Google Home Office - for the Huddle Room & SOHO

Google Home Office & Home Mini Office can be your intelligent assistant for your office, huddle room, SOHO (Small Office/Home Office)

Here's some of the sample commands to try:

  1. Hey Google, what's my flash briefing? - gets you the local weather and latest new from NPR
  2. Hey Google, what's on my calendar for the next week (or for today)?
  3. Hey Google, when's my first meeting today?
  4. Hey Google, add an event to the calendar?
  5. Hey Google, remind me at 1 PM (or set a reminder) . . . - sets an alarm/reminder
  6. Hey Google, schedule a meeting, with the sales team, on Thursday at 2 PM - adds an event to my Google Calendar
  7. Hey, Google, ask Harmony to turn on the TV - turns on your Office/Huddle Room TV
  8. Hey Google, play the most recent TimeZone video - plays the YouTube video via Chromecast
  9. Hey Google, call John Smith . . . someone on my Google Contact list
  10. Hey Google, lookup Huddle Rooms
  11. Hey Google, information on Polycom (or Cisco, or ObiHai, Google Voice, Logitech, etc)
Can Google Home compete OK with Alexa around the office?

7 ways to use Alexa/Google Home around the office - https://www.cnet.com/how-to/7-ways-to-use-alexa-around-the-office/ - 2018 02

If you plan on using an Alexa speaker at work, make sure you disable voice shopping or better enable a PIN for security. And set up a voice profile so Alexa will recognize your voice and distinguish it from other people around.

I think Google Home can do similar things in distinguishing people - but does it have a PIN for extra security?

  1. Add meetings to your calendar - both systems do this task well - "The most relevant Alexa feature for the office is maintaining your calendar. Whether it's a big deadline or a meeting you have to attend, add it to your calendar using Alexa. First, add your calendar by going to alexa.amazon.com or opening the Alexa app and going to Settings > Calendar. Select your calendar of choice (Google Calendar, G Suite, Outlook, Office 365 or iCloud) and log in to your account. After your calendar is added, just say, "Alexa, add an event to my calendar."

    To have Alexa/Google read your calendar entries to you, say, "Alexa/OK Google, what's on my calendar?" Or you can say, "Alexa/OK Google, when is my next event?" or "Alexa/OK Google, what's on my calendar tomorrow at [time]?" or "OK Google, what's on my calendar this week?"
     

  2. Make a to-do list - "Alexa, add 'go to the post office' to my to-do list" - Google Home says - sorry to-do list is not yeat supported, the Calendar function would be the closest
  3. Build a shopping list - "Alexa/OK Google, add HP61 ink to the shopping cart" - Google Home adds it to your cart and gives you a price quote as well.
  4. Reorder supplies - "Alexa reorder K-cup coffee"
  5. Play podcasts and audiobooks - "Alexa/OKGoogle play the CNN podcast" - Alexa play live CNN, Google plays a recent podcast.
  6. Listen to ambient noise or focus music - "Alexa/OK Google play light classical music" - both produce good music.
  7. Make a Pomodoro timer - set a timer to work for an hour and break for 10 minutes - "Alexa set a work timer for 1 hour" "OK Google set a time for 1 hour"
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/google-home-tips-for-music-lovers/

03/05/2024