ENGLISH COMMANDS 

​Lights, Fans and ACs

  • ​Turn On/Off Lights
  • Turn On/Off Fan/AC
  • Turn On/Off TV

TV commands 

  • ​Turn On/Off TV
  • Run Mute
  • Run Unmute
  • Run Volume Up
  • Run Volume Down
  • Run CNN/Fox/MTV/<any configured channel name>
  • Run Chromecast (switch to Chromecast mode)
  • Run Cable (switch to Set-top or cable mode)

Commands for Living Room

  • ​Turn On/Off Living Room (controls everything in the Living Room)
  • Turn On/Off Living Room TV (turns TV in chromecast mode)
  • Turn On/Off Living Ambiance (ambience light)
  • Turn On/Off Hallway Light (turn on hallway light)
  • Play Soft Music on Living Room TV
  • Play House of Cards from Netflix on Living Room TV

Locks

Chromecast

  • Play videos on YouTube using Chromecast. For more details read the Videos User Guide
  • Search/browse YouTube videos on your TV: "Show me <genre/creator> videos."
  • To play the video you want, say: " Play <title>"
  • Play on the [TV/Chromecast name]. "Play cat videos Living Room TV"
  • To pull up video lists on YouTube: “Show me what’s on YouTube”
  • “Show me what's trending on YouTube on [TV/Chromecast name]"
  • "Pause the Chromecast"
  • "Resume the Chromecast" 
  • "Stop the Chromecast"
  • "Skip the Chromecast to MM:SS"
  • "Rewind / fast-forward the Chromecast X seconds/minutes"
  • "Chromecast volume to X%", "volume up/down"
  • "Mute the Chromecast"

Music

  • Play :
    • Play music: “Play some music.” "Play some [genre] music.”
    • Play an artist or song: “Play [artist].” “Play [song].”
    • Play a song by lyrics: “Play the song that goes, ‘Is this the real life?'”
    • Play a Google Play playlist or album: “Play [playlist name].” “Play [album].”
    • Paused music can be restarted with "resume" or "continue."
    • Play music through other speakers
      • using Chromecast: “Cast [song] onto [speaker name].”
      • play music on [speaker name] or [speaker group]"
  • Information :
    • Ask what’s playing: “What song is this?” “What album is this?” "Who is this?"
    • Get more information: “When did this album come out?”
  • Fast forward and rewind and repeat :
    • “Skip forward 2 minutes.”
    • “Skip backward 30 seconds.”
    • "Repeat this/that song."
  • Limiting music duration :
    • "Stop playing in [time] 1 hour" (in min or hours).
    • "Stop playing at [time] 1:45 pm."
  • Control :
    • Transfer already playing music to another device or group. “Hey Google, move the music to the living room speaker.”“Hey Google, play it on living room TV.”
    • Play music on Youtube Music/Spotify/Pandora and other streaming services.
      (Note: any one these services can also be setup as your primary default)
      • “Play [artist] on Spotify/Pandora.”
    • Like or dislike a song on Google Play Music:
      • “I dislike this song.” "Thumbs Down."
      • "Thumbs up." "I like this song." (song is added to your GPM thumbs up playlist)

Radio

​Listen to or stream radio stations anywhere in the world using the station call ID and/or frequency number. You can check the TuneIn.com and IHeart.com websites or apps to see what stations are available.
  • "stream 104.7 FM"
  • "Listen to BBC 1"
  • "play [station] on TuneIn / IHeartRadio".

Audiobooks

  • Play an audiobook from your Google library: "Read my book" or "Read [book title]."
  • Continue playing most recently listened to audiobook: “Read my book”
  • The usual stop, pause, resume commands work.
  • Skip ahead: “Skip <amount of time>”
  • Skip back: “Go back <amount of time>”
  • Play previous chapter: “Previous chapter”
  • Play next chapter: "Next chapter"
  • Change the playback speed: “Play at 2x speed,” “Play slower/faster, “Play twice as fast, “Play at half the speed”

Podcasts

  • Listen to a podcast: "Listen to This American Life,” "Play Serial podcast"
  • Continue listening to a podcast: “Continue listening to This American Life”
  • The usual stop, pause, resume commands work.
  • Listen to podcast by latest episode: “Listen to the latest episode of This American Life”
  • Listen to the next/previous episode: "Next episode," “Previous”
  • Listen to a specific episode by number: "Listen to episode 700 of This American Life"

Bluetooth

​Connecting a Home device with Bluetooth devices. Can only use voice commands after initial setup and pairing.
  • Stream music playing on Google Home to your favorite Bluetooth speakers or headphones.
    • "Connect Bluetooth or Bluetooth On"
    • "Disconnect Bluetooth or Bluetooth Off"

Weather

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  • “What's/How’s the weather today?”
  • "What's the temperature?" "What's the high for today?"
  • “How’s the weather today in [city] New York?”
  • "What's the forecast for [day of week] Monday?"
  • “Do I need an umbrella today?” "What will the temperature be at 9am?"
  • "What is the current wind speed?"
  • "What is the current humidity?"

