When you need to rest and relax, your Google smart speaker or display can play a variety of ambient sounds.
If Digital Wellbeing is enabled, this feature may be restricted or blocked by Downtime, Filters or Do not disturb.
Use your voice to play ambient sounds
Use voice commands to play ambient sounds. Ambient sounds continue to play if not turned off. To turn it off, say "Hey Google, stop."
If you use Gemini for Home voice assistant
| To do this: | Say "Ok Google" or "Hey Google," then: |
| Listen to an unspecified ambient sound | "Help me relax" "Play ambient noise" |
| Listen to a specific ambient sound | "Play fireplace sounds" "Play river sounds" "Play forest sounds" |
| Play white noise | "Play white noise" |
| Control volume | "Set volume to 5" "Set volume to 40%" |
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Set your home ambience |
"Dim the lights, set the temp to 72°, and play running water sounds" |
| Bring the ambient music with you as you move around your home | "Move the rain sounds to the living room speaker" |
If you use Google Assistant
| To do this: | Say "Ok Google" or "Hey Google," then: |
| Listen to an unspecified ambient sound | "Help me relax" "Play ambient noise" |
| Listen to a specific ambient sound | "Play fireplace sounds" "Play river sounds" "Play forest sounds" |
| Play white noise | "Play white noise" |
| Control volume | "Set volume to 5" "Set volume to 40%" |
Choose your ambient sound
- Babbling brook sounds
- Country night sounds
- Fireplace sounds
- Forest sounds
- Nature sounds
- Ocean sounds
- Oscillating fan sounds
- Rain sounds
- Relaxing sounds
- River sounds
- Running water sounds
- Thunderstorm sounds
- Water sounds
- White noise