Voice Match and media on shared Google Nest or Home devices

A Google Nest or Home speaker or display is often shared among household members. When each person in your household uses Voice Match, all of you can enjoy a more customized media experience.

When you set up Voice Match on a shared speaker or display, you can do things like:

Choose your own default music services.
Get a personalized music experience based on your listening history, liked songs and other details of your past interaction with the music service.
Control your own private library for the music service, which allows you to access your saved songs and playlists.
Can ask to play recommended YouTube videos or some TV shows or movies from a linked streaming service, which allows you to continue playback from your last saved spot.

Set up Voice Match

Voice Match must be associated with a Google Account. Only one Voice Match profile can be associated with a Google Account. If you have multiple Google Accounts, please only choose one account to set up a Voice Match profile.

When you set up Voice Match in your home, you turn it on for all devices in your home and can choose to turn it on automatically for any new devices. You can turn off Voice Match for a specific device at any time.

With the Google Home app

With your Google display

Set up Voice Match directly on your Google display. You need your phone and access to your display's screen.

Say "Hey Google, learn my voice" to your display.
On your display, tap Let's go.
Select your account on the display. A push notification should be sent to your phone to ask you to confirm whether it's you trying to sign in on a new device.

Note: If you don't receive a notification:

Android: Go to Settings Apps & notifications [All apps] Google Play services, and check that notifications are enabled. Then, you’ll need to start setup on your display again.

iOS: You may have notifications disabled. Open your YouTube, Google, Gmail, or Google Smart Lock app to check if the confirmation prompt has appeared. You’ll signed in to one of these apps on your phone for this to work.

To confirm, tap Yes, it's me.
Follow the on-screen steps on your display to complete Voice Match setup.

Display isn't linked to your Google Account

Voice Match setup is different if your display isn't linked to the Google Account you want to use. In this case, you'll be prompted to link your display to your Google Account during setup.

Say "Hey Google, learn my voice" to your display.
On your display, tap Let's go Don't see account.
Use your phone's camera to scan the QR code on your display. This step should redirect you to your phone's web browser. Note: If you can't scan the QR code, access the link below it to continue.
If you have more than one Google Account, make sure you're signed into the right one in the app before you continue. To switch accounts, tap another account or Add another account.
Enter the passcode shown on your display.
To link your display and account, tap Enter Next.
The app should tell you to return to the display. To complete Voice Match setup, follow the on-screen steps on your display.

Voice Match setup on displays for someone under the age of 13

A member of your home who is under the age of 13 can also use your display to set up Voice Match with their parent's help.

For your child to begin Voice Match setup, they should say "Hey Google, learn my voice" to your display. From there, they can select their Google Account on your display (or link their account to your display if they haven't already) and continue setup.

Your child needs to ask for your permission to enroll in Voice Match. Voice Match setup will ask you to sign in to your Google Account to give parental permission for your display to recognize your child's voice.

Your child will then teach the Assistant how to recognize their voice. After, your child will need your help once more to opt-in or opt-out of saving audio recordings.

Learn more about how to set up Voice Match for your child.

Important: These steps won't work with a Google Workspace account. Learn how to use a Google Workspace account on a device.

Share services with other Voice Match users and guests

Once you've set up Voice Match on a shared speaker or display, your linked music and video services might be accessible to someone else who speaks to your speaker or display with relevant voice commands.

To prevent others from using your music and video services, ask them to:

Set up Voice Match.
Set their own default music service and request their music.
Link their video services.

How Voice Match settings affect media selection

Google Assistant selects media content based on the person who requested it and their Voice Match status.

	First person who set up Voice Match How to identify this person	Additional Voice Match users	Guests and people without Voice Match
When Google Assistant gets voice commands for music from this person, it will:	Play music from your default music service. If you haven't linked your default service, Assistant will use other linked users' music services.	Play music from your default music service. If you haven't linked your default service, Assistant will use other linked users' music services.	Play music from the default music service of the first person who set up Voice Match. If the service you requested hasn't been linked, Assistant will use other linked users' music services.
When Google Assistant gets voice commands for TV shows and movies from this person, it will:	Play content from your linked streaming service. If you haven't linked your streaming service, Assistant will use other linked users' service accounts.	Play content from your linked streaming service. If you haven't linked your streaming service, Assistant will use other linked users' service accounts.	Play content from the linked streaming service of the first person who set up Voice Match. If the streaming service you requested hasn't been linked, Assistant will use other linked users' streaming services.
When Google Assistant gets voice commands for YouTube videos from this person, it will:	Play content from your YouTube account.	Play content from your YouTube account.	Play content from the YouTube account of the first person who set up Voice Match.

Who is the first person who set up Voice Match?

The user who set up the speaker or display and linked their voice is also the first person who set up Voice Match.

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