Hidden Google Assistant Tips and Tricks in 2022!

This is part 2 of our series with the best tips and tricks with the Google Assistant! Get ready for timers with chickens on them, improved Google Assistant reminders, alarms that work for you and your family, and personalized memories that your Google Assistant will keep for you. I'll also give you some fantastic Google Assistant Routines that improve your life everyday!
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Brian

[@daveschmarder-1950]

"Hey Google. How do you keep Canadian bacon from curling in the pan?" "Take away the tiny brooms."

[@AutomateYourLife]

😂😂😂😂 Dave!

[@daveschmarder-1950]

@@AutomateYourLife After I wrote this, I did ask Fräulein Google, but her answer was less impressive.

[@Danspy501st]

This video was helpful. I just started to try to use assistant today, but only more as when I was driving. It is nice to be on the move and have it ready to show a route, compared when needing to find a place to stop and type in the route

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeah super glad it helped!

[@nicolecampos6843]

THIS CHANNEL IS CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED 🚔🚨

[@AutomateYourLife]

I agree! 😃😃😃. But I'm biased.🤣

[@barocadesigns]

You are so professional. You went to the point, and not so long video. Thank you for that!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks! Enjoy!

[@NOT-GUILT3Y]

"Hey Google, pull my finger ☝️." ...your welcome 😏

[@AutomateYourLife]

You dirty, dirty, smart man.

[@leweezo33]

Thanks for the vid... The Google assistant trick I would like is for it to remember what podcasts I was listening to, like it used to.. I don't know what happened

[@AutomateYourLife]

Podcasts seems to have had a bit of up and down. What was the command you used though???

[@leweezo33]

@@AutomateYourLife I start by saying Hey G play the latest halftime report podcast. and it does Then of course my dad calls and I have to pause it.. Then after the call "Hey G, resume halftime report podcast" and it resumes one I was listening to 2 weeks ago.. Used to be spot on but in the last month it has been terrible..

[@fcbtravel]

This is super helpful! Can you send your Google Assistant notification to your contacts? For instance, I'd like to let my family know that I'm on my way to somewhere, i.e. "56 mins to work" or something like that

[@AutomateYourLife]

You can't send Google Assistant notifications, but you can ask it to send a message to someone

[@ImStillLandy]

​@@AutomateYourLife I have a question. Is there any way to have it read out messages? Preferably only when my earbuds are in? Does it matter what type of earbuds I have? I've seen things saying it can like how siri can with airpods but I don't know.

[@EsotericArctos]

It's a great feature about the memories/reminder but I am not sure I want Google having information about my codes/passwords or keys in the cloud with it. :) I've used the household contacts for a while now. It really has advantages over just being in contacts, especially on devices with a screen. Thanks for another great video

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thank you sir! I told Google about my underwear...was that a mistake? 😂😂😂

[@EsotericArctos]

@@AutomateYourLife 🤪. Guess it depends what sort of things you are into 😉

[@ParkourMarkskilz]

Lol

[@paulflogeras2309]

Great video. We are getting a google mini for Christmas but also have a smart android tv. The tv and google mini will probably be in the same room. We already command the tv with "hey Google" phrases today. Will the devices get confused if both are in the same room. Is there a way to label them differently so we can still verbally send commands to the the tv and the google mini. Thanks

[@AutomateYourLife]

They will get confused...there's no fix sadly

[@ZiyadAlsabha]

This video is an encyclopedia of Google Assistant features 😍😍✌️✌️

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks a lot!

[@SonicFanaticEthan]

I will try timers on some of my devices and music and more as you mentioned in the video.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Enjoy sir!

[@Mr_Wilson_1967]

Ok.. The routine icon on the Home screen is epic!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Enjoy it!

[@Swissalchemist]

Were you speeding up or skipping frames after you asked a question? Thinking about switching from my phone and I saw some videos that made Google Assistant looks slow on the pixel 8 Pro

[@AutomateYourLife]

I might do a little of that in a video but this was a different time for the Google Assistant.