News

  • “What’s today’s news?”
  • "What's the news?" "Catch me up." "Tell me the news."
  • "Play [station] news." play [CNN/NPR/ABC/FOX] news.
  • "Tell me the local news" (must first select a local news station in app)
  • "What's the latest in sports/technology/health/politics?"
  • "pause", "resume" "next" "skip" "stop/cancel the news"

Time and Traffic

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  • “What time is it?" "What's the time?"
  • “What time is it in [city]?”
  • “What is the traffic like on the way to [work | home | business name]?”
  • "How's the traffic on the [road name or highway number]?"

Alarms, Timers and Stopwatch

  • Alarms:
    • "Create an alarm" (then follow the prompts) (Note: Alarm will ring for 10 min unless stopped)
    • “Set an alarm for [time]." (will only ring on device you set it on)
    • "set a music alarm". "set a radio alarm" (media will play until stopped)
    • “Snooze alarm.” "Snooze alarm for 5 mins."
    • "set a weekday/weekend alarm for 7am."
    • “Cancel my alarm for [time].”
    • "When is my next alarm?"
  • Timers: 
    • “Set a [name] timer for [time].” Set an egg timer for 2 minutes.
    • "Set a timer for [time] 5 minutes.
    • “How much time is left on my [name] timer?”
    • "Cancel my [name] timer"
    • Adding additional time to an existing timer: "Increase [name] timer by [time]". e.g: Increase egg timer by 2 minutes.
    • While a timer is ringing: "What timer is that?" "What timer is ringing?"
  • Stopwatch: (only one active at a time)
    • "Start stopwatch."
    • "How much time on stopwatch?"
    • "stop/pause stopwatch."
    • "resume stopwatch."
    • "cancel stopwatch" (resets to zero)

Reminders and Meetings

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  • "Remind me [item and time]." (e.g. Remind me every day at 9am to take my pills)
  • "Set a reminder." (then follow the prompts)
  • Reminders will only announce that one is available when activated. One single white light will remain lit for 10 minutes until you ask for the reminder.
    • "What is/are my reminders?". "What's up?"
  • "Create an appointment/meeting" (then follow the prompts)
  • Say it all at once: "Set an appointment to go to the doctor at 11am on Jan 1."
  • "When is my next (doctor) appointment?"

Phone Voice, Video and Device Calls

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  • "call [name or number]" (name must be in your Google contacts list)
  • "end call" or tap on the device
  • for video calls: "make a duo call to [name]"
  • for in-house (device to device calls): "call living room speaker" or "make a duo call to kitchen display"
  • You can make calls based on Relationships or Nicknames but the Person must be in your contact list.
    • "[Contact Name] is my [relationship]." "Sue Martin is my mom."
    • Can later be used in other commands like "call mom."
Note: The Duo app must be installed and configured on your phone to make video calls or in-house calls via Google Home. Note: The Duo service must be configured in the Home App Voice and Video call settings to allow in-house device calls.

Sports

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  • Sports scores:
    • “Who is [team] playing next?”
    • “Did the [team] win last night?”
    • “What was the score for the last [team] game?"
    • "What is the score of the [team] game?”
  • Team information:
    • “Tell me about [team].”
    • "What are the current standings for [team]?"

Notes and Lists

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  • “Add [item] to my shopping list.”
  • Adding multiple items to the shopping list:
    • put a pause between items, ie. Buns.... Hamburger.... cheese
    • put an "and" between items, ie. Buns and Hamburger and Cheese
  • “What’s on my shopping list?"
  • "Add mow the lawn to my to-do list."
  • "Make/Create a note". And follow prompt.
Note: Lists and Notes can now be created on other 3rd party apps, such as Google Keep Note. Select your desired default app in the Home App settings for Lists and Notes.

Sounds and Effects

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  • "play [nature, water, rain, river, thunderstorm, ocean, forest, storm, fireplace, country, white noise] sounds."
  • You can set the duration of the sounds. "Play ocean sound for 2 hours". "Play forest sounds until 4:00 am."
  • If a sound is already playing you can still stop it later. "Stop in 30 mins" (relaxations sounds will continue to play for 12 hours unless stopped)
  • The full list of sounds is at Google Ambient Sounds
  • Without Intro
    • "Ring a bell." "Clap/applause." "Drumroll." "Rimshot." "sad trombone"
  • With Intro
    • "What sound does a [something] make?" (Examples: cow, fire engine, dog, baby, rooster, car and a vast number of things)

Calendar

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  • Scheduling Calendar Events
    • "Add <event> to my calendar"
    • "Schedule <event> for me on Saturday at 8pm"
    • "Add <event> called my birthday dinner"
  • Asking for Calendar Events
    • “When/what/where is my first event/meeting?”
    • “When/what/where is my next event/meeting/agenda/calendar?”
    • What’s my agenda for today?"
    • “What’s my calendar for Friday?”

