Meet the Google Home app

The Google Home app lets you set up, manage and control your smart home devices from a single app.

Download the app on an Android device, iPhone or iPad.
Add your Google devices and other compatible smart home products.

Public Preview gives you early access to the latest Google Home app features.

Get the latest version of the Google Home app

Download or update the Google Home app from the Google Play Store.

Set up and use the Google Home app

Set up Google devices including:
- Cameras
- Thermostats
- Speakers
- Displays
- Wi-Fi routers
- Google streaming devices
- Pixel Tablet's Charging Speaker Dock
Control, organise and manage Google Nest and compatible devices. To check a device's compatibility, find the Works with Google Home or Matter badge on your device.
Broadcast a message or ring linked devices.
Create and manage routines for your devices and Google Assistant.
Change settings and preferences.

Set up convenient device controls

You can control devices added to your Google Home app using your:

Navigate the Google Home app

The Google Home app is divided into several sections to help you easily find what you need.

Customise and manage the Favourites tab

You can add or remove actions, automations and devices to the Favourites

tab for quick and easy access.

Favourites tiles can let you:

Check the status of a device or automation.
Touch and hold to open all device controls or settings.
Quickly access basic controls:
- Tap to turn a device on or off.
- Tap to start an action or automation.
- Use a slider to adjust brightness or media volume.

Customise Favourites

To change the actions, automations or devices on your Favourites, scroll down and tap Edit . Tick or untick the box next to the tile to add or remove it from Favourites.
To organise your Favourites, tap Reorder to drag the tiles into the position that you want.

Other key features in Favourites

Home selector: Displays the name of your home at the top. If you have multiple homes set up, tap your home name to switch between homes.
Inbox: Shows important notifications about your home. This includes device issues, suggested automations, invitations to join a home and more.
Device categories: These appear at the top.
- Cameras: Shows your camera's video. Multiple compatible cameras are displayed together.
- Lighting: Control all the compatible lights in your home or in a specific room.
- Wi-Fi: Runs speed tests and manages your Nest Wifi Pro, Nest Wifi or Google Wifi network and settings.
- Climate: Displays your thermostat and temperature sensors in one place.
Media mini-player: Shows what media you're currently playing and which device it's on.

Monitor and control the Devices tab

In the Devices

tab, you can check all the devices that you've added to your home. They're organised by the room that they're assigned to.

Device controls

Touch and hold your device's tile to open all of its settings or controls. Different types of devices have different controls. Some device tiles show the device status or certain controls.

Google Nest and Home speakers and displays:
- Control the speaker or display's volume and equalisation (EQ).
- Play, pause, skip or stop media.
- Access settings.
Google streaming devices:
- Control the display's volume or access settings.
- Play, pause, skip or stop media.
Pixel Tablet (Hub Mode only): Control the Charging Speaker Dock's volume and stop casting.
Cameras: Check the live video stream from your compatible cameras. Newer cameras also let you change settings and check history.
Thermostat: Adjust your compatible thermostat's set point, change modes and check the ambient temperature. Other settings might be available for some thermostat models.
Lights: Turn your compatible smart lights on and off and adjust their brightness or colour, if supported.
Smart plugs: Turn your compatible smart plug on and off.
Speaker groups: Access the group's settings.

Create and manage automations

In the Automations

tab, you can manage routines to automate your home and help with daily tasks.

Household routines: Create automations for your home and its members.
- Home and Away routines allow you to automatically adjust your devices, such as lights and thermostat, to different settings when you're home or away. Learn how to set up and control Home and Away routines.
- The script editor allows you to create powerful home automations to build a personalised smart home. Learn how to create advanced home automations with the script editor.
- On Android devices, you can check and run automations created in compatible third-party apps. Learn more about third-party app automations in the Google Home app.
Personal routines: Create routines that are specific to you. For example, play your favourite morning news when you dismiss an alarm.

Important: All household members can check when these routines run. Routines are for convenience only, not safety- or security-critical use cases. Don't create routines that could result in injury or harm if they fail to start or stop. Routines can depend on working Internet, Wi-Fi and service availability from both Google and the third parties who manufacture the devices included in routines. Routines may not always work, and Google isn't responsible for any harm or losses incurred due to failed routines.

Access your Activity

In the Activity

tab, you can find your home's history, which includes events captured by cameras, interactions with Google Assistant, device states and more.

If you want to check specific types of activity, tap Filter to select what you want to appear. Pick from any combination of events and devices to find what's most important to you. Select the filters that you want to use and tap Save.

Manage your settings

In the Settings