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Command
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Action
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Help
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Triggers the Help dialogue, which can tell you which and how to use commands for specific tasks.
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Turn it up / Louder
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Raises the audio’s volume
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Turn it down
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Lowers the audio’s volume
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Set volume to [1-11]
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Allows you to set the volume between 1 and 11
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Mute
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Prevents your Google Home unit from using its microphone. You will need to press the physical button on the unit to un-mute it
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Stop
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Stops the current task
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Send feedback
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Allows you to send a feedback message directly to Google.
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Primary Google Home Commands
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Set alarm for [time]
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Sets an alarm reminder for a specific time
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Set alarm for [time] every day of the week
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Sets a recurring alarm reminder for a specific time
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Cancel my alarm
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Cancels an alarm that you have previously configured
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Snooze
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Snoozes an alarm
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Remind me to [task] on [day] at [time]
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Creates a task reminder for you on a time and date you specify
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Set a timer for [X] minutes
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Creates a timer for the requested amount of time
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Set a second timer for [X] minutes
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Creates a second timer for the requested amount of time
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How much time is left on my timer?
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Queries how much time remains on a current timer
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Pause timer
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Pause a timer
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Resume timer
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Resume a paused timer
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Add [item] to my shopping list
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Adds the requested item to a Google Home shopping list
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What’s on my shopping list?
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Reads out the items you put on your Google Home shopping list
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Buy [item]
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Searches and allows you to buy an item from Google Express
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Talk to [action name]
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Tells Google Home to interact with specific other 3rd party devices
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Assorted Food and Health Information Commands
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How much potassium is in a banana?
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Does a Google search for the nutritional information of the food.
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How many calories are in [food]?
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Searches for more nutritional information
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What is [medical condition]?
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Reads your information about a medical condition
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How do I make [dish]?
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Provides the best recipe for any dish
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Find me a [food] recipe
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Searches for a recipe with the ingredient in it
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Sports and Other Entertainment Commands
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What was the score of the [team] game?
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Checks the latest scores
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What is the [team] record?
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Tells you a sports teams current record
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When are the [team] playing next?
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Tells you a team’s next game
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What actors are in [movie]?
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Gives you certain news/entertainment information
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Who invented [thing]?
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Teaches you something from history
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Who wrote [book]?
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Find out the author of a book
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What is [actor]’s most popular movie?
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Lists more information about a celebrity
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Who is [person]?
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Learn more about a person that Google knows about
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How old is [person]?
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Asks Google how old someone is
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Various Calculations and Conversion Commands
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How many days until [holiday]?
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Tells you how many days till a calendar event
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Count to [X]
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Google Home counts up or down to your number
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What’s [X divided by [Y]?
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Perform basic math functions
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What is [X] percent of [Y]?
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Perform percentage calculations
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What’s the cosine of [X]?
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Perform more advanced maths
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How many [units] are in [other units]
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Allows you to convert one unit to another
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How many pesos in a dollar?
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Perform any type of currency conversion
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How many milligrams are [X] ounces?
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Convert common units
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Language and Communication Commands
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How do I spell [word]?
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Google Home will spell out a word
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How do you say [word/phrase] in [language]?
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Translates phrases using Google Translate
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What is [foreign phrase] in English?
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Asks Google Home for a comparable phrase in English
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What does [word] mean?
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Defines a requested word
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Commute and Travel Information Commands
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How’s my commute?
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Hear the estimated time driving to your specified workplace
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How’s the traffic on the way to [location]?
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Gets local traffic data to a location
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How long will it take to walk to [place]?
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Learn how long it will take by any means of transit to a location
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How far is [place] from here?
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Ask for a specific distance
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When is my next flight?
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Gets the time of your flight
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Is my flight on time?
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Checks up on whether your flight is cancelled or delayed
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What’s the status of [airline] [flight number]?
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Gives you any flight details
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How much is a flight to [place]?
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Determines the current price to fly somewhere
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What’s the capital of [country]?
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Hear current geographical information
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What time is it in [place]?
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Ask for a local time
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Calendar and To-Do List Commands
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Play my daily briefing
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Google Home reads your daily briefing which Includes the weather, time, and current news
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What’s on my calendar for [day]?
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Checks your calendar for events or appointments
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When is [holiday] this year?
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Checks on a specific calendar event’s date
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Remember [thing]
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Notates a quick note into Google Home’s storage
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What did I ask you to remember?
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Recall a quick note from Google Home’s storage
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What/when is my next event?
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Checks your closest calendar event
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News, Weather, and Other Local Info Commands
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Tell me the news
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Creates a quick summary of the current news
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What’s the latest in [category]?
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Recalls specific recent news for a certain category or event
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What’s the weather?
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Hear information about the weather for your location
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What’s the forecast for [day]?
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Recalls a summary of the weather for a specific day
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What is [stock] trading at?
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Checks the current trading value of a requested stock
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How are the markets doing?
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Formulates a summary of the recent events in the stock market
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What [businesses] are nearby?
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Allows you to search an area for a restaurant, shop, or other business
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What’s the nearest [business]?
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Finds the nearest location for a service near you
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What is the phone number for the nearest [place]?
