Set up calling on your Google smart speaker or display

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

1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Tap Home settings and then Communication and then Video & Voice Apps.
4. Tap Google Meet.
5. 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 Google Home app.
3. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.

4. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device.

   • If correct, tap Close to exit the account window.
   • If you need to switch accounts, tap the drop down and then another account or Add another account.
5. Tap Home and then All devices , then touch and hold your device's tile.
6. Tap Settings and then Communication and then Call Providers.
7. Select your calling provider.
8. Follow the in-app steps to link your account.

Important: To call your contacts, you must also turn on Web and App Activity in your Google 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.

If you use Gemini for Home voice assistant

1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Tap Home settings and then Gemini for Home voice assistant and then Personal results.
4. Edit settings for the devices in your home.

If you use Google Assistant

1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Tap Home settings and then Google Assistant and then Personal results.
4. Edit settings for the devices in your home.

Important: If no one sets up Voice Match, everyone can use the contacts of the device's owner if the owner has personal results turned on.

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 Android phone or tablet:

1. Go to myaccount.google.com/devicecontacts and then sign in to the Google Account that's linked to your Google device.
2. Turn on Save contact info from your signed-in devices.

Tip: If you have many contacts or new contacts, they can take a few minutes to sync.

If your contacts don't sync, turn on contact sync in your Android device's settings:

1. On your Android device, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Google and then Settings for Google apps and then Google Contacts sync.
3. Tap Status.
4. Turn on Automatically sync.

Your speakers and displays use Google contacts to make calls. Your device might not be able to place calls to certain contacts if their info is incomplete or there are duplicate entries.

Learn how to clean up your contacts:

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

Tip:

• 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 speakers or displays to call specific contacts. On smart displays, you can also use the touchscreen to call household contacts.

Learn how to set up and manage household contacts.

Important: You can only use one app to share phone location at a time. For example, when you enable phone location in the Google Home app, it disables the shared location in the Nest app if previously enabled there.

Only ring when home allows you to receive calls on your speakers or displays when you're home. This feature 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. It can also be used for other features that depend on location information like presence-based automations.

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 presence-based automations, your home devices will ring if someone calls while you're away.

Turn Only ring when home on or off

1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device.
   • If you need to switch accounts, tap the drop down and then another account or Add another account.
4. Tap Home settings and then Communication and then Device & Call Settings.
   • To set up Only ring when home, tap Set up and then follow the in-app steps.
   • You can turn Only ring when home on or off after you set it up.

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

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

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

To turn incoming calls on or off:

1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Tap Home settings and then Communication and then Video & Voice Apps.
4. Turn the linked speakers or displays on or off.

1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your Google device.
   • If you need to switch accounts, tap the drop down and then another account or Add another account.
4. Tap Home settings and then Communication and then 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, your 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.

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

You can receive calls from someone with Google Meet.

To receive calls:

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

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

To temporarily block all calls, turn on Do not disturb. Do not disturb disables incoming broadcasts and reminder notifications. To prevent call notifications on a regular schedule, set up night mode.

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

Usage of smart speakers and displays are subject to Google's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Additionally, smart speakers and displays follow the Google Voice acceptable use policy.

For mobile calling on smart devices, the call provider's terms of service also apply. For example, Fi-supported calls are subject to Google Fi’s Terms of Service.

Your phone number shows up as private or unknown when you call someone with your smart device. This doesn’t happen if you have a Google Fi or Google Voice phone number linked in the Google Home app.

To link a Google Fi or Google Voice number:

1. Open the Google Home app Google Home app.
2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or Initial.
3. Tap Home settings and then Communication and then Call Providers.
4. Tap Google Voice or Google Fi to link your phone number.