Smart speakers in general are in a bit of an awkward phase right now. Most are still stuck with software that can only understand a handful of very specific phrases, and can get stuck if you don't phrase a question or request just so. Meanwhile, LLMs like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude are somehow able to understand complex instructions, even if they sometimes struggle to follow those instructions.
Arguably, the most function for an LLM like Gemini is interpreting voice commands, but for now Gemini is still locked behind a Public Preview. Though "public" might be a bit of a misnomer. While you can opt-in to trying out Gemini on your smart speakers, there are several conditions. You must:
Enroll in the Google Home app public preview. There's a separate public preview for new Google Home features that you'll have to opt-in to before you can even get to the Gemini preview. You can find full instructions here based on your devices.
Then…wait. Even after all of this, Google doesn't guarantee you'll immediately gain access to the Gemini preview, which is annoying. But if you want a shot at trying it out, you'll need to jump through the above hoops.
Create your own commands with Automations
Until Gemini is broadly available as a voice assistant, we're stuck trying to fit our requests into the narrow box of smart speakers. Fortunately, Google Home has a really handy tool to make them less cumbersome: Automations. In a dedicated tab in the Google Home app, you can create automations (called Routines) that trigger multiple, complex actions from simple phrases.
Routines have some built-in functions such as adjusting your smart home devices, playing certain media, sending texts, or even getting the weather. If there's not already a preset action in the Routines menu, you can also add custom instructions. These will run as though you told Google Assistant to do them yourself. It's handy if you need to run a command with a particular phrasing, but one that Google often misunderstands when spoken aloud.
Any household with both masculine and feminine voices is familiar with this particular failure. Someone with a feminine voice says "turn on kitchen…turn on kitchen…turn on kitchen!" Then the masculine voice, from across the room, bellows, "Turn on kitchen." And that one works.
For example, two people who each have Voice Match set up on the same device can set different default music services. Similarly, recommendations based on previous activity will be tailored to that person's profile, rather than all activity going through one account.
Choose your other smart device names carefully
Most smart home gizmos will run you through the process of setting up and naming your devices, often by labeling them based on what room they're in. In isolation, that's not really a problem. It's once you start combining multiple products that things get messy.
This can be tricky because the Google Home app organizes devices by room, which means you can expect to be turning off all devices in that room, but if a device has the same name as just one room, Assistant can get confused. An easy way to avoid this is to use clear, unique names for each device, be careful about how you organize devices into rooms (both in their respective apps and Google Home itself), and choose names that work for how you're likely to identify a device out loud. This is also where custom commands can come in handy, if your naming schemes get too difficult.
Turn on the start sound
To enable this, open up the Google Home app and find the device you want to make noise. Tap it and select Settings. Under Accessibility, enable the "Play start sound" toggle. Now, as soon as you say "Hey Google," you'll hear a ding sound, so you know it's listening.
It's a little thing, but that feedback can be super helpful. It instantly lets you know if your smart speaker just didn't hear you at all, so you don't waste time with your full command before you realize what's happening. It can also help diagnose when something else is the problem. If you hear the ding and then say your command, you know Google picked it up, but it might be struggling to access the internet, or misheard the command.
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