APRIL 2020 PCWorld 113
- BROADCAST MESSAGES
Google Home’s Broadcast feature lets you
send an audio message to all of the
Google Home devices on your network.
And if you broadcast directly from Google
Assistant, you can send your message to
all the Google Home devices you’re
currently signed into (even if they’re on
different networks—or in completely
different locations).
It’s sort of like a household PA system,
only slightly more useful because people on
the other end can respond to broadcasts
(but their response will go only to the device
that orgininated the broadcast). To do this,
say “OK,
Google: reply
[message].”
To broadcast
a custom voice
message, say,
“OK, Google,
broadcast
[message].”
Your message
will play on all
connected
Google Home
devices except
the one you’re
broadcasting
from. You can
also use the
commands
“shout,” “tell everyone,” or “announce”
instead of “broadcast.”
Google also has a handful of preset
broadcasts that will play a fun sound effect
(such as a rooster crowing, or a dinner bell)
alongside a preset message. Preset
broadcasts will play on all connected
Google Home 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
Google Home’s Broadcast feature lets you send verbal messages to any or all of
the Google Home smart speakers or smart displays in your house.
