To set the alarm, adjust the volume, or turn on the night-light, it was always much easier to summon help with a “hey, Google …” instead. There’s also a tap at the top to enable the snooze feature, but it sometimes required another touch to register. Unless you’re looking at them from above, the buttons are discernible only by touch, and I often fumbled at night or in the early morning while trying to turn on music or adjust the volume. Even though the clock is outfitted with four evenly distributed buttons-for volume, turning on music, and the alarm settings-they are obscured from view due to the angled wedge design. When you turn on Gentle Wake Up, it syncs to lights in the same room with any morning alarm you set on the same device thereafter.Most everything this alarm clock can do is hidden, accessed using its built-in Google Assistant voice controls or with the Google Home app. Note: You only need to say this command once. “Turn on Gentle Wake Up in ” (when you are in a different room than the lights) “Turn on Gentle Wake Up” (when you are in the same room as the lights) Sync Gentle Wake Up to an alarm on your speaker or display. Note: You can say this command up to 24 hours before you want Gentle Sleep or Wake to start. “Wake my lights in at 7 AM” or “Sleep the lights in at 9 PM” (when you are in a different room than the lights) “Wake my lights at 6 AM” or “Sleep my lights at 10 PM” (when you are in the same room as the lights) “Sleep the lights in ” or “Wake the lights in ” (when you are in a different room than the lights) “Sleep my lights” or “Wake my lights” (when you are in the same room as the lights) Start Gentle Sleep or Wake on all smart lights in a room. Use your voice to start Gentle Sleep and Wake To do this: All other smart devices: Set up smart home devices using Google Nest and Home speakers and displays.Seamless setup-enabled devices (Example: C by GE and Philips Hue Bluetooth): Set up and control Seamless setup smart devices.

Set up your smart lights in the Google Home app by following the instructions in one of these articles: Link your smart lights in the Google Home app This feature is currently only available in English.If your device doesn't support color, your lights will still brighten and dim. This feature is available for all smart lights, switches and plugs that are set up under the device type 'Light' in the Google Home app.Gentle Wake Up brightens your lights over a period of 30 minutes to imitate the sunrise. Gentle Sleep sets your lights to a warm white color, then slowly dims them over the next 30 minutes. The Gentle Sleep and Wake feature allows you to slowly brighten or dim your smart lights, switches and plugs.

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