How to Use Google Home Alarm Clock Features

Google Home devices play music and control many smart home products. These devices can also be used as an alarm clock or timer. Here's how to use the Google Home alarm clock to keep track and make better use of your time.

Setting an Alarm on Google Home

You can set an alarm on Google Home devices and Smart Displays with Google Assistant voice commands.

Examples include (start with “OK Google...”):

• “...set alarm for (time).”
• “...wake me up at (time).”
• “...set an alarm for (name a day of the week) at (time).”
• “...set alarm to go off in xx hour(s).”
• “...set a daily alarm for (time).”
• “...set an alarm for every Sunday at (time).”

How to Check Google Home Alarm Settings

On a Google Home, Google Assistant reads set alarms back to you. Say, “OK Google, what alarms do I have set?” Using the command on a Google Nest Hub or other Google-enabled Smart Displays will result in your alarms being shown to you on the screen.

You can also check set alarms on the Google Home smartphone app:

1.  Open the Google Home app and choose the device you used to set the alarms.

2. Tap the Settings gear.

3. Tap Audio.

4. Tap Alarms & Timers to see your active alarms.

How to Delete a Set Alarm

To delete an alarm before it sounds, say, “OK Google, delete (or turn off) my alarm.” If you have multiple alarms set, say, “OK Google, turn off (specific alarm time)” or “turn off all alarms.”

You can also delete set alarms within the Google Home app. Tap Alarms & Timers, tap the X to the right of a specific alarm setting, then tap Delete to confirm you want to remove the alarm.

How to Turn Off a Sounding Alarm

When an alarm goes off, say, “Stop” or “OK Google, stop.” This won't affect other pending alarms.

The controls on a Google Home or Smart Display can also be used to turn off an alarm:

• Google Home: Tap the top.
• Google Home Mini (1st gen): Press and hold either side where the volume is normally changed.
• Google Nest Mini (2nd gen): Tap the top center.
• Google Home Max: Tap on the line on the top or right side.
• Google Nest or other Google-enabled Smart Display: Tap the stop prompt on the screen.

Google Alarm Clock Snooze Option

When an alarm goes off, but you want to snooze, say, “OK Google, snooze for xx minutes” or “Snooze” (the default snooze time is 10 minutes). On a Home/Nest Hub or Smart Display, you can tap the snooze prompt that appears when the alarm goes off.

How to Set Music Alarms

The Google Home default alarm tone can't be changed, but you can set an alarm that plays music or a cartoon voice. To use a music alarm, choose a song, artist, genre, or playlist from your default music service in the Google Home app.

Follow these steps to choose a default music service:

1. Open the Google Home app and tap the Settings gear.

2. Under Services, tap Music.

3. Choose a default music service.

4. Once you choose a default music service, say, “OK, Google set a music alarm.”

5. Google Assistant will say, “For when?” Say, “xx AM or xx PM.”

6. Google Assistant will say, “What music?” Say, “Artist, song title, radio station.”

7. Google Assistant will respond, “Alarm set for (Day) at xx AM or xx PM.”

Setting a Cartoon Voice Wake-Up Alarm

To hear a cartoon character alarm, say, “OK Google, set a (name of character) alarm for (day/time).”

The character choices are:

• Lego City
• Lego Life
• Lego Friends
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Leonardo
• Michelangelo
• Raphael
• Donatello
• April O’Neil
• Hatchimals

When the alarm is set, the character may state a short message, such as “Sleep well, hero” or something similar.

Setting Google Home Alarm Volume

Follow these steps to set the alarm volume of your Google Home devices:

1.  Open the Google Home app and tap the device you want to use.

2. Tap the Settings gear.

3. Tap Audio.

4. Tap Alarms & Timers and adjust the Alarm & timer volume.

Timers

In addition to Alarms, Google Assistant can set timers on Google Home devices. Timer settings can be used for cooking and other household reminders. You can also set a sleep timer.

How to Set a Standard Timer

To set and use a timer on Google Home devices, say, “Hey Google, set a timer for XX time.”

You can also find out how much time is remaining on a timer by asking:

• “How much time is left?”
• “How much time is left on my cookies?”
• Say time remaining on a timer with the specified name.

How to Stop a Timer

You stop a timer alarm by saying, “Stop,” and you can cancel a timer by saying, “Cancel timer.”

How to Set a Bedtime Sleep Timer

You can set a sleep timer to turn off music playing on your speaker or display at bedtime.

To set a sleep timer, say, “OK, Google” followed by one of the following options:

• “Play (music, artist/genre, or playlist) for (say how long).”
• “Stop (music, artist, genre, playlist) in (xx minutes)” or “Stop playing in (xx minutes).”
• “Play (music, artist, genre, playlist) until (state time).”

How to Check and Manage Sleep Timers

To check the time left on a sleep timer, say, “How much time is left on the Sleep Timer?”

To stop a timer that has gone off, say, “OK, Google, Stop” or just say, “Stop.”

To cancel a sleep timer before it goes off, say, “OK, Google, cancel the sleep timer” or “Cancel the sleep timer.”