[@AutomateYourLife]

My pixel 8 pro is working great with the assistant, fyi

[@Swissalchemist]

@@AutomateYourLife thanks for letting me know! That’s the one thing that has me thinking about moving from iPhone. Siri is trash and I know Google Assistant has always been leaps and bounds ahead

[@frannymcb_]

Is there a way to have Google assistant read reminders aloud when they "go off", not just pop up as a notification?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Nothing that I've seen that works reliably.

[@eb2890]

@@AutomateYourLife Automate Your Life 2 months ago Nothing that I've seen that works reliably. E B Set an alarm with a recorded voice rather than a tune will work.

[@leannalui1617]

Awesome, so much new info.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Glad you think so!!

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

Thank you! Can I stop my Google Nest Hub from repeating what I ask? In other words, when I say: "hey Google, turn off the bedroom light," I just really it to do the command and not say: "turning off the bedroom light." It actually happens on my Google Nest Hub Max but my smaller hub repeats everything I ask back. Thanks for your help!

[@AutomateYourLife]

If the light is in the same room as the Nest Hub (in the Google Home app), then it just does a "bing" sound. :) That's your only way! Orrrr, you can make a routine that you use a different command to start.

[@Zebrajellyfishphoto]

@@AutomateYourLife Thanks!

[@PaulyGirl48]

I'm wondering if I can manage two different calendars using the Google assistant?

[@AutomateYourLife]

You can't do a ton with it Elizabeth. You can connect 2 calendars, but the last time I tried it didn't do anything except tell you what was on both calendars.

[@Karla_Finch-Cluff]

Awesome hoodie, YaY Mass Effect!

[@AutomateYourLife]

It was a gift! I love that hoodie!

[@ronm6585]

Thank you sir. Great info.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thank you sir!

[@DamonFeyOutdoors]

Hove you ever heard of the app EVA or AVX? I still have my original purchase which has since been removed from the play store. Trying to find an app with similar functionality but nothing comes close.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Sorry no help here...

[@vasiln90]

Hello Brian. You help me before. Thanks you very much. My mother-in-law is in senior home. There is Chromecast for goggle tv. Its on my account but on different network. She had a stroke. She can only turn it on and off. I was able to use Google assistant to play only KZbin videos from my phone remotely. After many updates not working anymore. Is there any other way maybe using some apps or maybe Amazon devices or Alexa or any other apps or devices. I need only KZbin. Thanks, Vasil.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I don't have an answer for you here. I don't have a cast device to test out. Apple doesn't allow it remotely as far as I can tell, and Amazon can't really cast.

[@vasiln90]

@@AutomateYourLife thank you very much.

[@jakublukacisin4065]

Hello, I have a projector with the Chromecast witha Google TV connected to it and all this is connected to Google Home Max speaker. Please do you have by any chance a solution for any of the following problems? 1) What I don't like is that sometimes even if the Google Home Max is at 100%, the movie sound is still quite low and I have to use the chromecast remote and turn the volume up even more on the chromecast itself. It is good that it is at least an option but handling two volumes all the time is quite annoying. 2) When I do the above mentioned and turn the volume up for the movie, later when I ask assistant to turn off the projector, it screams like crazy when responding, as the volume is too high at that moment of course. 3) Also is there any chance to turn off the Assistant's repetition of my commands all the time? 4) Sometimes speakers change their volume randomly. Even when I set routines to reset the speakers' volume, it still does whatever it wants. E.g. I set the routine to start by turning the speaker to 0 and then go to 100%. It end up 100% but then all of a sudden it goes to like 58%... Do you know of any solutions for those or at least some of those? I know the group volume control is now an issue due to the fight with SONOS...but any workarounds? Recently the Google stuff is piece of s..t. Thank you very much for any recommendations.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I don't know what's exactly up in your situation there so I can't help with much. 3 is a straight no. I would say create a routine for 2. So when you turn off the projector, you give it a custom command that starts a routine. Your routine would lower the volume on the Max or the Chromecast...or both, and then turn off the projector.

