Turn off the voice assistant on Nest Wifi point

Nest Wifi points have a built-in speaker with the voice assistant. Use your voice to play music, manage your Wi-Fi network, find answers, control your connected devices, and more. 

You can adjust the Nest Wifi point speaker volume and light brightness from your device settings. This is a good option if you want to customize the volume and brightness of the point for your home but still want to use your assistant.

Adjust the volume of your Nest Wifi point

Turn up the volume	Tap the right side of Nest Wifi point. For maximum volume, tap the right side 10 times. This only adjusts the volume of media and your voice assistant. At volume level 0, all media are muted but your voice assistant still speaks at a minimum level. When you adjust the voice assistant and media volume, it doesn’t adjust the volume of alarms and timers.
Turn down the volume	Tap the left side of Nest Wifi point. To mute all audio except your voice assistant, tap the left side 10 times. This only adjusts the volume of media and your voice assistant. At volume level 0, all media are muted but your voice assistant still speaks at a minimum level. When you adjust the voice assistant and media volume, it doesn’t adjust the volume of alarms and timers.

Adjust the light brightness of your Nest Wifi point

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Home   All devices , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. Tap Settings Lights.
4. Under “Status light brightness,” choose a brightness level, or turn it off.

Turn off the voice assistant

Turn off the microphone

When you turn off the microphone, it prevents the Nest Wifi point from listening or responding to your queries. You can continue to use it as a speaker through Cast or Bluetooth.

Use the switch on the back of the Nest Wifi point next to the power cord to turn off the microphone. You’ll know the microphone is off when the on or off switch shows an orange color.

​Turn off the mute light

When the microphone on the Nest Wifi point is off, a glowing orange light appears under the device. To turn off this glowing orange light:

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Home   All devices , then touch and hold your device's tile.
3. Tap Settings Lights.
4. Tap Turn off mute light.

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