Change the speaker that listens

[clarkie132]

Hello. I have a paired set of Google speakers in my kitchen. When I say "hey Google" only one speaker is listening and this is not the speaker that is in the best place to hear and it's frequently deaf. I would like the other speaker in the pair to be the"master" speaker - it is in a much better location to hear me- but it isn't clear to me how to switch them. Is it possible to do this?

[Kadven · Accepted solution]

Pretty certain that it is not possible to change this. When set as a stereo pair, that I assume you are referring to, it is always the left hand speaker that is the 'listening' speaker. The best you can do, therefore is repair them and make the one you want to 'listen' the left hand speaker. Not perfect for the sound purist, I'm afraid.

[clarkie132]

That's what I suspected thank you for confirming

[Cathal_S]

Hi there,

Here is the information from the Google Nest help center.

When 2 speakers are paired, your Assistant functions and responds on the left speaker.

https://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/7559493 

[clarkie132]

Thanks. This doesn't link to to that information for me though

[Cathal_S]

Hi again,

You need to select the product that you have a speaker pair of for additional information, sorry for the confusion.

[kiltguy2112]

Just to quickly chime in "Hey Google submit feedback" and leave a request to be able to switch listening speaker in pair.

[Juni]

Hi folks,

Thanks for the help @kiltguy2112, Cathal_S and Kadven

@SweRichaud, thanks for posting. I hope you've got the answer you're looking for. We appreciate people who are keen on sharing their thoughts with us. We're always looking for ways to improve. I'd suggest you submit feedback about it, here's how.

Let us know if you have other questions and concerns otherwise, we will be locking this thread after 24 hours. 

Regards,

Juni