Send information from your speaker or display to your phone

Google Assistant on your Google Nest or Home speaker or display can send information to your phone and help you learn more about the topic. This includes things like directions, traffic information, and sports standings.

This feature is currently available in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, India, Singapore, Germany, and Japan.

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

Set up Find My iPhone

To allow Google Assistant to find your iPhone, you need to turn on notifications from the Google Home app and set up Voice Match. Then, when you need to find your phone, you can say “Find my iPhone” or “Where’s my iPhone?” to your Assistant-enabled Google Nest device. To let Google Assistant find your phone even when it’s set to silent or Do not disturb, turn on Critical alerts. 

Note: If you don’t turn on notifications, Google Assistant can still call the number linked to your Google Account, but it shouldn't send a notification.

This feature is only available in the US and Canada for iOS.

What you need

• An iPhone connected to mobile data or Wi-Fi
• The Google Home app
• An Assistant-enabled Google Nest device, like a Google Nest speaker or display or Nest Wifi router set up in the Google Home app

Turn on notifications and Critical alerts

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Settings   Notifications.
3. Tap General notifications  Critical Alerts  Turn on critical alerts.
   • A notification will display at the top of the screen. Tap Turn on Critical alerts Go to settings.  This takes you to the Google Home screen in your iPhone’s Settings app. 
   • If you don’t have the option to turn on notifications, this may mean notifications are already turned on.
4. Tap Notifications  turn on Allow Notifications and Critical Alerts.

Set up Voice Match

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. At the top right, tap your account.
3. Verify that the Google Account shown is the one linked to your speaker or display. If correct, tap Close  to return to the previous screen. To switch accounts, tap the dropdown icon , then tap another account or Add another account.
4. Tap Settings   Google Assistant  Voice match.
5. Tap Continue  I agree.
6. Follow the in-app steps.
7. To get your personal information, you must turn on Personal results. Tap Turn on and proceed with the Voice Match setup.
8. To invite others to set up Voice match for tailored results, tap Invite  choose your communication method, and send the invite. To skip this step, tap No thanks.
9. Make sure that you check any devices you want to use to Find My Phone for.

Find your iPhone

Say "Hey Google, find my phone" or “find my iPhone” and Google Assistant should send a notification to your iPhone that makes it ring for about 25 seconds. To stop the ringing and dismiss the notification, tap the notification.

Important: Google Assistant sends the notification to the iPhone on which you last signed into the Home app . It also tells you which iPhone it will ring.

You won't get a notification alert from your phone if it:

• Is set to silent or Do not disturb, unless you’ve enabled critical alerts.
• Doesn't have a cellular signal or isn't connected to the internet.