[@lany_07gaming]

Nice info and review as always.👍

[@AutomateYourLife]

Thanks Lany!

[@kevinmansell8746]

@@AutomateYourLife my videos is certainly not playing well i have unplug it for 5 mintues still no clear picture like my 32 inch flat screen HD TV

[@vspeaight]

Please can you let me know how to set my Google assistant , so that I can use my phone to issue instructions (not using the touch pad!) to my various Smarthome devices. I have set up my garage door Smartswitch and need to use my phone outside to open the garage door as I approach using my phone. Thanks

[@AutomateYourLife]

You just need to turn on the ability for your phone to listen. Let it listen for Hey Google, and then allow it to control from the lock screen, which you should be able to search for in Settings. Once you do that, it should allow you to do everything you want by waking up the phone with your voice (I think...it'll depend on the phone).

[@vspeaight]

@@AutomateYourLife Thanks for that info. However, once my phone is woken up, I want to open my garage door by saying “Hey Google, open garage door” to use via Google Home already set up. But it does not VOICE control . It will work if I touch the Grid Connect App button, but not via voice. Does this make sense please?

[@FOFORO28]

I'm hoping maybe you can help I just got a hisense TV with Google assistant is there a way to keep the assistant on but hide the words displayed on screen? like when you say hay google 123 and on screen it writes 123

[@AutomateYourLife]

No, sorry. That's going to be a TV interface thing and a Google Assistant interface thing. There aren't any settings I've ever seen for that

[@garethjones5068]

A cornucopia of great tips Brian

[@AutomateYourLife]

A cornucopia of being awesome Gareth!

[@ColleenWeaver-c5l]

Cool ty

[@tedharvick9010]

I would like an "announcement" feature, like my wife's Alexa Echo Dot has. I like to tell her good morning, as I have left the house way before she gets up. I simply hit the announcement button on my Alexa app, and she hears me over her Echo.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Oh that exists! "Broadcast"

[@tedharvick9010]

@Automate Your Life , thank you. Found it just before I saw your reply. Now if I could find the "sound effects" like Alexa has. Kiss, Good Morning, etc.

[@johnroekoek12345]

Great. Google doesn't know enough about us already

[@SusitaNorth-CountryGirl]

I have tried this. If I have to learn what Google Assistant can do and how to talk to it what is the point?

[@johnroekoek12345]

@@SusitaNorth-CountryGirl You're right. (Try to say: "Okay Google. Call Santa".)

[@m0shtik]

When using the "read me recent articles" action, the assistant just says "sorry, don't know what you mean"... useful.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Did you pick a device to run the routine from? Try running it on your phone instead

[@m0shtik]

@@AutomateYourLife my only device is my Lenovo tablet, which is Google Assistant enabled (it has the Google Assistant’s Ambient Mode)

[@Menaceize]

Hello, I am paralyzed and have no use of hands, so my google mini comes in quite handy. One thing I like to do is watch videos on youtube. I was to be able to see a list of 20 related or similar videos I could choose from - only for it to disappear. Now I tell google what video I want to watch and google says 'OK' and gives me the option to pick from one of the 20 related or similar videos that no longer appear across the bottom of my TV. Can you help me find a way see and choose from the list?

[@AutomateYourLife]

Hey Bud, just to be clear. You're asking Google on the mini to show you YT videos about a topic? Then it's showing on a Chromecast on your TV, right? Can you also share what your initial command/request is to the mini?

[@Menaceize]

@@AutomateYourLife Sorry for delay! I have Google mini linked to my TV through my iphone 12 through the Google Smart Life APP.. I say to the Google mini - "Hey Google - Watch funny dog videos on youtube on Bud's TV." And then within 10 seconds or so, a list of 20 related videos would pop up at the bottom of the screen and then ask me to choose one out of the 20. I would then say - "Watch number 12" and Google Mini would pick out video 12 and play it on my TV. Now, for some reason, the list of related videos no longer pops up at the bottom of the TV screen for me to choose from. I just have to choose a random video site unseen and hope a video is what I wanted, otherwise I'm outta luck. Can you tell me how to make that list of 20 related videos pop back up again?

