How to Connect Google Home and Your Smart TV: Turn on your TV and navigate to the Chromecast screen. Open the Google Home app on your smartphone. Tap on the “Plus” sign. Select “Set up device.” The app will now … Continue reading →

Buying an Alexa-capable speaker from Amazon or a third-party manufacturer isn’t the only way you can take the smart speaker for a spin. Amazon has made it so you — and other manufacturers — can make your own, so long … Continue reading →

If you have a smart display, the response to questions may also include visuals. And ask an animal-related question, like “What does a whale sound like?” and you might hear the sound. Or ask about a local business and directions … Continue reading →

Your Nest Hub offers 3 ways to watch Netflix.Use voice-activated controls to ask the Google Assistant to open Netflix and play TV shows or movies. Tap the Nest Hub touchscreen to choose from a selection of recommended titles and control … Continue reading →

Nest Wifi and Google Wifi support 10/100/1000 Mbps (Megabits per second) on the Ethernet port. However, your internet speeds will be limited by the slowest component on your network. It can be reduced to 100 Mbps or 10 Mbps if … Continue reading →

To help you manage all of your connected products in one place, controls for Google Wifi and OnHub have moved from the Google Wifi app to the Google Home app. Is Google Wifi discontinued? In an email sent out to … Continue reading →

To improve your Wi-Fi speed, try one or more of these steps: Move the connected device closer to your Wifi router or point. Run a mesh test to confirm placement of your Wifi points. Try to move your router or … Continue reading →

Problem. In a mesh network, every link, or “hop,” between routers will decrease the bandwidth by half. This happens because wireless links can only do one thing at a time – transmit or receive. In a long “chain” of mesh … Continue reading →

Although you are only able to view your entire search history, be warned, if you leave your Gmail account logged in on a communal or family machine, not only can people snoop on your emails, they can browse your searching … Continue reading →

Once Guest Mode is enabled, you can have anyone open up an app that supports Google Cast and connect it to your Google Home. To do that, they’ll tap on the Google Cast button within the app. Select “Nearby Device”. … Continue reading →

Public or open networks that anyone can connect to are a security risk. For security reasons, never connect your Nest product to a network you know nothing about, and don’t use someone else’s network without their permission. Can Google Home … Continue reading →

Change your Nest Account password On the Nest app home screen, tap Settings . Select Account. Manage account. Note: If you’re using a Google Account, the app will ask to use “google.com” to sign in. Tap Account Security. Account password. … Continue reading →

Chrome is already installed on most Android devices, and can’t be removed. You can turn it off so that it won’t show on the list of apps on your device. Tap Apps & notifications. What happens if I delete Google … Continue reading →

The biggest downside to a mesh WiFi router system is that you need to keep routers plugged into outlets in multiple rooms of your home. If you live in an apartment, or older house with fewer outlets, this may be … Continue reading →

Google Home is Slow or Buggy Try restarting your device. Open the Google Home app and select the device you are trying to reboot. Go to Settings (three vertical dots in the upper right corner of the device card) and … Continue reading →