Broadcast voice messages to Google Home devices

Send a message to everyone in your home by broadcasting messages on all of your Google Home devices.

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Two or more Google Home devices (any combination of Google Home or Google Home Mini).
All Google Home devices are on the same Wi-Fi network.
At least one member of the household has signed in to each of the Google Home devices.
Do Not Disturb is off.
Google Home device firmware versionis 1.26.93937 or higher.

If the message is started on a Google Home device, it plays on all Google Home devices that:

A phone with the Google Assistant and at least one Google Home device.
Your phone meets the Google Assistant requirements.
The same Google Account signed in on the phone is signed in to each Google Home device.
Do Not Disturb is off.
Google Home device firmware version is 1.26.93937 or higher.

If the message is started on a phone, it plays on all Google Home devices that are signed in to the same Google Account.

To do this...	Say "Ok Google," then...
Create a custom message	"Broadcast/shout/tell everyone/announce <message>"

This broadcasts on all devices except the device you're broadcasting from.

To broadcast a message for:	Say "Ok Google," then...
Wake up	"Broadcast..." wake up everyone "(it's) time to wake up"
Breakfast	"Broadcast..." breakfast is ready breakfast is served (it's) time for breakfast
Lunch	"Broadcast..." (your) lunch is ready it's lunch time
Dinner	"Broadcast..." dinner is served dinner is ready ring the dinner bell (it's) time for dinner it's dinner time
Time to leave	"Broadcast..." (it's) time to get out (it's) time to leave (it's) time to leave home (it's) time to leave the house
Arrived home	"Broadcast..." I'm home I'm here
On the way	"Broadcast..." (I'm) on the way (I'll) be home soon (I'll) be back soon
Movie time	"Broadcast..." (it's) movie time the movie is about to start let's go to the movie
TV time	"Broadcast..." the show is about to start it's time to watch tv (it's) tv time
Bedtime	"Broadcast..." (it's) time for bed (it's) time to go to bed sleep time we should go to bed

These broadcast on all devices including the device you're broadcasting from.

Anyone (including users enrolled in Voice Match and guests) can broadcast a message.

Elise is a Google Home expert and author of this help page. Leave her feedback below about the page.

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