[@Benb55]

Hi, I have a Google Nest Hub, 2nd gen. It’s less than 6 months old. I was used to asking it to play a radio station and ask it to turn off after say, 1 hour. It was happily working fine, turning off the radio station after 1 hour. Now, it doesn’t turn off at the requested time anymore. It just keeps playing. I have turned it on and off several times, thinking it would reboot it. But, the problem remains. Any suggestions on what I can do to have it turn off the radio at a specific time? Cheers Ben

[@AutomateYourLife]

They're always messing with Google Assistant and they've had some issues with Sonos that have stopped things like this. I don't have a good answer for you now

[@Benb55]

@@AutomateYourLife Thanks for getting back to me. It’s a weird thing that it actually says, it will turn off the display in an hour, but just doesn’t. Maybe just a dud hub.

[@josemanuellastra2488]

Hi Same issue actually with a Sonos Roam speaker, I ask Google Assistant to shut off the music at a specified time but: if it’s music, Google doesn’t actually recognizes that the music is playing, and says that there isn’t anything playing when I ask her for the timer, if it’s white noice, Google says that the device will stop playing at the specified time, but it keeps playing even though the timer has been set, but, it never worked for me. What a shame that basic functions can’t work accurately. Did you find a sollution? Thanks in advance

[@Benb55]

@@josemanuellastra2488 Out of the blue the Google Nest Hub worked properly again. I have no idea, why it went back to turning off at the requested time, but glad it has.

[@josemanuellastra2488]

@@Benb55 Glad to hear that, it often happens, the technology is hit and miss, you know? it can be working fine, then all of a sudden be unreliable, and vice versa, go from being unreliable to working fine again

[@lrr4955]

How to connect with castable screen with home mini ?

[@gria2003]

Why is your Google Assistant white? Ever since I did an update ago it went black and I cannot change it do you know how tried everything even online searching and it's not where it used to be. It hurts my eyes.

[@AutomateYourLife]

I think that's just dark mode/light mode. Still seems to switch back and forth for me when I do that.

[@ManleyFamilyVideos]

How do I prevent waking up my multiple Google devices (phone, hub max, mini) from waking up and responding when I say "Hey Google" or "Ok Google"? This makes it extremely frustrating when trying to talk to one device and multiple are responding at the same time.

[@AutomateYourLife]

The only thing you can do is to turn up sensitivity on each speaker, or reposition them so they hear in different directions

[@Joseph-ko2kl]

Pizza timer- HOW DID I NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS!!!

[@AutomateYourLife]

I wish they had more of these hey!?

[@AceBoy2099]

How can I make the Google assistant respond to itself? In my case I want to tell it "Unlock my truck" which it would then link to DroneMobile and send the command "unlock *name of vehicle*" but will then ask for a pin number, how can I make the assistant automatically send the digits, preferably without announcing it.

[@AutomateYourLife]

oooo...I would try an app called tasker on android to see if you can make it happen

[@AceBoy2099]

@@AutomateYourLife do you happen to know of a free trial version or something, just to make sure it works? 4 bucks isn't much, but still to some could be enough of a deterant in the case it doesn't work.

[@ToddMoore1]

Big Boy, I like it... Mine calls me Big Poppa 💪🏻🇨🇦

[@AutomateYourLife]

Ooooh, Todd...can I steal that!?

[@ToddMoore1]

@@AutomateYourLife you bet!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Oh man I'm so excited! 😂😂😂

[@tonytango6676]

Very nice set of tips. But I just say “create a pizza timer for 15 minutes“ Saves one word.

[@AutomateYourLife]

😃😃😃

[@BR-cr5pr]

Hi, is it only me or Google assistant it's simply slow these days? It takes long secs to connect. ThankU4🔗🙌

[@AutomateYourLife]

You're absolutely not the only one.

