What it does is, when you connect your phone to the charger, Google Assistant will turn on Ambient mode where you will get a slideshow of photos pulled from Google Photos, access to Google Assistant on the lock screen, weather information, music player, multiple clock faces, and much more.īasically, the Ambient Mode by Google Assistant is really done well, but the sad part is that it only kicks in while your smartphone is charging. Here, you can add your family member and mention the connection between your family members.Īmbient Mode has been widely rolled out and now it’s available on almost all the Android devices running Android 8.0 and above. So to change Google Assistant settings regarding your family, open the Google app -> More -> Settings -> Google Assistant -> Your People. Also, you can call your family members by mentioning just the relationship name.įor instance, you can say “ call my sister” and Google Assistant will automatically know whom you are referring to.

This will allow you to assign reminders to your family members. If you have multiple people at your home who use Google’s virtual assistant for everyday tasks then you should consider adding them to your family group. However, if the access to TV is only limited to you then you can change this Google Assistant voice settings so that you can perform many actions from the TV itself. It’s good that Google has disabled this setting to protect your data from other users. On Android TV, personal results through Google Assistant are turned off by default. Now you will be able to play content on both Spotify and Netflix with just a voice command. Next, look for “ Videos and Photos” and then link your Netflix account.

By the way, you can also link other music streaming services.įor Netflix, scroll down and tap on “View all settings”. Just open the Google app -> More tab -> Settings -> Google Assistant -> Music -> tap on “Link” below Spotify. However, last year, we found a nifty way to integrate Spotify with Google Assistant through the Explore tab.Īnd now, finally, you can link your Spotify and Netflix account with Google Assistant from the Settings page. Link Spotify/Netflix with Google Assistantįor many years, Google hid the settings page to link Spotify with Google Assistant.

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