Google Home Voice Match: What It Is and How to Use It

What makes Google Home a great addition to any household is the fact that it can be enjoyed by the entire family. Anyone in your home can use it for whatever purpose they like, from playing a silly game to setting timers for the kitchen.

But while this is indeed an advantage, it can also get confusing when you want to pull up personal information, but Google Home can’t recognize you. This is where Voice Match comes into play. Learn what this feature is all about and how you may use it to keep your household organized.

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What Is Voice Match?

Voice Match is a feature that helps a Google Home device identify the current speaker’s unique voice and tailor its responses accordingly. It provides a more personalized experience to the user as Google Assistant will be able to give personal results like upcoming events from the user’s Google Calendar and lists from their Google Keep.

With Voice Match activated, sharing the Google Home device with the entire household wouldn’t be chaotic anymore. Google Assistant can easily recognize who is talking and say the appropriate personal results based on the speaker.

black google home with speech bubble for voice recognition

Currently, you can enable Voice Match for up to six members of the Google Home household.

How to Use Voice Match

Here’s how to set up the feature.

Set Up Voice Match

When you set up your Google Home device for the first time, you will be given the option toturn on personal resultsand Voice Match right away. However, if you chose not to do so, you can still set up Voice Match and personal results anytime from the Google Home app on yourAndroidoriOSdevice. Before proceeding with the following steps, you first need toinvite your family members to your Google Home household. Afterward, here’s what you need to do:

Turn Off Voice Match

If you want Google Home to stop recognizing your voice, you can turn off Voice Match from the Google Home app. There are two ways to go about this. You can either turn Voice Match off for your entire house or for a specific device only.

Keep in mind that if you disable the feature for the entire home, it will affect all the household members and devices, and everyone will stop getting personalized answers from all of your Google Home devices. Meanwhile, if you turn it off for just a particular device, it will only affect that device.

voice match on google home app

To disable Voice Match for your entire home, follow these steps:

To disable Voice Match for a specific device, here’s what you need to do:

google home voice match

Retrain Voice Match

You likely wouldn’t have to reteach Google Assistant with your voice. But if you happen to have a cold when you first set Voice Match up or Google Assistant is having trouble recognizing you, you can easily retrain it on the Google Home app.

Enhance Your Google Home Experience With Voice Match

With Voice Match, everyone in the family can enjoy a personalized experience with Google Home. The best part is that it’s very quick and easy to set up, and you’ll have tailored responses from Google Assistant in no time.

The Google Home app has more uses than you might have realised, from calendar notifications to support for thousands of compatible smart home devices.

google home voice match setup

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