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devices including the one you’re broadcasting from.
Presets include waking up and going to bed (“OK,
Google, wake up everyone”, “OK, Google, time for
bed”), announcing meals (“OK, Google, breakfast is
ready”, “OK, Google, it’s lunch time”, “OK, Google,
dinner is served”), leaving/arriving home (“OK,
Google, time to leave”, “OK, Google, I’m home”)
and announcing entertainment (“OK, Google, the
movie is about to start”, “OK, Google, the show is
about to start”).
- Set up Routines
Google Home’s Routines are designed to help
streamline your life by triggering multiple actions
with a single command (or at a certain time).
You’ll need to assign
routines to one of
your Google Home
smart devices. This
feature would be
much more useful if
you could assign a
routine to the device
in the room you think
you’ll be in when you
need it to run
