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Six Ways We Use Google Home

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To say we have a “connected home” would be an understatement. My husband and I can control a majority of our appliances from apps on our phone.

If we want to check what’s in our refrigerator, no problem. If we want to change the temperature in a specific room, no problem. If we want to turn on the lights or change the color of the light in a room, no problem. If we want to take a look at our house through cameras while we’re away, no problem.

It’s seriously an amazing capability to be so connected to your home and technology just keeps getting better and better so we’re able to add on to our connected home often. Most recently we added Google Home to our collection of products and couldn’t be more happy with what it’s able to do for us. If you aren’t familiar, Google Home is a voice-activated speaker powered by the Google Assistant. Having a Google Home has given us a whole new meaning to having a connected home.

All that is needed to get things started with Google Home is a simple “Ok, Google” or “Hey, Google” and the assistant is ready and at your service. We’ve had so much fun learning about Google Home and seeing everything it has to offer. Here are a few ways we are using our Google Home:

Enjoy some tunes. With a simple voice command, play tunes from services like YouTube Music, Google Play Music, Pandora, and Spotify. Enjoy even more compatible audio services by streaming directly from your phone to Google Home.

Ask all the questions. Seriously ask anything from “what’s the weather for the day?” or “Who won the Superbowl in 2009?” Google Home provides an answer within seconds. 
Let Google Home be your personal assistant. Google Home can help coordinate your flight information, set alarms, start timers and add items to your shopping list.
Control your TV with Chromecast.  A few things you can have Google home do with your Chromecast include browsing popular content, search to find content my movie, TV or actor, change the volume on your chromecast devices, customize your TV with different imagery. All you have to say is “Okay, Google. Play goat videos on youtube.” Next think you know, your TV is playing fun goat videos.
Manage the temperature in your house with Nest.  We are now able to tell Google Home to turn down the air in our master bedroom or to turn down the air in our front living. I love that I don’t even have to open my app to do it.
Set the mood with Philips Hue Lighting. My husband and I might be a tad obsessed with the Hue lights. We have them in our bedroom, both living rooms, the hall ways and kitchen.  Now with Google Home we’re able to dim the lights, change the color of your smart lighting, play music and more with the Google Home voice-activated speaker. If we’re having guests over for a few drinks, we’ll set the lights low and set a fun mood. If our nieces and nephews are coming over, we like to make all the lights a different color and make the house look crazy.

Even if you don’t own a lot of connected home products, Google Home is still an amazing gadget to have. There is always questions that we are needing answered and as you know, Google has all the answers. You can purchase a Google Home at your local Best Buy.

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