts besides just pumping out sound. So it’s no surprise that it’s intended to be a complementary speaker rather than a daily driver. I don’t know how many of you actually use the Google Assistant on your Android device. It’s quite unnecessary when my rapid-fire thumb is just a swipe away.
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