So you scored a Google Home for Christmas. That’s awesome, because this is a killer little smart speaker that can do a lot of different things—in fact, it can be a little overwhelming. The good news is that we’ve got you covered. Here are some ideas on where to get started with your new Home.
Set Up Your New Google Home
First things first: you have to set that bad boy up, because it’s basically useless in the box. But before we get into that, I want to take a quick minute to address something that is constantly on users’ minds when they get an always-listening device like Google Home: it’s not spying on everything you say. It only listens for the hotword (“OK Google” or “Hey Google”), but that’s it. Nothing is recorded or transmitted back to Google until it hears those words. I promise.
With that out of the way, let’s get your new speaker set up. The first thing you’ll want to do is plug your Home up and download the Google Home app for iOS or Android.
Launch it and run through the tutorial—it’s all pretty straightforward. Once the phone has connected to the Home, it’ll play a sound and you’ll confirm.
From there, you’ll establish a room and connect the Home to Wi-Fi. After it’s all connected, you’ll sign in to your Google account—assuming you’ve set up Google Assistant on your phone, your voice settings will automatically be imported. That’s cool.
Finally, you’ll set the location where the Home will be used, link your music services, and run through a quick tutorial on how to use Home.
With all the simple stuff out of the way, you’re ready to really start using your new Google Home.
Add Another Account
If you plan on sharing your Home with someone else in the house (or multiple people, even), you’ll want to add everyone else’s Google account. Why? Because the Google Assistant will be able to differentiate people by their voices, therefore offering personalized results.
For example, if I tell my Google Home to add an event to my calendar, it will match my voice to my account and add it only to my personal calendar, not my wife’s. It works the same way for her.
To add a second (or third, fourth, etc.) account to an existing Google Home, the person who you’d like to add will need to install the Home app on their phone. When they launch it and sign in, it will look for new devices.
Since everything is already set up, it should just jump straight into the app’s main screen, where you’ll need to tap the Devices button in the top right corner.
From there, find the Home you’d like to add the account to and tap the “Link Your Account” button. From there, just follow the prompts and you’re good to go.
For a more detailed look at how to add accounts to your Google Home, check out this post.
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