Set as Homepage - Add to Favorites

【Action Archives】

Source：Evergreen Information Network Editor：Social Good Time：2025-06-26 09:46:25

Google just made one of the best Google Home features a lot more powerful.

I'm talking about the "broadcast" feature,Action Archives which essentially turns your Google Home device into an in-home intercom system.

SEE ALSO: Google's Home Hub is an incredible digital photo frame that's also a smart speaker

First rolled out a year ago, the feature lets you send messages using the Google Assistant app or another Google Home speaker in a separate location. But up until now, those messages could only go one way.

So, for example, you could broadcast from your phone that you were on your way home, or send one from a kitchen speaker letting the rest of your family know that dinner is ready. But the person receiving the message had no way of responding, so you could never actually be sure your message was heard.

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

That's now changing. Google is adding reply functionality so you can reply to broadcasts with your own voice messages -- essentially turning your Google Home not just into an intercom, but a walkie-talkie. The feature will be rolling out "in the coming weeks," according to Google, but you can see it in action in the video below.

What's more, the update also does a little to solve the problem of how you receive broadcasts if you have more than one Google Home. Though the initial incoming message will still play over all your devices, subsequent replies will only play over the speaker you reply from.

In addition to broadcast replies, Google is adding a few other new features to its Home speakers, including:

  • A new recipes feature that surfaces "suggested recipes" on Google Home products with a display. You can also save recipes you like in a dedicated "cookbook."

  • A kid-oriented feature that lets you set alarms in the voice of cartoon characters, like the Ninja Turtles.

  • New playback controls for audiobooks and podcasts so you can change the playback speed to be faster or slower.

Looks like Home speaker users have more reason to utilize the tech more often now.

Featured Video For You
3Doodler Create Plus is the perfect pen for creative techies — Power Up

Topics Google Assistant Google Home Gadgets

Previous：Best vacuum mop combo deal: Save $140 on the Tineco Floor One S5

Next：The cicadas aren't invading the U.S.

Related Articles
Related Recommendations
Categories
Latest Articles
Popular Articles
Hot Recommendations
Featured Column

Quick Links

Apple is discontinuing the pricey iMac Pro, so get it while you canBeeple sells NFT for over $69 million. Yep, you read that right.The Sonos Roam is a small, portable smart speaker for $169KFC follows only 11 people on Twitter, for one mindblowing reasonSolange calls out a UK magazine for Photoshopping her braids out of the coverGender bias online is as harmful as ever. Here are a few ways to fight back.What's the digital divide?WayUp debuts profiles that show off your entire personalityWhat's the digital divide?The woman who took down Uber gives her first interview since speaking upWhy everyone's talking about New Zealand's next Prime Minister Jacinda ArdernDictionary.com adds new words reflecting online activism and workCNN subtweets Donald Trump with an ad about an appleNew 'Harry Potter' exhibition shows us J.K. Rowling's original pitch letterApple's iPhone might get a periscope camera, but don't expect it very soonComey revealed he secretly runs the "Reinhold Niebuhr" Twitter accountFacebook and Italy team up to teach students how to spot fake newsThe iPhone just got 'important security updates.' Download them.Best Apple Magic Keyboard deal: $100 off models for iPad Pro and AirFacebook won't share the data needed to solve its far These women engineers had the most productive debate of the Google memo so far Arnold Schwarzenegger donated $100,000 to an anti Spotify is now pulling white supremacy music off its service 'Mission: Impossible 6' shoot paused while Tom Cruise recovers Blizzard tries to rename Battle.net, fails Don't even think about using these emoji in these countries This wildly expensive gin comes with an old motorcycle part lodged in the bottle Supermarket brings in 'quiet hour' designed to help autistic people Congrats are in order: Malala was just accepted into Oxford Hackers just broke into HBO's Twitter accounts amidst weeks of security breaches This man might expose the Russian hacking operation Why Apple's not going to sell an OLED TV Google Maps just added a Q&A feature for Android users Melbourne, Australia, is the world's most liveable city for the seventh year in a row The internet gives film titles totally British makeovers and it's absolutely brilliant White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests. Some don’t like what they find. Taylor Swift makes a subtle social media return after groping lawsuit Facebook's mobile redesign makes reading easier but it's kind of just really gray JK Rowling slams Trump supporters after total meltdown of a press conference Mark Zuckerberg responds to Charlottesville, criticizes neo

2.1025s , 8200.7109375 kb

Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【Action Archives】,Evergreen Information Network  

Sitemap

Top

Quick Links