

#Google home control computer movie#
For example, a Movie Time Routine could turn on the living room TV, send an announcement to all your Nest speakers and displays that it’s movie time, dim the living room lights, lock the front door, and adjust the thermostat. Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, tap Search (or if youre using a mouse, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, move the mouse pointer down, and then click Search ), enter Control Panel in the search box, and then tap or click Control Panel. You can add multiple actions to a Routine. It is entirely possible to turn on your computer using Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa or anything else.Add at least one “action.” Actions include turning on or off smart home devices such as lights, adjusting the thermostat, or starting your robot vacuum getting information such as weather sending an announcement through your Google Nest speakers adjusting the volume on a Google Nest speaker or playing music or other media.(I’ll go into more detail on starters next.) You can choose more than one starter, so you can, say, have a Routine start only on Wednesdays after sunset when your doorbell rings. A single tap on the top also stops alarms and timers. You can choose to use a voice command, a specific time and / or day of the week, sunrise or sunset, or when a device does something. Tap once on the top of the Home to play or pause music or videos playing on a nearby TV through Chromecast ( 20 at eBay). Add at least one “starter.” This is what will start or trigger your Routine.This will be what you can say to Google to start the Routine, i.e., “Hey, Google - start Movie Time.”
#Google home control computer plus#
On the next screen, tap the plus button in the bottom right.Tap the Routines icon (a purple circle with a sun in it).Coupled with amazing media control, its a no.

Open the Google Home app on your phone or tablet. Its the go-to control system to integrate just about everything in my house and for automating repetitive tasks.
