topic Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders? in Speakers and Displays

Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:00:38 GMT

Can I just ask my Nest Mini "Remind me tomorrow at 9 to wash clothes", for example, and get an audible/spoke reminder at the time?

When I try to do it I receive just a notification on my phone. Not very useful if I need to be reminded of something.

This worked flawlessly on my Alexa, but I'm trying to migrate to Google.

Thank you.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Cathal_S — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:39:45 GMT

Hi there,

Reminders on Google assistant will notify you you but then you will need to request to hear them. This Google design works better for me in a family home as it will only annouce private information to a voiced matched request.

You can find more information about this from the link below.

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7387866

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Thu, 28 Apr 2022 21:45:53 GMT

That's the thing, it doesn't notify me at all via sound. Only via notification on my phone.

All the notifications on the Home app settings are enabled. Personal results and Voice Match too.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Cathal_S — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 05:41:49 GMT

Hi again,

What Nest devices do you own?

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 11:09:13 GMT

Only a Nest Mini. I also have an Android with Assistant.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Mon, 02 May 2022 17:27:08 GMT

Hi everyone,

Thanks for posting.

@Cathal_S, I appreciate your help on helping out @NFormis.

@NFormis, If you set up a time-based reminder for yourself on a speaker or display, it will play a sound at the scheduled time, and Google Assistant will announce that you have a reminder. It will also show you a visual signal:

On a speaker, the lights will pulse, then a single white light will stay on for 10 minutes.
On a display, the screen will dim.

To check the reminder, say “Hey Google, what’s my reminder?”

Let us know if you still have questions by responding to this thread.

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Tue, 03 May 2022 02:12:12 GMT

@Princesss thanks for the inputs, but as I've said in the previous comment, absolutely nothing happens on my speaker when the scheduled time arrives, no announcements. I only receive a notification on my phone.

It goes like this:

I ask "remind me tomorrow at 9 to take out the trash" for example
The above schedule time arrives
I receive a notification on my phone
Absolutely nothing happens on my speaker

All the notifications on the Home app settings are enabled. Personal results and Voice Match too. Also, my speaker is not on 'do not disturb' mode.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Tue, 03 May 2022 16:55:29 GMT

Hi NFormis,

Thanks for the additional info.

By any chance, have already tried to perform a complete reset to your Google Nest Mini? Let's go ahead and try that to see if it will fix.

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Tue, 03 May 2022 17:57:46 GMT

@Princesss , I successfully performed a complete reset on the Nest according to the article provided. Following this, I reconfigured it on the Home app.

Still, the exact same behavior as before. I asked it to remind me in ten minutes to take ou the trash, and when the scheduled time arrived I only received a notification on my phone, and the speaker was silent.

I would like to add that when I ask to set a reminder the speaker replies "Ok, I will send a notification to you with the reminder on 3:15pm" - implicating that only a notification will be sent and nothing will be announced. I don't know if this info helps. Since it only ever answered me this way, I don't know if there is any other answer.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Wed, 04 May 2022 17:00:02 GMT

Hi NFormis,

Thanks for the details you've shared. We'd be happy to take a look into this for you. Please fill up this form with all the needed information then let me know once done.

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Wed, 04 May 2022 17:17:01 GMT

@Princesss I have filled up and sent the form with all the information provided here. Thanks.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

RDaddio — Thu, 05 May 2022 22:30:11 GMT

I am having the same issue. Please let me the outcome. I also am trying to determine to stay with Google versus Alexa.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Sun, 08 May 2022 16:52:03 GMT

Hi everyone,

@NFormis, we've seen the form you submitted. As a reference, here's your case ID 7-5274000032685. We'll reach to you via email to continue our conversation there.

@RDaddio, let's go ahead and try the steps we've tried from the previous thread. Let's also make sure that "Do not Disturb" option is turned off. Let me know how it goes.

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Thu, 12 May 2022 17:38:12 GMT

Hi RDaddio,

Chiming in to check if you're done trying the steps mentioned on the previous thread?

Let me know if I can assist you with anything else, otherwise I’ll be locking the thread.

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Thu, 12 May 2022 18:30:26 GMT

Hello @Princesss, I'm still exchanging emails with Customer Care. Unfortunately I'm still having no luck with my reminders.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Sun, 15 May 2022 17:55:00 GMT

Hi NFormis,

Thanks for the update.

Let's continue to work with our technical specialist so we can rule out what's causing the issue. After that, we'll get some help from our higher tier of support to see what they can suggest.

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Thu, 19 May 2022 20:03:50 GMT

Hi NFormis,

Let's continue to work with our technical specialist as I will be locking this thread and continue to work on that channel.

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

Princesss — Sun, 22 May 2022 21:23:02 GMT

Hi everyone,

I haven’t heard from you, so I’ll be locking the thread now. Thanks for posting!

Best,

Princess

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

NFormis — Mon, 23 May 2022 02:36:32 GMT

Unfortunately there was no solution to my problem. The only thing that worked was changing the language of the device to EN-US (and thus changing the language that the Nest accepts), but that's not a solution nor an option in practice.

Re: Can the speakers announce my reminders?

hdcantona — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 11:35:42 GMT

Hi - how can I get my google nest mini (2nd gen) to read out the reminder ? rather than saying I have a reminder and making me follow it up ?