The Commands; Podcasts And Beyond - Google Home Mini Manual

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Media playback on Google Home
TuneIn Radio is one of the leading Google Home / Google Assistant
radio applications. Stations can be requested by name, frequency or
location when a local station is desired.

The commands

After configuring your audio sources on Google Home, what
commands can you use? As well as requesting playlists or a specific
song using 'Play [song name]' , 'Play [song name] by [artist name]' or
'Play [song name] from [album name]' , music can be played based
on genre or mood. The 'play' command can be replaced with
'shuffle' to randomise the playback order. When music is playing,
pause, resume, stop and skip commands can be used. If you want
to identify the song that is currently playing, use 'What's playing?'
(note that this doesn't work on radio services).
Volume can be controlled by specifying a level between 1
and 10 or as a percentage, 'set volume to 5' or 'set volume to 50%'
both work, as do 'louder' and 'softer' . Google Home's flexibility in
language processing means that it's versatile in understanding
these kinds of commands. Note that each music service may have
its own unique commands. If multiple devices are available, you can
also specify the play target – 'Play music on my bedroom speaker'
will work just fine if you have that configured. If you have multi-
room groups set up, you can reference these by name.

Podcasts and beyond

Like music and radio, podcasts have special functionality
within the Google Home system. As well as using the
command 'Listen to [podcast name]' , 'continue listening to
[podcast name]' , 'listen to the latest episode of [podcast
name]' and 'listen to the next episode of [podcast name]'
also work. As with music, it's possible to ask 'What podcast
is playing?' Note that podcasts are not currently listed
within the Google Home app itself and can only be
referenced by voice. A particularly handy feature when
listening to a podcast is that you can interrupt with a
command for Google Assistant. When you do so, the
podcast will temporarily pause and resume when you're
finished. This is useful if you hear something on a podcast
you want to refer to later – you can use Google Assistant
to a set reminder, then carry on listening.
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