How to make video and voice calls on Google Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max

(Pocket-lint) - Google's Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max astute displays connection a fig of large features. They are fantabulous astute location hubs, precise utile for pursuing recipes successful the room handsfree and superb integer photograph frames. 

It's 1 of their simplest features that is 1 of their champion though - video and dependable calls. Here's however to setup and usage the Google Nest Hub and Google Nest Hub Max to marque and person video and dependable calls.

• Google Home tips and tricks

How to setup the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max for video calls

Google's Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max tin beryllium utilized for dependable calls and video calls, but for video calls, you'll request to acceptable up Google Duo or Zoom. 

Note: When utilizing the Nest Hub for video calling, you'll beryllium capable to spot the video of the idiosyncratic you're calling but they won't beryllium capable to spot you arsenic determination is nary camera connected the Nest Hub.

To acceptable up your Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max for video calls, travel the instructions below:

1. Open the Google Home app
2. Tap connected the Settings icon
3. Scroll down to 'Communication' nether Services
4. Tap connected 'Video & Voice Apps'
5. Tap connected Google Duo and travel the setup steps
6. Tap connected Zoom and travel the steps

How to marque a video telephone utilizing the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max

As mentioned above, to marque a video telephone utilizing the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max, you'll request to person acceptable up Google Duo, Google Meet oregon linked your Zoom account.

For Google Duo, you'll lone beryllium capable to video telephone a interaction that besides has Google Duo. If you aren't definite if the idiosyncratic you privation to telephone has Google Duo, you tin unfastened the Google Duo app straight connected your smartphone and hunt the database of contacts astatine the top. Below the contacts with Duo that amusement nether the 'Connect with Duo' section, you'll spot a database of the remainder of your contacts without Duo nether the 'Invite to Duo' section.

It's besides imaginable to entree this database from the Google Home app. Open the Google Home app > Tap connected the Settings icon > Scroll down to 'Communication' > Tap connected Video & Voice Apps > Tap connected the Google Duo icon with your number.

Once you're each setup with Google Duo, making a video telephone utilizing the Nest Hub oregon Nest Hub Max is precise simple.

1. Say "Ok Google" oregon "Hey Google"
2. Followed by "Video telephone [Name of contact]"

Ending the video telephone is casual too. Tap connected "End Call" connected the screen, oregon accidental "Ok Google" oregon "Hey Google", followed by "End Call", "Hang Up", "Disconnect" oregon "Stop".

If you're utilizing Google Meet oregon Zoom to big a video call:

1. Create a Google Calendar invitation connected your telephone oregon laptop
2. Send the invitation to everyone you'd similar to adhd to your video call, oregon stock the gathering ID with them
3. If utilizing Meet, take the "Add Google Meet video conferencing" option
4. If utilizing Zoom, marque definite the gathering ID is successful your Google calendar
5. Then say, "Hey Google, articulation my adjacent meeting"
6. Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max volition articulation the adjacent gathering successful your calendar
7. You tin besides say, "Hey Google, commencement a Zoom call"

How to setup Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max for dependable calls

All Google Home speakers and displays tin beryllium utilized for dependable calling. There are 3 antithetic ways your Google speakers and displays marque dependable calls, but it varies by state arsenic to what is disposable and features disagree too.

Duo calling allows speakers and displays to marque and person video and dependable calls to anyone with a Google Duo account. This works worldwide, allows for calls betwixt speakers/displays and mobile devices and calls are free.

Google supported calling allows for escaped audio calls to mobile, landline and concern telephone numbers but you can't person calls and the work lone works successful the US, UK and Canada.

The 3rd enactment is mobile calling, which allows you to nexus your talker with your mobile bearer plan. Again, calls cannot beryllium received and this enactment is lone disposable with selected carriers successful the US (Google Fi and Google Voice) and Australia (Telstra).

To setup your Google Home speakers and displays for Duo calling, travel the aforesaid instructions arsenic video calling: 

1. Open the Google Home app
2. Tap connected the Settings icon
3. Scroll down to 'Communication' nether services
4. Tap connected Video & Voice Apps
5. Tap connected Google Duo and travel the setup steps

To setup your Google Home speakers and displays for Google Supported calling, travel these instructions: 

1. Open the Google Home app
2. Tap connected the Home icon astatine the bottom
3. Tap connected the talker oregon show you privation to acceptable up for Google Supported calling
4. Tap connected the Settings cog successful the apical close corner
5. Scroll down to 'Recognition & Personlisation'
6. Toggle connected 'Allow Personal results'

You'll besides request to crook 'Web & App Activity' connected successful your Google Account to marque calls to your contacts. To bash this:

1. Open the Google Home app
2. Tap connected your relationship successful the apical close corner
3. Make definite the Google Account listed is the aforesaid arsenic the 1 linked to Google Home
4. Tap 'Manage your Google Account'
5. Tap connected 'Data & privacy'
6. Tick 'Web & App Activity'

With Voice Match enabled, further members of your location tin usage their ain contacts to marque calls connected your Google Home talker oregon display. To let aggregate radical usage their contacts from the aforesaid device, each idiosyncratic needs to acceptable up Voice Match. To acceptable up Voice Match: 

1. Open the Google Home app
2. Tap connected Settings
3. Scroll down to Google Assistant
4. Tap connected Voice Match 
5. Follow the measurement by measurement instructions 
6. From here, you tin besides spot a database of the shared devices with Voice Match 

How to marque dependable calls connected Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max

Just similar making a video telephone connected the Nest Hub oregon Nest Hub Max, making a dependable telephone from a Google Nest Home talker oregon show is precise easy. Just accidental "Ok Google" oregon "Hey Google", followed by:

• "Call [contact name]"
• "Call [business name]."
• "What is the nearest [business]?" past "OK Google," "Call them."
• "Call [phone number]."
• "Redial."

Ending the telephone is casual too. Just accidental "Ok Google" oregon "Hey Google" then, "End the call", "Hang up", "Stop", "Disconnect".

You tin besides pat "End Call" connected the show of the Nest Hub Max and Nest Hub, pat the apical of the Google Home oregon Google Home Max, pat the centre of the Google Nest Mini, oregon pat the broadside of the Home Mini to bent up a call.

Happy calling! For different Google Home and Nest Hub tips and tricks, read our abstracted feature.

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 12 May 2020.