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Searches Google for the phone number of the nearest shop or service requested
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Is [business] open now?
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Checks the opening hours of a store
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Google Home Music and Other Media Commands
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Play [song] | Play [album] | Play [artist]
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Plays music from whatever default music service you have configured on the Google Home
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Play [music] on [music service]
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Allows you to play music from a service other than the default
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Play music for [activity]
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Google Home finds a good playlist of music for a certain activity
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Play the song that goes [lyrics]
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Listens to the lyrics of a song and gets the title for you
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Shuffle
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Toggles shuffling on or off
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Pause
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Pauses whatever is playing
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Resume
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Continues a paused audio source
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Skip
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Skips the track or audio source
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Rewind [X] seconds
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Allows you to back up on a song or podcast
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Stop in [X] minutes
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Sets an amount of time for when Google Home should stop audio playback
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What’s playing?
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Ask Google Home about information about the current audio source
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Play [podcast name]
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Searches and plays a specific podcast
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Listen to the latest episode of [podcast]
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Automatically begins the most recent episode of a podcast
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Play at [X] speed
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Allows you to change the speed of a podcast or song
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Play [radio station] (on TuneIn)
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Tunes in to a radio station of a certain name, call-sign, or frequency
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Play my [station] station on Pandora
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Allows you to play a specific station from your Pandora account
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Play [audiobook]
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Begins the reading of an audio-book from the Google store
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Google Home Chromecast Commands
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Turn on/off [Chromecast name]
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Turns on or off the power of a connected Chromecast
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Play [music] on [Chromecast name]
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Start playing a song or playlist on a connected Chromecast device
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Play on [Chromecast name]
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Begins a requested Youtube video on a Chromecast device
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Play [show or movie] on [TV name]
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Allows you to play a movie or TV show on your Chromecast
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Play/pause [Chromecast name]
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Toggles the play state of a Chromecast device
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Stop [Chromecast name]
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Ends the current media playback on a Chromecast
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Skip forward/back [X] minutes on [Chromecast name]
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Allows you to rewind or fast forward on your Chromecast at will
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Mute/unmute [Chromecast name]
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Mutes or unmutes the audio from a specific Chromecast without stopping what is being played
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Show [camera name]
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Opens up the camera on your connected Chromecast device
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Show photos on my TV
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Opens up certain photos from your Google Photos account
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Show me a picture of [thing]
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Searches for a picture to display on your Chromecast
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Google Home Smart Home Commands
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Turn on/off my lights
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Turns on or off your smart lights
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Set my lights to [X] percent
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Dims or brightens your smart lights
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Turn my lights [color]
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Changes the color of your smart bulbs
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What’s the temperature inside?
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Asks for information about the temperature inside your home
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Set the temperature to [X]
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Allows you to change the Nest thermostat’s temperature
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Lock the front door
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Lock the smart lock on the front door of your house
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Broadcast [message]
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Relays a message to all the Google Home devices in your home
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Google Home Phone Call Commands
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Read my replies
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Reads you the latest messages from most of your message sending apps like Messenger or WhatsApp
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Send a WhatsApp message
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After linking your account to your Google Home allows you to send a message to someone via WhatsApp.
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Call [contact]
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Sends a call out from your Google Home device
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Hang up
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Ends the current placed call
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Find my phone
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Sends an alarm to your phone to help you find it
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Bluetooth pairing
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Activates Bluetooth pairing mode on the Google Home device
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Fun Google Home Commands
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Play Lucky Trivia
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Google starts up a fun trivia game to put your knowledge to the test
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What are your Easter eggs?
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Listens to Google Home’s fun hidden responses
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What does [animal] sound like?
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Google Home imitates the sound of an animal
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Sing a song
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Plays a unique song that is performed by Google Assistant
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Tell me a story
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Google Assistant will tell you a bedtime story
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Tell me a joke
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Google Home will tell you a random joke
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Read a poem
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Google Home will recite poetry on request
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Repeat after me: [phrase]
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Google Home will repeat the next phrase it hears
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Give me a random number between [X] and [Y]
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Google Home will generate a random number within a certain specified range
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Roll a die
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Google Home will roll virtual dice, you can specify what type of die as well
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Flip a coin
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Google Home will flip a digital coin for you
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What is your quest?
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Google Home will tell you its goal in life
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Can you swim?
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Google Assistant will tell you some information about itself
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Talk to Eliza
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This will allow you to speak to a virtual therapist
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Up up, down down, left-right, left-right, B A, Start
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This command is a reference to the Konami Code.
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Beatbox
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Google Home will attempt to beatbox for you
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Mad Libs
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Google Home will start a game of Madlibs with you
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Play the name game
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Google Home will try to generate a rhyming word for any name given
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Make me a sandwich
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Just try this one, please
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Where’s Waldo?
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Google Home will make a joke about where Waldo is
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Surprise me
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Google Home will surprise you, maybe
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Miscellaneous Other Google Home Commands
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Tune my instrument
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Google Home will play notes in an attempt to help you tune your instrument
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Play a [letter] note
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Google Home will play the requested musical note
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Where’s my package?
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Google Home will attempt to find out information on your package in shipping.
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