[@adixar]

Hi where's the previous video? 🤔

[@AutomateYourLife]

In the description, but here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaLIaH6GZap5nNU

[@amandanoellgen5854]

Buying google products is the end of your free will

[@AutomateYourLife]

oh please

[@feeco8148]

can I say "hey google" to activate it while its playing music ?

[@feeco8148]

I'm actually looking for a way to turn off music by my voice

[@AutomateYourLife]

Yeah you can. You just need to allow the permissions for it to listen. 😃

[@andybhoy374]

Can you please tell me how to fix it my assistant it doesn't answer me anymore,

[@AutomateYourLife]

Not with that info...

[@thestoneycat]

Sad it doesn't actually work with voice commands and still sends you to activity

[@AutomateYourLife]

Oh it does! Just say "delete everything from today" :)

[@NickzAndMikz]

9:30 - cookies is another one I think

[@AutomateYourLife]

Can I just say mmm cookies 😁

[@jamesbondaygee]

Does anybody know how to use Google assistant to talk to people in Facebook Messenger?

[@AutomateYourLife]

It doesn't allow that

[@teamlakwatyerotv]

How google assistant make a call through Facebook messenger

[@AutomateYourLife]

Can't

[@tangelogee]

Has anyone else had an issue with the assistant searching for places called next step when trying to go to the next step in a recipe?

[@AutomateYourLife]

😳😳

[@sushreyshrivastava5323]

Dont worry Brian, I wont tell anyone where you keep your mat.

[@AutomateYourLife]

ahahahhaa! Sushrey! Thank you sooo much for keeping THAT quiet.

[@Mr_ToR]

if the recipes or the cookbook can't automatically convert imperial to metric or vice versa, it would make it pretty much useless.

[@AutomateYourLife]

Wellllll, the Google Assistant can do that for you if you get one that isn't converted. However, the recipes you look up should be more based on where you live and the food you eat :)

[@toni4729]

The more I learn about Google the more I hate it. It's in everything you own and everything you do. You can't get away from now. Soon it's going to tell when to do your washing and what time to cook your dinner. I don't like being told what to do by a computer, and I certainly don't need to be told my phone isn't locked and it has to be. NO, IT DOESN'T. It's my business.

[@AutomateYourLife]

🤣🤣

[@HalfWiseFennec]

Wow! You are really not going to survive the AI revolution

[@toni4729]

@@HalfWiseFennec Wait till you reach your seventies or eighties and see how you cope.

[@SonicFanaticEthan]

16:01 I don't use Family bell

[@AutomateYourLife]

It's an OK feature I'd say. Not for everyone!

[@nealfrost12]

i really getting sick and tired of the hidden features on android 😠😠

[@dgale1023]

ok I have a pixel 6a google doesnt readily speak. I need her voice not text sometimes I'm driving. Thanks oh yeah android 13

[@anastasiawhite2455]

Try a meow timer :)

[@AutomateYourLife]

Wait WUT!!

[@valerieleveridge953]

I need Google to read my article show me how to set it

[@savitaR-l6s]

Just ask assist to open a topic you will need to click on the article when you are on the page Ask assist then to read this Article and it will read it out aloud

[@lindapaalmer6331]

Why would they lock my phone I pay for my phone every month 😢 company

[@danielbuckman2727]

Hay google, how do I change the hotword form "hay google" to "computer". ... Unavailable. Just keep repeating Google all day. App disabled.

[@DeneF]

Fanqs Yoof!

[@AutomateYourLife]

Fanqs you!😂

[@toni4729]

Wait till it tells you to wipe your bum. It will you know.

[@AutomateYourLife]

🤣🤣🤣

[@deanakennedy3878]

I love Android devices, especially Samsung. But the Google assistant absolutely SUCKS. Continuous conversation mode never, EVER works. That is where Siri beats Google hands down.

[@carlosortez6497]

El clon de Álvaro845 😂