How to adjust your Google Nest’s sound settings
Google Assistant may be the best digital assistant, but the Google Nest speakers aren’t the best-sounding smart speakers. Thebest smart speakershave great bass and full treble and fill your room. You must adjust the sound settings to get the most out of a Google speaker. Here’s how to adjust your Google Nest’s sound settings.
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How to adjust the volume on your Nest smart speaker
The volume is one of the easiest and most essential settings on your Nest or Google Home speaker or display. It can be controlled on the speaker by tapping it on the top, tapping it on the side, or telling it to raise or lower the volume.
However, if you aren’t home or are in another room, adjust the speaker’s volume using the Google Home app. This works even when you’re not on the same network as your speaker. It can be handy if you forget to stop your music when leaving the house.
How to tweak the equalizer settings.
In addition to raising or lowering the volume, the Google Home app lets you adjust your speaker’s bass and treble settings.
How to change the alarm and timer volume
Google Home and Nest speakers use different volume levels for alarms and timers, which ensures the setting is consistent and doesn’t fluctuate when changing the music volume. The settings are hidden but are easy to find:
You’ll do this for each speaker. There isn’t a universal control for all of them.
There’s an option tolower the speaker’s volume while it’s listening to you, which helps Google Assistant hear you correctly when you talk to it. Don’t use this option if you do not pause between saying “OK Google” and your command, as the sound covers your voice while you talk to your speaker.
How to start and stop music or broadcasts on your Nest smart speaker
You can set your Google Nest speaker to play a tone when it begins listening to you. This lets you know if your speaker is listening to you. You can also have it play a tone when you finish speaking to ensure it heard you correctly. Here’s how to set that up:
The process is specific to the speaker you selected, meaning you must do it again for each speaker.
Make it sound like you want
Google Assistant is a powerful and helpfuldigital assistant. As Google melds its Bard AI with Assistant, exciting things will happen. However, Google Nest speakers aren’t the greatest audio devices compared to the competition, but with a few tweaks to their settings, they can be decent for listening to music.
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