Google Home – JuanMTech https://www.juanmtech.com JuanMTech is dedicated to providing you with tech news, automation, tutorials, reviews, Android apps, smartphones, tablets android wear and more. Sun, 23 Dec 2018 06:10:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.2 Google Home can now show you Visual Responses on your Chromecast https://www.juanmtech.com/google-home-visual-responses-on-chromecast/ Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:00:59 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4223 Last years I/O, Google announced it was bringing Visual Responses to the Google Home. Allowing to ask your Google Assistant to send contextual visual responses to a Chromecast. Now, starting yesterday, you can now ask Google Home to show you the weather on your Chomecast, and the Google Assistant will display an overlay on your […]

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]]> New Google Assistant update allows you to set up alarms to play music https://www.juanmtech.com/google-assistant-update-set-up-alarms-to-play-music/ Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:00:57 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4195 Using the Google Home as an alarm, it is fast and convenient. However, one of the features that have been missing is the ability to set up alarms to play music instead of the default sound. Which in my opinion it is not that pleasant waking up to it. Thankfully, Google announced yesterday in a […]

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]]> How to use Tasker via Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/google-home-automation-tasker-updated/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:31:00 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4181 Tasker is a powerful application, and now with Google Home, you can combine them both and create some incredible automation. Here are two methods that you can use Tasker via Google Home.   Method One. Send commands using AutoVoice For the first method, you can use AutoVoice, which is a very popular plugin for Tasker. […]

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]]> How to link multiple Netflix profiles to Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/link-multiple-netflix-profiles-google-home/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:41:12 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4168 Last August, Google released support for multiple users based on voice recognition. Allowing for each user to get personalized information based on their own Google account. Now, Google has expanded this feature and made it possible to match your voice to a specific Netflix profile. So now if you have multiple users already linked to […]

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]]> 10 MORE Tips and Tricks for the Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/10-tips-tricks-google-home/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 06:24:15 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4155 Back in October of last year, I posted an article about my Top 10 Tips and Tricks for the Google Home. However, the Google Home is getting better and better every day so today I have 10 MORE Tips and Tricks for the Google Home.   1. Turn TV on and off using a Chromecast […]

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]]> How to use Broadcast in the Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/how-to-use-broadcast-in-the-google-home/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:54:51 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3912 Back in November, Google rolled out Broadcast to the Google Home lineup which allows broadcasting messages through multiple Google Homes, similar to an intercom system.   How to use it There are a few things to have in mind before using the Broadcast feature: At least one member of the house needs to be signed […]

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]]> Control Harmony Hub via Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/control-harmony-hub-via-google-home/ Sat, 28 Oct 2017 00:10:41 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3405 A few months ago a made a tutorial video showing how to control the Harmony Hub via Google Home using IFTTT. Since then, Google has added support for Harmony on the Google Home. Today, I’m going to show you how to set it up and send commands using your voice in a few simple steps. […]

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]]> Google Home Mini Unboxing and Setup https://www.juanmtech.com/google-home-mini-unboxing-and-setup/ Mon, 23 Oct 2017 21:33:30 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3338 The new Google Home Mini. Smaller than the original Google Home comes packed with all the same features at a lower price tag of $49.   Setting it up As shown in the video above, setting the Google Home Mini was simple. Once the device is on, you just need to launch the Home app […]

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]]> Top 10 Tips and Tricks for the Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/top-tips-and-tricks-for-the-google-home/ Sun, 15 Oct 2017 07:44:21 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3230 Google released the Google Home closed to a year ago and, since then, they have improved it in many ways. On October 4th, Google announced two new additions to the Google Home family. The Google Home Mini and the Google Home Max. Here are my top 10 tips and tricks for the Google Home.   […]

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]]> Check and make calls on Android using Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/check-and-make-calls-on-android-using-google-home/ Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:00:14 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=2322 Another feature that is not yet available for the Google Home but I hope that someday is integrated it is the ability to check and make calls on Android using Google Home. Yes, there is a workaround and yes, your guess is correct. We are going to be creating a project in Tasker to make […]

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