Everything You Need to Know to Organize the Google Home App

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@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

One button I missed to overview was the + Add button on the Settings page. This will allow you to easily add: 💡 Device 🔊 Speaker Group 🍿 Services 👩 Home Member 🏠 Home

@BoopyMoore 2 ай бұрын

What do you think about this one

@johnsanders4384 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Brett for a very comprehensive walkthrough.

@jonpferreira Жыл бұрын

It amazes me that google still hasn’t added the ability to add users with lesser access and automatic camera display on chromecasts when the doorbell is pressed.

@Patrick76399 10 ай бұрын

I would be interested in seeing a smart home setup optimized for your circadian rhythm.

@Chandrashekarlifestyle 10 ай бұрын

Very well explained brett

@SnowyPe Жыл бұрын

Great vid..Learnt a lot

@jergervasi3331 Жыл бұрын

Just in time for a new “digital remodel” I’m working on! Thanks!

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

That sounds like my kind of remodel!

@RobHartmann2024 3 ай бұрын

Great video again. Any suggestions on adding Amazon devices to Google Home? Echo speakers etc

@NeptuneSega Жыл бұрын

Only invite your spouse. No one else needs access to your home. If they want to use something, they can ask Google through one of the mic enabled devices. Many times friends or family can be with another sketchy person that uses their phone, and God only knows what they do on there, including potentially accessing your home.

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

Great advice!

@LiamisthePurplePlays 4 ай бұрын

👍🏻

@guillermosalavarria Жыл бұрын

Hello Brett, greetings from Ecuador 🇪🇨 I really like your channel. Keep going and helping people like me and try to get running a smart home I have questions is there any way to show my tplink camaras in the home app because I can't see it

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

Right now TP Link cameras are only supported on Nest Displays and not in the Home app. Not sure when/if they will work.

@guillermosalavarria Жыл бұрын

@TechWithBrett thanks I hope it get fix

@tomaszmiekina801 10 ай бұрын

Hi, thanks for the info, just quick, how can we freely change the name of routines, delete routines or move them from personal to household in Google Home? I can't any place for manage it.

@diverdean59 7 ай бұрын

Can I set up multiple homes at different locations? If so how do I do this? For instance, how did you specifically set up home and office? Are they both tied to the same Google account?

@TechWithBrett 7 ай бұрын

Yes you can do this. Just tap the Settings at the bottom of the app and on the next page select +Add and at the bottom of the list you have an option to add a new home.

@diverdean59 7 ай бұрын

@@TechWithBrett Thanks another question. It looks like according to your video that if someone else invites you to their home, I could control those devices. I'm not sure I would be doing that but I'm thinking things like the broadcast feature could be helpful for using as an old school intercom system. Does that sound feasible?

@TechWithBrett 7 ай бұрын

Broadcast is great to use as an intercom. It can go to the full home or a specific room. I'm not sure if it works between different homes.

@ppetrix Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thx. But how did you manage to live stream the Tapo cameras on your phone ?.. I can only cast to other cast devices.

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

You need to use the Tapo app for that.

@OzZy_o_O 10 ай бұрын

Hello, Thank you very much for your effort to explain google home application sir. I wonder something about the app. I use Google home for my two smart light but i dont know how can i add shortcut buttons to my phone's home screen? Do you have any idea about that? I just control them with G asistant via voice for a now. but sometimes i dont want to use voice command I want to control them from some shortcut buttons on the my phone home screen. Actually I have a solution about that but i dont want to use it too, The solution is Action blocks but i dont want to install my phone another app for that until i have to.

@TechWithBrett 10 ай бұрын

So far Action Blocks is the only way to do that. My tutorial is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSYk4ismbdjfNE

@OzZy_o_O 10 ай бұрын

@@TechWithBrett Oh i apologize, i didnt see your tutorial about that. Then I must install action blocks 😁 thank you very much for your answer 🙏

@RodrigoAlmeida-wi8lp Жыл бұрын

Thank you❤

@giles1962 9 ай бұрын

Hi Brad, I’ve been having some issues with connecting my Google Home and other smart devices to my Home Network. First off, the Google Home Assistance often just says “can’t connect to the network and to check the connection tab in my Google App”, but I can’t locate a connection tab in the app. The situation that has caused this problem, was having to change/upgrade my Wi-Fi Router. In the past, rather than having to change every Device’s Wi-Fi setup, I would just rename the SSID and Password of the new Router, to be the same as the earlier Router. In the past, this has always worked without any issues, but this time, some devices connect to the new Router, while others stay offline. Is there any way of checking what SSID the devise should be working off, as well as any way of doing a batch update? Any advice you could give on this issue would be appreciated. 😊

@courtenaybournon4167 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great video. It appears that Google has made some great improvements and is now probably better than Alexa, especially with respect to linking to other vendor products. Alexa skills tended to be very hit and miss in this area. Another thing the video caused me to think about, is why all fuss about smart home hubs which require very skilled people to set them up. Google Home seems to be all I need to build a smart home. What is your take on the issue of hubs?

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

I think there is definitely a place for hubs if done correctly and with Matter we may see less hubs over time but I don't think they will ever go away. I use a Lutron, Hue, & SmartThings hub and they all add additional features/reliability into my smart home that is not possible without them. It will be interesting how they adjust over time.

@lance3198 Жыл бұрын

Couple things 1. I think I'm a part of the public preview but when I go to settings I do not see rooms and groups. I was so excited for a few seconds. Any thoughts? Is this a super public preview you have or I don't have it because my part of a public preview? 2. As you know with SmartThings you get duplicate devices. You move those over to another home. When you delete a home, do those duplicate devices just disappear which would be great?