General Search Questions

  • Travel :
    • Get flights prices to a destination: "How much is a round-trip flight to New York?"
    • Get flights with a specific airline: "Find me flights with Jet Blue."
    • Check on your flights: "When is my next flight?" or "What are my flights in [month]."
  • Places : 
    • Discover places to visit: "What is there to see in Paris?"
    • Find restaurants to try: "What's the best restaurant in London?"
    • “What country is [location] in?”
    • “What are the nearest restaurants to me?”
    • How far is [business name] from here?”
    • “Are there any [business type] around here?”
    • “How late is [business] open?” “Is [business] open now?”
  • Translations:
    • "How do you say [word or phrase] in [language]?"
    • "[Foreign word or phrase] in [language]"
    • Spelling: “Spell [word].”
  • General Information :
    • Special events: “When is [event]?” (A holiday like Christmas or thanksgiving, for example)
    • People: “Who is [person]?”
    • Facts: “How tall is [person]?”
    • Things: “What is [thing]?”
    • Medical information: “What is a torn meniscus?”
    • Calories: “How many calories are in [food item]?”
    • Authors: “Who wrote [book title]?” "When was [book title] published?
    • Inventors: "Who invented [item]?”
    • Stocks: “How are Alphabet’s stocks doing?”
    • Words: “What does [word] mean?”

Broadcast

Send voice messages from one device to all your Google Home devices. You can also broadcast from your phone. The recipients can reply and it goes only to the one original broadcasting device.
  • "Broadcast [message]" :
    • Built-in messages are sent in the Assistant voice. Examples: "wake up everyone" "breakfast is ready" "time for dinner" "(it's) time to leave home" "I'm home" "the movie is about to start" "(it's) time to go to bed"
    • from your phone "I'm on my way home."
  • Custom messages are sent in your own voice.
    • "Broadcast/shout/tell everyone/announce <any custom message>"
  • Broadcast Reply "reply <any custom message>". Reply goes back only to the originating device not to all.

Tools and Utilities

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  • Find My Phone: Find the phone listed in your google account. "find/ring my phone" "where is my phone?"
  • Math:
    • "What's/Calculate [x] [plus | minus | times | divided by | modulus] [y]"
    • "What's the [(co)sine | square root] of [x]?"
    • "What is the value of Pi?"
    • "Recite Pi."
    • Counting: Count to [number]
    • Roll a die: “Roll a die." “Roll a 12-sided die."
    • Flip a coin: “Flip a coin."
    • Random number: "Give me a random number between [x] and [y]."
  • Conversions:
    • “How many liters are in 4 gallons?"
    • “How much is 100 Euros in dollars?”
  • Location: “Where am I?"

Entertainment

  • Movies:
    • “What movies came out last Friday?”
    • “What actors are in [movie]?”
    • “What movies are at the theater tonight?”
  • Games:
    • "Let's have fun." "Let's play a game."
    • "Let's play I'm feeling lucky". "Let's play Madlibs".
    • "Let's play Crystal Ball". "Can you tell me the future?"
    • "Let's play Rock Paper Scissors"
    • "Simon says"
  • Quotes: “Give me a quote.” “Give me a love quote.”
  • Stories and Poems:
    • "Read a poem"
    • "Tell me a story" "Tell me a scary story"
    • "Read me [story name]" (eg. read me Goldilocks.)
  • Singing Songs, Nursery Rhymes, Lullabies:
    • “Sing me a song.”
    • "Sing me happy birthday"
  • Singing nursery rhymes - seems to be English(US) only:
    • "Sing ABC" or "Sing the alphabet"
    • "Sing hey diddle diddle" "Sing hickory dickory dock" "Sing Mary had a little lamb"
    • "Sing old Macdonald" (this goes on a while)
    • "Sing rock a bye baby" "Sing row row row your boat" "Sing three blind mice"
    • "Sing twinkle twinkle little star" "Sing yankee doodle" "Sing farmer in the dell" * "Sing hot cross buns"
    • "Sing a nursery rhyme" sings a random one of the above, sometimes narrates. "one more" plays another.
    • "Sing a lullaby" sings a lullaby version of a subset of the above then plays a music box tune indefinitely
    • Note: Baa baa black sheep exists but can't be asked for by name
  • Jokes:
    • "Tell me a joke"
    • "Tell me another one"
    • "Tell me a prank"
  • Fun replies to Hello/Goodbye: "Hello". "See you later." "Bye."