Hey, what's happening YouTube, Josh Teder here from 6 Months Later and
today we get to do one of my favorite videos, another Google Home features
update video. Now since our last feature update video in January, Google has been
busy rolling out new features and in this video we'll be covering several of
them including setting alarms with media, and a brand new feature called routines.
This, is 6 Months Later.
Now before we get any further, I do want to point out that your mileage may vary
when it comes to these new features on your Google Home devices. Currently these
features have rolled out here in the United States for the English version of
the Google Assistant on Google Home devices, but that does not necessarily
mean that these new features have rolled out to your Google home if you're in
another country outside of the United States. Sometimes Google does these
rollouts simultaneously, sometimes they don't. It really depends on the feature.
so with that out of the way, let's go ahead and dive into what some of these
new features are and first let's start with multiple Netflix profiles. Now
you've been able to watch movies on your TV if you have a chromecast with the
Google Home integration for a while now, but the one limitation with it was you
can only have one Netflix profile with your Netflix account through the Google
Home app. So if you invited a friend over and they told Google to watch something
on Netflix it would link that to your Netflix profile and then Netflix would
take into account what your friend wanted to watch when it suggests new TV
shows and movies for you on Netflix, which unsurprisingly, a lot of people
found annoying. Now luckily Google did roll out a fix for this with multiple
user profiles on Netflix. Now the way Google fix this issue with the multiple
Netflix profiles is by using voice match so what it will do now is when you set
up your Netflix account and select which profile you want to use with the Google
home the Google Home will also use voice match, so it knows when it's you asking
to play a certain TV show or movie on Netflix and not your wife or your
daughter or son. Now even better, if your wife daughter or son also have the
Google home apps on their phone they can also set up their Netflix account and
profile an able voice match that way when anyone requests anything of the
Google Home in regards to playing a Netflix TV show or movie, the Google Home
not only knows who it is making the request, it
knows which Netflix profile is matched to the person making a request. Next up,
let's talk about alarms. You've been able to set an alarm on the Google Home
devices for forever now and even multiple alarms, but finally you can now
set a media alarm so you can wake up to music, a podcast or even the news. So
instead of waking up to the default alarm like this, you can now wake up like
this! Radio: "I'm Jack Pier for NPR. Donald Trump tweeted again this morning at Kim Jeong Hoon, the leader of North..." Let's take another
example. To set a music alarm simply say Me" Hey Google, set a music alarm for 7:20 a.m.
tomorrow morning." Google Home: "All right, and what music would you like me to play?" Me: "It's a
beautiful day by Michael Bublé." Google Home: "Alright, I'll play the song it's a beautiful day
for tomorrow at 7:20 a.m." Google also allows you to now set recurring alarms
so you can simply ask it to set an alarm for every day this week.
You can also set recurring alarms with music podcasts as well as news. Here's an
example of a recurring alarm. Me: Hey Google, set a recurring alarm for weekdays." Google Home: "Got it, on
weekdays, and the time?" Me: "7:15 a.m." Google Home: "Got it, your alarms set on weekdays at 7:15 a.m."
Now if you're ever unsure about what alarms you have scheduled you can simply
ask your Google Home. Me: "Hey Google, what alarms do I have scheduled?" Google Home: "You have an alarm
called it's a beautiful day set for tomorrow at 7:20 a.m." And then you can
cancel from there. Me: "Hey Google, cancel that alarm." Google Home: "Sure, canceled." Next up let's talk
about a new integration with the chromecast on your TV and your Google
Home device all related around the Google assistance showing you
information on your Chromecast TV. now for this feature it's specific to
weather you can now get the Google Home to show you the weather on your
Chromecast TV all you have to do is make sure you have a Chromecast plugged into
your TV and then simply ask Google to show you the weather. Notice you need to
say the word show in the phrase, otherwise it will not display the
weather on your TV. Me: "Hey Google, show me the weather." Google Home: "Right now in Raleigh, it's 49 and
mostly cloudy. Today it'll be partly cloudy with a forecasted high of 54 and
a low of 33." And if you have a newer TV with HDMI CEC, when you ask Google to
show you the weather it will actually turn the TV on for you and then display
the weather on the Chromecast TV. Finally, let's take an in-depth look at Google's
newest feature for the Google Home devices called routines. Now my setup
there was actually a little bit tricky because we've all actually been using
routines before and just haven't noticed it. When you ask Google about your day
and it tells you what's on your calendar, gives you your commute to work, what the
weather forecast is, and then plays the news you're actually using one of the
now six routines that you can access in your Google Assistant settings. Now in
simple terms, a routine is simply a command you give your Google Home and
then your Google Home device will do multiple things. Now as I said before,
there are currently six routines available to users. They are: good morning,
bedtime, leaving home, I'm home, commuting to work,
and commuting home. Let's take a look at these in more detail. Me: "Hey Google, good morning."
Google Home: "Hi Josh..." Good morning is a routine to help you
start your day. Simply tell Google good morning or tell me about my day and then
the Google Home will be able to do the following: take your phone off silent, for
Android phones only, adjust your lights plugs and more, adjust your thermostat,
tell you about the weather, your commute, today's calendar, and today's reminders,
and then it can play the news, radio, podcasts, an audio book, or some music for
you. If you've got a great wake up playlist you could also have the Google
Home play this when you say good morning. All you have to do is click
on the gear icon to customize any of the routine actions. So for music, click on
the gear icon and then type in the playlist you want Google to play. Next up,
we have bedtime. A routine designed to help you...well..get to bed. Let's see how
this routine works in real time. Me: "Hey Google, bedtime." Google Home: "Okay, let's get ready for bed.
Tomorrow in Raleigh, it'll be partly cloudy with a high of 74 and a low of 56.
what time should I set the alarm for?" Me: "7:20am." Google Home: "All right, your alarm is set for
tomorrow at 7:20 a.m. Good night Josh."
How when coming back home, make sure to tell Google "I'm back" or "I'm home" and
then the Google Home will be able to do the following for you:
adjust your lights plugs and more, adjust your thermostat, broadcast I'm home
across all of your Google Home speakers at your residence. Google Home: "Hey there, Josh has arrived."
Tell you your home reminders, adjust your media volume, and then be able to play
music, news, radio, podcasts, or an audio book. Now the last routines involve
commuting. For commuting to work, simply tell Google let's go to work and then it
will do the following for you: tell you about your commute, tell you about the
current weather, today's calendar, today's reminders, adjust lights plugs and more,
and your thermostat, and adjust the media volume and then it can play music, news,
radio, podcasts, and an audiobook. Lastly, for commuting home, just tell Google
"let's go home" and then Google will be able to do the following for you: tell
you about your commute, send a text message to people letting them know that
you're on your way home, read unread texts if you have an Android phone,
broadcast I'm on my way home from all of your Google Home devices in your
residence. Adjust your lights plugs and more, as well as your
thermostat, adjust your media volume and then you can play music, audiobooks,
podcasts, news, and music. So as you can see, the routines feature is quite an
extensive feature add to the Google Home devices. Now the only thing missing is
the ability that allows you to create your own routine. Right now, it appears
that Google only allows you to use these six routines it has created and that are
found in the Google assistant settings. I'd imagine later on down the road or
maybe even later this year, Google will probably open this up to allow users to
create their own routines. Well, those are the main new features for the Google
Home devices. Thanks so much for watching this features update video. If you liked
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comment below and let us know how you're enjoying these new features. Until next
time, thanks again for watching. For 6 Months Later, I'm Josh Teder