Hey Google, make a group call now on Nest Hub Max

Table of Content

• 'How to reset any Google Home device to its factory settings, if it's malfunctioning or you're planning to sell it
• Alexa calling versus hands-free calls with Google Home
• Tips for better voice calls and video calls
• “Hey Google, make a group call”
• Can Google Home call other Google Homes? Emergency numbers?

The company just confirmed that it’s rolling out Google Home’s calling feature in the US and Canada beginning today. Users can dial anyone in their contacts and local businesses for free — so long as the call recipient is in one of those two countries. To get it set up, you first need to set up the Google Assistant with your Duo account. Since the launch of the Nest Hub , it’s been possible to Duo call your smart display from a phone or call your loved ones from your Nest Hub. Meanwhile, the classic Google Home speakers were left without this handy feature, but not for long.

To end a call, either say "Ok Google, end call" or "Hang up". You can also tap the top of your Google Home or Home Max, or the centre of your Nest Audio, Nest Mini or Nest Wifi point. For those with a Google Home Mini, tap the side to hang up, while those with a Nest Hub or Nest Hub Max can tap "End call" on the display.

'How to reset any Google Home device to its factory settings, if it's malfunctioning or you're planning to sell it

The availability of commands will vary depending on the calling methods set up on your device. For example, if you’ve set up Duo calling and turned on personal results, you’ll be able to say "Video call " to make video calls. On displays, touch controls are also available when you set up household contacts. Learn more about how to set up and make calls with Duo calling, Google-supported calling, and carrier calling. Next you'll need to connect your phone contacts to your device. Go back to the Google Home app and tap your account in the upper righthand corner.

To make voice calls with your mobile number from your Google Nest Hub or Nest Hub Max in the US or UK, just follow the same instructions for Google Home above. However, you can also use Google Duo for making calls with Google Nest Hub or Nest Hub Max. You gain the ability to make video calls as well as voice calls this way, but be aware that this is then limited to other Google Duo users. With Google Nest and Home speakers and displays, you can make calls to friends, family, and businesses with your voice.

Alexa calling versus hands-free calls with Google Home

As of now, you can finally place audio calls to your Google Home smart speakers via Google Duo. But who wants to figure out the ins and outs of making and receiving calls on a new device? With Duo calling, Nest speakers and displays can make and receive video or voice calls to anyone who has a Duo account.

There is no special setup for hands-free calling with Google Home. It simply uses your phone contacts or nearby businesses based on your location to place calls. With Google-supported calling and carrier calling, the Google Assistant will ask you which number you'd like to call. Voice recognition software allows smart speakers to tailor their replies to the individual who is using the device. Check the functionality of any devices used to make or receive phone calls.

Tips for better voice calls and video calls

As of mid-December 2020, you can only use Google Duo for making calls using a Nest speaker or display in the UK with the Google Supported Calling feature no longer supported. To place calls with Home, you just say “OK Google, call .” You can also do “Hey Google” if that’s your preferred phrase for activating the speaker. You can also tell Home to call a business or just speak aloud a specific number you want to dial. Add speakerphone to the list of features for Google Home. The range of smart speakers can place and receive calls, all hands-free. You can place calls to friends, family, and companies using nothing but your voice if your Google Nest or Home speaker or display is equipped with calling functionality enabled by Google.

There are 3 different ways Nest speakers and displays can make calls. The Google Home app is required to configure your Google Home Nest device. Once you’ve completed the setup, you may use the Home Mini without a smartphone. However, if you want to alter the Nest settings, such as linking your Bluetooth speaker or switching to Night mode, you must use the Home app.

Google Home can only call non-premium rate numberswithin the U.S. and Canada. You can also link your phone number to Home and then you can make international or premium calls, and your account will be charged the normal fees you would pay if you used your phone. Cameron Summerson is ex-Editor-in-Chief ofReview Geekand served as an Editorial Advisor for How-To Geek and LifeSavvy. Tap on "End Call" on the screen, or say "Ok Google" or "Hey Google", followed by "End Call", "Hang Up", "Disconnect" or "Stop". Suppose gadgets were eligible to use contextual clues to ascertain the situation. In that case, it’s possible that Google Home could one day be capable of acting as detectors for burglaries that are in progress and notify emergency services on your behalf.

Taylor Martin has covered technology online for over six years. He has reviewed smartphones for Pocketnow and Android Authority and loves building stuff on his YouTube channel, MOD. He has a dangerous obsession with coffee and is afraid of free time. Given everything that you can do with your Google Home and/or Google Nest Hub, it’s easy to forget some of the simple tasks it can handle.

Nest Aware Emergency Calling links you to the 911 call center nearest to your house, depending on the home location you input in the Google Home app. With that, you’re now ready to place a call to your Google Home speakers. In my own example above, I can use “Hey Google, call Light Sleeper” and my Google Home Mini will begin to ring with the usual Duo ringtone. Awkwardly, there isn’t a way to remotely answer this call. We’re also not sure if there’s a way to know who’s calling or to even reject the call, for that matter.

If you want to call into a meeting, say "Hey Google, join a meeting" then tap the "enter a meeting code" option and type it in to join. Or try asking, “Hey Google, join my next meeting” to instantly connect to the next call on your personal Google Calendar. Meet group video calling is launching first on Nest Hub Max. With group video calling on Nest Hub Max, you can now bring the whole family together, spontaneously check in with your siblings or host a weekly happy hour with friends for up to 32 people. To get started, you can create groups in theDuo mobile app, and from there just ask your Hub Max, “Hey Google, make a group call,” and tap on the Duo group you want to connect with. And withauto-framing, you can freely move around your kitchen or living room during your Duo video call, while staying in view.

Make sure the option to save contacts from signed-in devices is selected. In addition, you have the option to say “Hey Google,” “Stop,” “Disconnect,” or “End call.” You will hear an end-call tone if the person you are calling hangs up on you. According to Android Police, the feature is only supposed to be available in the US, but if your phone’s language settings are set to use “English ,” you might still be able to access it. The person on the other end will still hear you say Hey Google, so don't expect to fly totally under the radar with this approach, but you will get some privacy during the actual request. If you're on a video call when you use this feature, the call will be muted but the camera feed will continue. Repeat steps 7 and 8 for each speaker or hub you want to make calls from.

So have the Google Home app on your smartphone at all times. If you've set up household contacts on a Google Nest display, you can also choose a contact by tapping 'Call' on the "Household contacts" card. The calling method used with household contacts will depend upon the contact selected. It’s super important to know that you cannot initiate emergency calls to 911 using Google Home at this time.

The folks at Android Police have been tipped off to the recent arrival of audio-only Duo calling both to and from Google Home speakers. You can also use your speaker by saying "OK, Google, set up household contacts." Then a notification will come to your phone from the Google Assistant app helping you set up household contacts. The person you're calling needs to be stored in Google Contacts for things to work so the next step is to sync your contacts to your Google Nest speaker or hub. If you're using another contacts app, make sure those numbers are stored in Google's cloud. Go here to learn how to sync contacts with your Google account.

It looks like Google is prepared to port a lot of the features of the Google Home Hub over to other smart displays as well, including third-party manufactured products. To make things even weirder, it appears that the device won’t support audio-only calls, meaning that two different Home Hub owners can’t even call each other using those very same Home Hub devices. One owner would have to call his or her recipient using a phone, tablet or a smart display that does have a camera and supports Duo calls. The snazzy new Google Home Hubdoesn’t have a camera on it, ostensibly for privacy reasons but also possibly to downgrade the cost.