Set & manage timers and sleep timers

Set and manage a timer for cooking, game time, laundry, and even sleep. It’s great for the kitchen, but can be used in the living room, bedroom and more.

Note: You can turn off a timer or an alarm without saying, “Hey Google.” Just say, “Stop.” This is available on Google Nest and Home speakers and displays in English-speaking countries.

Note: If Digital Wellbeing is enabled, this feature may be restricted or blocked by Downtime, Filters or Do not disturb.

Learn more about Digital Wellbeing

General timers

Timer alert sounds will only be played from the internal speaker or display, and not other cast devices (TVs, other speakers) that are associated with the Google Nest or Home device.

To do this:	Say “Hey Google,” then:	Your speaker or display will:
Set a timer, Set a timer with name	“Set a timer for one minute” “Set a 10-minute timer for pizza”	Set timer for one minute, Set timer with specified name
Find out time remaining on timer, Find out time remaining on timer with a name	“How much time is left?” “How much time is left on my pizza?”	Say time remaining on timer with specified name
Cancel a timer, Cancel a timer with name	“Cancel timer” “Cancel pizza timer”	Cancel timer, Cancel timer with specified name
Stop a ringing timer	“Stop” To stop a timer, you don’t need to say “Hey Google,” just say “Stop.” (English language only) To control by touch: Google Home - Tap the top. Google Nest Mini - Tap the center. Google Home Mini - Press and hold either side. Google Home Max - Tap the line on the top or right side.  Google Nest Audio - Tap the center. Google Nest displays - Tap Stop on the screen. Google Nest Wifi point - Tap the center.	Stop timer
Pause timer	“Pause timer”	Pause timer
Resume timer	“Resume timer" “Restart timer”	Resume timer from the time it was paused

Sleep timers

You can set a sleep timer to turn off music that plays on your speaker or display. You can set one sleep timer per device. 

To do this:	Say "Ok Google" or "Hey Google," then:
Set a sleep timer	“Set a sleep timer for 30 minutes” “Set a sleep timer at 9:30”
Set sleep timer by duration	"Play music, artist, genre or playlist for <duration>” “Stop music, artist, genre or playlist in <duration>” “Stop playing in <duration>”
Set sleep timer by time	"Play music, artist, genre or playlist until <time>" "Stop music, artist, genre or playlist at <time>" “Stop playing at <time>”
Update a sleep timer Note: When you create a new sleep timer, it will replace the existing sleep timer.	Use any of the above voice commands
Cancel music timer Note: This only cancels the music timer. Your music will continue to play.	“Cancel the sleep timer”
Ask about remaining time on timer	“How much time is left on the sleep timer?”

Control volume of timer by voice

To do this:	Say “Ok Google” or "Hey Google," then:	Your speaker or display will:
Increase volume	“Turn it up” “Louder” “Volume up”	Google Home, Google Nest Mini (2nd gen), Google Home Mini (1st gen), Google Nest Audio, Google Nest Hub, Google Nest Hub Max: Increase volume by a 10% increment Google Home Max: Increases volume by a 5% increment
Decrease volume	“Turn it down” “Softer” “Volume down”	Google Home, Google Nest Mini (2nd gen), Google Home Mini (1st gen), Google Nest Audio, Google Nest Hub, Google Nest Hub Max: Decrease volume by a 10% decrement Google Home Max: Decreases volume by a 5% decrement
Set specific volume level	“Volume level 5” “Volume to 65%”	Sets volume at a specific level. Scale is 1 to 10 or 1 to 100%
Maximize volume	"Max volume"	Sets volume at level 10
Minimum volume	"Minimum volume"	Sets volume at level one
Change volume by X amount	"Increase volume by 10%" "Decrease volume by 10%"	Changes volume by amount specified
Get current volume level	"What’s the volume?"	Says the current volume level