Control your Google Nest display

Your screen can display pages with touch controls and important information about your day, your linked devices, and more.

• To open available pages:
  • Swipe down from the top of the screen.
  • Tap the screen while it's using Photo Frame.
• Swipe left or right to scroll through pages.
• To open a page, tap its name.

• Your morning, your afternoon, or your evening: This page shows you your schedule, the weather, and more. The title and content of the page change depending on the time of day.
• Wellness: Check this page for Sleep Sensing info about your last night's sleep, weekly sleep trends, suggested sleep schedules and personalized coaching and tips. The "Wellness" page is currently available only on Nest Hub (2nd gen).
• Home control: Use this page to control smart devices that are linked in the Google Home app.
• Media: This page shows you music, videos, podcasts, news recommendations and your ongoing media activities. You can control media from this page.
• Communicate: You can make voice and video calls, broadcast messages to other speakers and displays in your home, and check your household contacts from this page.
• Discover: Discover relevant content and new features on this page.

To remove cards from your screen, press and hold a card. You can dismiss some cards, but not all.

If you dismiss cards:

• The activity ends for alarms, timers and local media playback sessions on your Nest displays.
• Remote playback sessions on other speakers or smart displays don’t end.
  • You can end the playback session on the remote device or you can retrieve the media controls through the Media page.
  • You can also do this on the Home control page. Tap the "Speakers and TVs" card to control media that plays on any device in your home.

To open the Quick settings menu, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.

Brightness

In the Quick settings menu, tap Brightness .

• To adjust the brightness, swipe left or right.
• To turn Ambient EQ on or off, tap Brightness again.

Volume

In the Quick settings menu, tap Volume .

• Use the main volume controls for media and Google Assistant.
• If needed, tap Expand to open controls for timers and alarms .
• To change the volume, swipe the slider left or right.

Silence incoming calls and notifications

In the Quick settings menu, tap Do Not Disturb . You should find missed notifications on the home screen.

Alarms and timers still work when Do Not Disturb is on.

To open alarm settings, swipe up from the bottom of your screen tap Alarms .

• To set a new general alarm, tap Set an alarm choose a time tap Set customize your settings tap Done.
• To delete or change the settings of an existing alarm, tap the alarm.
  • To delete, tap Delete.
  • To change the settings, choose the settings you want tap Done.
• To change your default alarm settings, tap Settings choose the settings you want tap Done.

Set and manage alarms

You can use the switch on the back of your Nest display to turn the microphone (and camera for Nest Hub Max) on and off.

When you use a hand gesture to interact with your Nest Hub Max or Nest Hub (2nd gen), you don't have to touch the screen or use voice commands.

Use Quick Gestures to:

• Pause and resume media.
• Dismiss timers and alarms.
• Stop Google Assistant from talking.

Turn Quick Gestures on or off

1. Make sure your mobile device or tablet is connected to the same Wi-Fi or linked to the same account as your Google Nest display.
2. Open the Google Home app .
3. Tap Favorites or Devices .
4. Tap and hold your device's tile.
5. Tap Settings Recognition & sharing.
6. Turn Quick Gestures on or off.

Use Quick Gestures

With Nest Hub (2nd gen)

To use Quick Gestures with Nest Hub (2nd gen), you must have Motion Sense turned on.

Tap the air in front of your display to: Pause and resume media Stop Google Assistant from talking
Wave your hand in front of your display to: Dismiss timers Snooze alarms

Only displays that run Fuchsia OS have on-screen settings that let you pair your display with Bluetooth. If your display runs on Cast OS, you can still use the Google Home app or voice commands to pair your Bluetooth devices.

Check the version on your Nest display.

Use your Nest display as a Bluetooth speaker

1. On your display, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap System Settings Bluetooth Use display as a Bluetooth speaker.
3. On your phone, open your Bluetooth options find your display.
4. On your display, tap Done.

Pair other Bluetooth devices with your Nest display

1. On your display, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap System Settings Bluetooth Pair new device.
3. Make sure the Bluetooth device you wish to pair is searchable and in pairing mode.
4. On your display, tap Pair next to the device you wish to pair.

Remove previously connected devices

1. On your display, swipe up from the bottom of the screen.
2. Tap System Settings Bluetooth.
3. Select the arrow next to the device you wish to unpair.
4. Tap Forget Device.