Get started with Google Nest commands
Get started with Google Home commands
For most commands in this article, you'll need a Google Home Hub. You can request many things via the Google Assistant app on your phone too. You start every task with 'Hey Google' or 'Okay Google'. Read this article to find out how the Google Home app can help you in the following situations:
- Tip 1: commands for your free afternoon
- Tip 2: commands for planning your day
- Tip 3: commands you control your smart devices with
- Tip 4: choose a random command
- Tip 5: commands for during cooking
- Tip 6: funny commands
Tip 1: commands for your free afternoon
You want to relax on a free afternoon. The following voice commands are great for an afternoon on the couch.
- Play HipHop.
- What's new on Netflix?
- Read me a poem.
- Help me to relax.
- Play my daily mix in the living room.
Tip 2: commands for planning your day
You'll no longer need your smartphone as much thanks to the following 4 commands. With these commands, you'll know what your day looks like exactly.
- Set a timer for 10 minutes.
- What's my day like?
- What's the weather at the moment?
- What are the headlines in the newspaper today?
Tip 3: commands to control your smart devices with
Sometimes, you accidentally leave appliances on at home. Or, you just got into bed and you'll have to get up again to turn off the TV. The Home app helps you with this, as long as these appliances support Google Home.
- Set the light to 50%.
- Turn the light green.
- Turn off all appliances upstairs.
- Set the temperature to 18°C.
- Where's my phone?
Tip 4: choose a random command
Read more about the options of Google Home with the following commands. Ask your assistant what else it can do. Have it choose your next command by flipping a coin.
- What can I do with you?
- Flip a coin.
- Throw a dice.
Tip 5: commands for during cooking
These 4 commands help you during cooking. For example, tell Google Home it's time for dinner. Your housemates will receive a notification via all the smart speakers. That way, you can enjoy your dinner even more.
- I want to cook with apples.
- Tell everyone dinner is ready.
- What's a good recipe for apple pie?
- Add peanut butter to my grocery list.
Tip 6: funny commands
You can try funny commands as well, of course. These 5 worked best in Dutch so far.
- Do you know many jokes?
- Play rock, paper, scissors.
- How do you tell someone the earth is no longer round?
- What's the meaning of life?
- Tell me something I don't know.
