When you need to rest and relax, your Google smart speaker or display can play a variety of ambient sounds.
If you enable Digital Wellbeing, Downtime, Filters or Do Not Disturb may restrict or block this feature.
Learn how to set up Digital Wellbeing.Use your voice to play ambient sounds
Use voice commands to play ambient sounds. Ambient sounds continue to play for 12 hours if not turned off. To turn it off, say 'Hey Google, stop'.
To play for longer, use the sleep timer feature and say 'Ok Google, play white noise for 16 hours', up to 24 hours. Refer to Set and manage timers on your Google smart speaker or display.
If you use Gemini for Home voice assistant
| To do this: | Say 'Hey Google', then: |
| Listen to an unspecified ambient sound | 'Help me relax' 'Play ambient noise' |
| Listen to a specific ambient sound | 'Play fireplace sounds' 'Play river sounds' 'Play forest sounds' |
| Play white noise | 'Play white noise' |
| Control volume | 'Set volume to 5' 'Set volume to 40%' |
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Set your home ambience |
'Dim the lights, set the temp to 22° and play running water sounds' |
| Bring the ambient music with you as you move around your home | 'Move the rain sounds to the living room speaker' |
If you use Google Assistant
| To do this: | Say 'Hey Google', then: |
| Listen to an unspecified ambient sound | 'Help me relax' 'Play ambient noise' |
| Listen to a specific ambient sound | 'Play fireplace sounds' 'Play river sounds' 'Play forest sounds' |
| Play white noise | 'Play white noise' |
| Control volume | 'Set volume to 5' 'Set volume to 40%' |
Choose your ambient sound
- Babbling brook sounds
- Baby shusher
- Country night sounds
- Fireplace sounds
- Forest sounds
- Lullaby
- Nature sounds
- Ocean sounds
- Oscillating fan sounds
- Outdoor sounds
- Rain sounds
- Relaxing sounds
- River sounds
- Running water sounds
- Thunderstorm sounds
- Water sounds
- White noise