Google Home for PC

★ ★ ★ Google Home Overview

What is Google Home? The Google Home app allows users to set up, manage, and control their Google Nest, Google Wifi, Google Home, and Chromecast devices, as well as thousands of compatible connected home products. The app provides a single view of the user's home, with shortcuts for frequently used actions and a feed tab that highlights important events. Users can create routines, control audio and video streams, and monitor their home's status and recent events. The app also allows users to set up and manage their Nest Wifi and Google Wifi networks, with features like parental controls and network prioritization.

Software Features and Description

1. Set up, manage, and control your Google Nest, Google Wifi, Google Home, and Chromecast devices, plus thousands of compatible connected home products like lights, cameras, thermostats, and more – all from the Google Home app.

2. Protecting your privacy starts with one of the world’s most advanced security infrastructures, which we build directly into all Google products so that they’re secure by default.

3. Control your Google Assistant activity, privacy settings, information, and personal preferences.

4. Visit the Google Nest Safety Center at safety.google/nest to learn more about how we protect your information and respect your privacy.

5. See all the active audio and video streams on your compatible home devices in one place, change the volume, skip to the next track, or quickly change which speakers they’re playing from.

6. The built-in security in your Google Account automatically detects and blocks threats before they ever reach you, so that your personal information is always secure.

7. Control your privacy on Google Assistant with your voice.

8. Set up your Nest Wifi and Google Wifi in minutes using the Google Home app.

9. Ask questions like “Where can I change my privacy settings?” to get answers to the most common privacy and security questions.

10. Create routines that allow you to turn on compatible lights, check the weather, play the news, and more with one simple command.

11. The Google Home app is designed to show you the status of your home and keep you up to date with what you may have missed.

12. Liked Google Home? here are 5 Lifestyle apps like Room Planner - Home Design 3D; HomeHawk; Better Home For Real Estate; The Ideal Home & Garden;

Download and install Google Home on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
Google Home	Get App ↲	1,007,656 4.55	Google LLC

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install Google Home app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using Google Home on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "Google Home"
The search will reveal the Google Home app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once Google Home is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including Google Home.
Now enjoy Google Home on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Google LLC	4.55	3.23.102

Download on Windows 11

For Windows 11, check if there's a native Google Home Windows app here » ». If none, follow the steps below:

To get started, Download the OpenPC software »
- Upon installation, open OpenPC app » goto "Playstore on PC" » click "Configure_Download" button. This will auto-download and install PlayStore on your computer.

To use Google Home,
- Login to the PlayStore we just installed
- Search for "Google Home" » then Click "Install".
- Google Home will now be available on your Windows start-menu.

Minimum requirements	Recommended
8GB RAM SSD Storage Processor: Intel Core i3, AMD Ryzen 3000 Architecture: x64 or ARM64	16GB RAM HDD Storage

Get Google Home on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get Free on Mac	Google LLC	1007656	4.55

Google Home functions

- Set up, manage, and control Google Nest, Google Wifi, Google Home, and Chromecast devices

- Control thousands of compatible connected home products like lights, cameras, and thermostats

- Home tab with shortcuts for frequently used actions

- Feed tab with highlights of important events and suggestions for improving home setup

- Create routines for one simple command control

- Monitor active audio and video streams on compatible devices

- Check home status and recent events, with notifications for important events while away

- Set up and manage Nest Wifi and Google Wifi networks, with features like parental controls and network prioritization

- Built-in security and privacy tools, with advanced security infrastructure and privacy controls for Google Assistant activity and personal preferences.

✔ Pros:

- UI/UX is phenomenal

- Features are easily accessible

- Ability to manage devices with one click

- Addition of pairing Bluetooth speaker and creating speaker groups

- App feels polished and feature-rich

- Google Home is easy to maneuver and resumes from where you left off

- Outstanding customer service experience

☹ Cons:

- Missing features and refinements in the first iteration

- Switching back and forth between Home and Assistant

- Limited options for news

- Difficulty in managing notifications

- Bugs such as stopping streams, losing internet connection, and missed reminders

- Issues with setting up Living Room on iPhone XR

Top Pcmac Reviews

Google Home Facelift A Success!!

By th3doorMATT (Pcmac user)

The first iteration of the this app app was fine for launch, but there are certain features and refinements that were missing, then they made it a little convoluted by switching you back and forth between Home and Assistant for some reason, but this new version is exactly what I'd expect from the app. The UI/UX is phenomenal and the features you actually expect are right at your fingertips when you open the app, such as the ability to see every device and manage their basic operations with one click and not having to dig through various apps to target such devices manually. The addition of pairing a Bluetooth speaker has been long awaited but also the ability to make a speaker group and simultaneously play music through all of them is another feature I had been waiting for as someone who has speakers throughout the house. the app, you truly nailed it with this update and I really hope the majority of the updates are minor fixes and routine maintenance, because as it stands, this app feels polished and feature rich!
You learn more by testing

By AthanasiaN (Pcmac user)

I honestly wasn't expecting much since I stayed at a home that had Alexa. I genuinely love the this app so much. It's easy to maneuver and I like that it resumes from where you left off if you accidentally stop it. As for improvements, I'd love more options for news (especially a astrology and astronomy and Broadway based one) and to be able to read the full description of each news option somehow. Perhaps a transcript of the news as well to read along. I'd like it if you could go through your past questions/requests to the this app as well just so I don't have to repeat myself if it speaks too fast. For lingists I think it would be neat if you could do a bilingual option (I know you can do multiple languages but it wouldn't answer to me when i spoke English even though it was the primary language). It would be nice to practice other languages with the Home's help. Or an option to put topics you want to stay up-to-date on and it will the app search and read the newest articles.
Could be better.

By Bizadvizor (Pcmac user)

Home mostly works but it still has lots of bugs. It stops playing streams at least once or twice a day. It looses connection to the internet. When I place a phone call, it thinks it is the first time I have used it, and reads me a boring script. It is difficult to manage notifications. A Reminder is easy to miss because it does not include an alarm sound. Although the app has access to my every word, they never seem to push software updates. It drives me crazy that it is not user configurable. If you speak to it it sometimes doesn’t respond, if you yell at it, two speakers respond. If you start a stream on one speaker, there is no way to add a new speaker when you move to a new room. There is no way to group lights and or speaker into a scene, So you have to turn them on one at a time or turn on all lights in a room. There are still limits to wireless switch and bulb configurations on the market. This is not the app’s fault but some smart rocker switches are incompatible with standard cover plates. There is no two gang switch yet. All wireless outlet units stick out of the wall and make the plug hit furniture, etc.
Bad update for Chromecast

By Geortyop6:( (Pcmac user)

First, let me say my experience on the phone with customer service (Michael) was outstanding. He helped me fix the original issue. I had every item in our home set up, but I was unable to set up the Living Room. After hours of failed attempts, I got in contact with support. Michael walked me through a few different troubleshooting ideas to no avail. When he realized I was using the iPhone XR, he told me that was the issue. I had to get my son’s iPhone 6 to complete the set up. Great. Problem solved. An hour and a half later, all of the items in our household crashed. I attempted to walk through the steps Michael had provided. It all seemed fine, until it came to the last step (connecting to Wi-Fi), at which point, the TV showed my the screen with the 4 digit code...again. I went in circles for 2 more hours. I requested replacement Chromecast devices and Michael said he would definitely pass the word up. For everything in our house to crash and not reboot, I am guessing it has something to do with the update. After all, the last question it asked before I had to start over was, “Set up some smart lights”, which is actually more of a command than a question.