Make Meet calls on your speakers or displays

You can make calls to friends, family, and businesses with a Google Nest speakers or displays. Before you make a call from your speaker or display, set up your preferred call method.

Important:

Nest displays and speakers support both incoming and outgoing 1:1 calls.
Incoming group calls are supported on displays.
Incoming group calls aren't supported on speakers.
Outgoing group calls aren't supported on speakers and displays.
If multiple users want to make calls with your Nest speaker, set up Voice Match.

Make a call on your Nest speaker or display

Start a voice call

Voice calls are available on all Google Nest speakers and displays through Google Meet.

If you live in the US or Canada, you can also use Google-supported or mobile calling with Google Fi and Google Voice.

Before you can use voice commands to start a call, you have to set up your preferred call method.

For example, say "Hey Google," then:

"Call [contact name]."
"Call [business name]."
"What’s the nearest [business]?" then "Hey Google, call them."
- You get a prompt to add the name and number to your Google contacts.
"Call [phone number]."
"Redial."

To make a call with the touchscreen, set up household contacts on a Nest display.

On your device, from the top of your screen, swipe down.
Tap Communication.
On the "Household contacts" card, tap Call .
- The call method depends on the contact you select.

Tip: If "Digital Wellbeing" is turned on, this feature may be restricted or blocked by:

Downtime
Filters
Do not disturb

Learn more about Digital Wellbeing.

Start a video call

You can make video calls with Google Meet. Video calls are available on:

Google Nest Hub
Google Nest Hub (2nd gen)
Google Nest Hub Max

The device you call must have a camera. You can receive but can’t send a video with Nest Hub and Nest Hub (2nd gen).

To start a video call, you can:

Say "Hey Google, video call [contact]."
If you’ve set up household contacts on a Nest display:
1. Swipe down from the top of the display screen.
2. Tap Communication.
3. Select Video call on the "Household contacts" card.

Tip: If there's a missed call on the display screen, tap the notification. Then, tap Call [contact name].

Call another device

Members of your home can call your Nest speakers or displays from their phone or from your home's other Nest speakers or displays. Learn how to manage home members' access.

Tip: If you’re away from home and “Only ring when home” is turned on, Nest Hub (2nd gen) can't receive calls between devices. Learn how to turn on "Only ring when home."

Call a Nest speaker or display from another Nest speaker or display

To call another speaker or display in your home, say "Hey Google." Then:

For voice call: Say "Call [display or speaker name]."
For video call: Say "Video call [display or speaker name]."

Call a Nest speaker or display from your phone

To call your devices from your phone, you need:

In Google Assistant:

To call a device: Say "Hey Google, video call [display or speaker name]."
To ring all your devices: Say "Hey Google, video call [name of your home]."

In the Google Meet app:

To ring all your devices, open the Google Meet app .
From the bottom of your screen, swipe up.
Tap Call my home devices.

Receive a call on your Nest speaker or display

You can receive Google Meet calls on your Nest speaker or display.

To answer a call: Say "Hey Google, answer the call."
To decline a call: Say "Hey Google, decline the call."

You may also use one of these touch options:

Google Nest Hub Max, Google Nest Hub, Google Nest Hub (2nd gen)

To answer a call: Tap Answer.
To decline a call: Tap Decline.

Google Home

To answer a call: Press the top.
To decline a call: Press and hold the top.

Google Nest Mini (2nd gen), Google Nest Audio

To answer a call: Press the center.
To decline a call: Press and hold the center.

Google Home Mini (1st gen)

To answer a call: Press the side.
To decline a call: Press and hold the side.

Tip: To temporarily block calls at a specific time, change your call settings.

Mute or unmute a call on Nest displays

On your Nest display screen, tap Mute or Unmute .

End a call

To end a call with your voice, say "Hey Google," then:

"End the call."
"Hang up"
"Stop"
"Disconnect"

To end the call with a touch control:

Google Nest Hub Max, Google Nest Hub: Tap End call.
Google Home: Tap the top.
Google Nest Mini, Google Nest Audio: Tap the center.
Google Home Mini: Tap the side.

If the recipient ends the call, you get an end call tone.

Find your activity

In My activity, you can get a voice recording of the query used to start the call, or queries used to interact with the Assistant such as "Hey Google, hang up." Nothing else is recorded. Go to My activity.

Google doesn't retain the following:

Voice data
Google Meet calls
Google to mobile device calls

Google only saves the following info:

Call duration
Errors
Number of calls

Learn how Dual Screen on Google Meet works

On a Google Meet call, you can turn on your front and back selfie cameras at the same time. When you turn on both cameras, other meeting participants can see you and other people around you at the same time.

Tips:

This feature is only available on the Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold device.
Make sure to keep your Meet and Gmail app updated while using this feature.

Use Dual Camera & Dual Display with Google Meet

On your Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold device, in the Meet or Gmail app, join or create a meeting.
On the Meet call, tap anywhere outside your floating self-view picture.
In the call controls that show on your floating self-view picture, tap Turn on dual camera .
- Tip: Once you enable dual camera, dual display is automatically enabled.
To turn off both “Dual Camera” and “Dual Display,” tap on your floating self-view picture tap Turn off dual camera .
Optional: To only turn off “Dual Display,” at the top right of your call screen, tap Turn off other screen .