Set up calling on your Google Nest speaker or display

Here's a side-by-side comparison of available calling methods:

Here's where to find which calling methods are available where you live:

To connect your Google Meet account to your Nest speaker or display:

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Settings .
3. Tap Communication Video & Voice Apps Google Meet.
   • Depending on your device, you might need to tap Google Duo.
4. Follow the in-app instructions for setup.

Important:

• All calls will be charged in accordance with your call provider's plan.
• Data charges may apply.
• You must be located within the service area of your call provider.

1. If you haven't already, set up a subscription with Google Fi or Google Voice.
2. Open the Google Home app .
3. Tap your account.
4. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device. If correct, tap to close the account window. To switch accounts, tap the dropdown icon , then tap another account or Add another account
5. Tap Settings Communication Call Providers.
6. Select your calling provider.
7. Follow the in-app steps to link your account.

Personal results allow you to call your Google contacts when you say their name, "Hey Google, call [contact name]." Learn more about personal results.

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Settings .
3. Tap Google Assistant Personal results.
4. Tap Get started Turn on Done.

With Voice Match enabled, additional members of your home can use their own contacts to make calls on your device. To let multiple people use their contacts on the same device, each person needs to set up Voice Match.

To call contacts saved on your iPhone or iPad:

1. Go to myaccount.google.com/devicecontacts sign in to the Google Account that's linked to your Google device.
2. Turn on Save contact info from your signed-in devices.
3. Open the Google Home app .
4. Tap Settings Communication Call Providers.
5. Next to "Contacts Uploading," tap Turn on. To update, tap Upload Now.

Contacts from your device will now periodically sync with Google Assistant.

If you have many contacts or new contacts, you might need to wait a few minutes for them to be available for calling.

Nest speakers and displays use your Google contacts to make calls. If your Google contacts don't have enough info or contain similar or duplicate entries, your device might not be able to place calls to certain contacts.

Learn how to clean up your contacts:

• Merge duplicate contacts
• Edit or delete contacts
• Add, move, or import contacts

Tips:

• Use a unique name for each contact. Include first and last names if available.
• Add a phone number and, if available, an email to each contact.

With household contacts set up, you can allow anyone with access to your Google Nest speakers or displays to call specific contacts that you choose. On Nest displays, you can also use the touchscreen to call household contacts.

Set up and manage household contacts

Only ring when home allows you to receive calls on your speakers or displays when you're home and prevents calls to your devices when you're away.

To use Only ring when home, you need to turn on presence sensing with your phone's location. Once enabled, presence sensing automatically determines whether you're home or away and can be used for other features that depend on location information like Home & Away Routines.

Changes to presence sensing settings in one feature might affect other features that use presence sensing. For example, if you turn off phone location in Home & Away Routines, your home devices will ring if someone calls while you're away.

Note: You can only use one app to share phone location at a time. For example, if you've shared your phone location with the Nest app, when you enable your location in the Home app, phone location sharing gets disabled in the Nest app.

Turn Only ring when home on or off

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap your account.
3. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device. If correct, tap to close the account window. To switch accounts, tap the dropdown icon , then tap another account or Add another account
4. Tap Settings .
5. Tap Communication Device & Call Settings.
   • To set up Only ring when home, tap Set up follow the in-app steps.
   • If you already set up Only ring when home, tap the switch to turn it on or off.

To temporarily block calls to a device, turn on Do not disturb.

To create a schedule for Do not disturb, set up Night mode.

Your Nest speaker or display can only receive incoming calls on Google Meet.

To turn incoming calls on or off:

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Settings Communication Video & Voice Apps.
3. Turn on or off the linked speakers or displays.

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Settings Communication Video & Voice Apps Unlink Google Meet account.

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap your account.
3. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device. If correct, tap to close the account window. To switch accounts, tap the dropdown icon , then tap another account or Add another account
4. Tap Settings Communication Call Providers.
5. Tap the button next to your service provider.

Google records voice commands after "Ok Google" or "Hey Google." For example, "Hey Google, call Bob" or "Ok Google, hang up" would be recorded. The recording would stop after that phrase.

Google doesn't record the phone conversation.

With Google-supported calling and mobile calling, Google Assistant asks you which number you'd like to call. Eventually, your Assistant learns which number you prefer for certain contacts so you can skip this step in the future.​ You can also edit your contacts to make them more unique at contacts.google.com.

With Google Meet calls, your device calls the number with a valid Google Meet account

You can receive calls from someone with Google Meet.

To receive calls:

• Set up Google Meet calling on your device
• Turn on personal results
• Turn off:
  • Do not disturb
  • Night mode
  • Downtime

Google-supported calling and mobile calling don't support incoming calls.

You can only receive calls from someone using Google Meet. Learn more about how to block numbers on Google Meet.

If you have a Nest display, use the dial pad on the screen to navigate a phone system.

Google's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy apply to Nest or Home speakers and displays. Additionally, Nest speakers and displays follow the Google Voice acceptable use policy. For mobile calling on Google Nest or Home devices, the call provider's terms of service also apply. For example, Google Fi's Terms of Service apply to Fi-supported calls.