UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
So you don't have to specify where it plays each time? Some posts I've read when searching suggests this, but they were quite old.
Google Home and Google Home Mini - discussion
- Thread starter Lord Camomile
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So you don't have to specify where it plays each time? Some posts I've read when searching suggests this, but they were quite old.
Lord Camomile
Yipchaa!
I'm yet to get out of the habit of saying "thank you" to my Mini 
lazythursday
Averagely-Known Member
When I first got my google home mini it had an american accent - and I could make it male sounding too. But I realised after using it for a while that it would also only read me out american news and would only give me temperatures in fahrenheit despite me having set it as celcius in the settings. There is a setting buried somewhere on the home app to tell it to be UK English, mine functioned much better once I'd done that.Hmm can't seem to do this with the bigger Home. But she now has a Canadian accent
joustmaster
offcumdun
Does anyone else find that casting music to multiple devices is a shambles if you have a wifi repeater in the house?
And - has anyone tried the google wifi device? Seems expensive. But does it work well?
And - has anyone tried the google wifi device? Seems expensive. But does it work well?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
No experience of using a repeater I'm afraid.
I've got the mini casting to other speakers. Confused the heck out of me earlier when I told it stop playing music and it told me wasn't, despite music coming out the speakers. Turns out it was started on a phone. Little things like that could definitely be slicker.
I've got the mini casting to other speakers. Confused the heck out of me earlier when I told it stop playing music and it told me wasn't, despite music coming out the speakers. Turns out it was started on a phone. Little things like that could definitely be slicker.
joustmaster
offcumdun
you can tell it to stop playing music on specific devices.
eg - hey google pause kitchen speakers.
it should work whatever device started it.
joustmaster
offcumdun
Mine was terrible when I had a wifi booster to extend in to the other end of the house.
And it was a bit rubbish when I had 5ghz and 2.4ghz networks switched on in the router.
I now have no booster and only run a router with one frequency and it is excellent.
But I struggle to get wifi in the far end of my house.
I won't be happy with any of this nonsense until Windows 10's Cortana pops up as an actual holograph as per it's namesake from the Halo games. Until then this is not the future, it's so barely even the present that it might as well just be the past.
Sorry, I meant e.g. you cast from one instance of Google Music (OK, it's a complete google cast/music issue) and then when you pick up another device and open the google music app it doesn't automatically show you the track that is being played and give you all the other options, Just limited functionality for pause and volume.
joustmaster
offcumdun
Ah. yeah... that can be annoying.
joustmaster
offcumdun
Found out that you can use the command "Broadcast".
It will then record your voice and play it across the other devices in your home.
It will then record your voice and play it across the other devices in your home.
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I succesfully modded my Home Mini with a line out and now it's great for music)
Why they didn't build in I don't know. I like the chrome cast audios, but it's good to give people options.
Crispy
The following psytrance is baṉned: All
to make you buy more chromecasts
joustmaster
offcumdun
They've made a bigger version with top bollock stereo sound.
If you get two, they pair to create of left and right speakers.
£350 each. Cripes.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I'll stick to very old amps and speakers with a Chromecast at that price thanks!
joustmaster
offcumdun
Hey google - Call xxxx
Woo!
Woo!
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Need to try this when I'm home. The thing has sat pretty unused for a little while. Microphone quality decent?
joustmaster
offcumdun
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
No, just got it for the voice control. It's paired with some chrome cast audios to use my existing speakers.
xsunnysuex
Life is a horizontal fall.
Had a good day. Visited John Lewis in Oxford St. They had a pop up doughnut stand run by google. You had to ask their google home mini a question. Any question. Then they gave you a box. Some of the boxes had doughnuts in. And a few had google home mini's. Guess what I won..
lazythursday
Averagely-Known Member
My home mini sits forlornly unplugged most of the time because her power lead tends to be more useful for charging my phone and the novelty has worn off.
''Sorry I don't understand, but I'm still learning!" - I just say that to my partner when he asks for something, cuts out the need for the mini.
''Sorry I don't understand, but I'm still learning!" - I just say that to my partner when he asks for something, cuts out the need for the mini.