@lance3198 Жыл бұрын

On my first point I figured it out

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you figured out #1. The only feature that I know of that is currently public preview is the script editor and AI Automation Generator. For 2. If you delete the 2nd home the devices will be moved back into the Linked to You section and then you can move them into your home.

@karrystudioold 9 күн бұрын

i link go daikin but only on off and fan.speed without mode 😅

@t-90atank35 9 ай бұрын

Does it have a widget?

@TechWithBrett 9 ай бұрын

It does not have a widget. The closest thing you can do is Action Blocks: kzbin.info/www/bejne/boSYk4ismbdjfNEsi=g6rbjEq7abA4FBZq

@t-90atank35 9 ай бұрын

@@TechWithBrett oh.. Wish they would add a widget for as simple as something like turning the light on and off.

@SolarizeYourLife Ай бұрын

So how do you get the home app to act locally?!? Spectrum drops Internet alot so how do you control your home?!?

@TechWithBrett Ай бұрын

This is a feature that will be coming but is not available yet. No further details have been released.

@A37a-a37a 10 ай бұрын

Next can you do organize lg think or organize Amazon alexa

@ItWasWritten516 9 ай бұрын

hey is it possible i can just add a user to my Nest Hub?the old Home App allowed me to do it and now i cant figure out how to do it without inviting that person to my entire home. before you was able to give access to specific devices I chose to share

@TechWithBrett 9 ай бұрын

So if they go into the Google Home app, they might be able to see the device when on your wifi and link it to their account but I don't remember if that is still working.

@JacobL228 10 ай бұрын

I have a pair of Cync smart light bulbs I want to add to Google Home so I can turn them on and off with my voice, but when I try to add them under "Works with Google Home" after linking my accounts together, it says, "No compatible devices were found in your Cync (C by GE) account". I already have them set up with my Cync account and can control them using the Cync app, so I don't know what the problem is. What should I do?

@casualonemmo-player2167 17 күн бұрын

Ok... im new and about to buy stuff for a google home.. So... my nest hub gen2 will be in the livingroom, so i can talk to that and turn the ceiling light on and off... (assuming that the hub and said lights are assigned to the livingroom). But... what do you do when you leave the livingroom, f.ex you are now in the basement: could you just talk to the mobile phone app to turn on/off the lights there.. (to save money) or maybe best to get a "google nest mini" speaker in "every room as needed"? :) (would be cool to have a hub gen2 in every room, but its twice++ the cost of a mini speaker). Are there even cheaper speakers than the nest mini out there? (its currently 60 bux on sale, but if i "need" 10 thats 600 bux yikes ;)

@TechWithBrett 17 күн бұрын

Yes, that is correct. It is best to have a speaker in every room that you find you might want to be able to control devices easily. I think the mini is a great option if you want to save money, but using your phone from other rooms would work, you just need to specify the room you want to adjust.

@johnrossi4734 6 ай бұрын

Can you change permissions for people you already invited to your Goggle Home? I invited people and teh are "Managers" in the app, I would like to change the devices they have access to in the app.

@TechWithBrett 6 ай бұрын

When you invite someone to your Home in the Google Home app, they have access to all of your devices. The best option would be to go to the apps where those devices are from and only share access to those devices. It would be nice if there was a better option for this.

@JSmooth1967 Жыл бұрын

I have several devices that I can't remove from my home. Do you know if a way to remove them

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

Can you tell me more about the devices and what you have tried so far? Have you tried 16:52 ?

@JSmooth1967 Жыл бұрын

@TechWithBrett one of the devices is an LG TV. Earlier on, it seems like adding the device didn't totally work. It seemed like LG didn't work very well with Google home. So i tried deleting the service. But deleting the service didn't remove the device. Since the initial attempt I was able to add my LG TV but the failed attempt won't delete. So it's like I have two LG TV in the app when I really only have one. I've tried deleting and re-adding the service several times but the failed attempt never deletes the bad attempt.

@ProudindianandDushiAProudindia 7 ай бұрын

i have a new mail adres how to move devices to another home thats under the new mailadres

@mdworkin1 Жыл бұрын

I take it there is still no way to add Sonos speakers to speaker groups?

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

That is correct. They are not friends. But, I didn't know you can link Sonos in Google Home which gives me media controls in the app and thorough voice commands of other speakers.

@Patrick76399 10 ай бұрын

The thing I don’t like about the Google Home app on the iPad is that the lights are grouped together in one pill-shaped icon per room. So if you tap on the pill-shaped icon thinking you will open it to show all the lights you will accidentally turn off all the lights in that room instead. You have to train yourself to long press on the pill-shaped icon to open it to show all the lights in order to avoid this accident every single time.

@jastinmikaelae8555 2 ай бұрын

There's no info on how to delete automation in Google Home? There's no delete button for the preset automation in Google Home. How to delete it?

@TechWithBrett 2 ай бұрын

Some of the preset automations can't be deleted but can be turned off. For the others, open the automation and press the trash can at the top right.

@elsysartsncrafts1602 6 ай бұрын

I'm unable to add my nest doorbell to Google Home app

@TechWithBrett 6 ай бұрын

Any luck? What is it telling you?

@Stompound Жыл бұрын

A few seconds at the start of the "adding favorites" section is just a black screen with your voice. Just figured I'd let you know

@TechWithBrett Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for the heads up!

@doobydude420 11 ай бұрын

Why dont they change what gets shared with people in your google home and whar rheyre capable of doing?

@DemisCunha 20 күн бұрын

I would like to nest rooms. With a single command turn on lights in 3 different rooms

@TechWithBrett 19 күн бұрын

The only way to do this is to create a routine that specifies the rooms to control. You can do that through a custom command or by selecting the specific lights.