Have a conversation with your Google smart speaker or display

With Gemini Live, you can have an informational back-and-forth dialogue with your Google smart speakers and displays without saying "Hey Google" before each question. With Continued Conversation, you can ask follow-up questions and take action without saying “Hey Google” again.

Important: You must set your voice assistant to an available language.

^{*Google Home Speaker (2026) is only available with Gemini for Home voice assistant.}

Go live with Gemini for Home voice assistant

To start a conversation with Gemini, you can say "Hey Google, let’s chat." Google will respond with a chime to let you know conversation mode has started.

You can also try:

• “Hey Google, let’s chat about what to make for dinner.”
• “Hey Google, let’s chat about possible evidence of life on Mars.”
• “Hey Google, let’s chat. Tell me a story about a boy and his pet dragon.” From this, you can steer the adventure along the way. “Have them go searching for the magic crystal.”

As long as the Gemini Live session is active, you can ask follow-up questions, pause, change the topic, or interrupt like in a normal conversation. When it responds, it’ll listen for up to 15 seconds for your follow-up questions. Your speaker or display will show the mic listening indicator.

Actions aren't supported during a live conversation. However, if you want to issue a command or control your smart home devices, you can say “Hey Google” and issue your command like you normally would. Google then stops the chat to fulfill the command.

What you’ll need

• Switch from Google Assistant to Gemini for Home voice assistant
• The latest version of the Google Home app (4.1+)
• A Standard or Advanced plan of Google Home Premium

Important: If you cancel your subscription to Google Home Premium, you'll retain access to the basic Gemini for Home features only. Learn about Gemini for Home voice assistant.

Compatible devices

Restart a conversation

You can resume a previous conversation up to one hour later. To pick up where you left off, say "Hey Google, let’s chat again."

End the chat

If you’re done with your chat, you can say anything that signals you want the chat to end. Your chat will end immediately. Or, just stop talking and Gemini for Home will stop listening after 15 seconds.

End the chat when you say any of these commands:

• "Thank you."
• “Stop.”
• "I'm done."

Check if the microphone is on

Anytime you start a live chat, the mic and the speaker light turn on. If the mic is muted, the mute indicator shows. The mic re-enables if the lights at the top of your Google smart speaker or display light up.

You can also choose to play a sound after saying "Hey Google." When Gemini for Home is listening, you’ll get a brief sound at the start and end of your request.

Features you can’t use with Gemini Live on Gemini for Home

During your chat, you won’t be able to multitask and use most features on your speaker or display. You can’t have a chat while:

• On a phone call
• Alarms or timers are going off
• Issuing commands like turning on the lights or creating a calendar event
• Media is playing

Use Continued Conversation

Important:

• This feature is available for both Google Assistant and Gemini for Home voice assistant on all Google smart speakers and displays.
  • If you use Google Assistant, Continued Conversation is enabled on an individual basis and you'll need to be Voice Matched. If you turn it on for yourself, you don’t turn it on for others in the Home.
  • If you use Gemini for Home and want personal results like Gmail, Calendar, notes, and lists, you’ll need to be Voice Matched. If an Admin turns on Continued Conversation, it’ll work for everyone.
• When you turn on Continued Conversation, it's on for all your speakers and displays.

Turn on Continued Conversation

How it works

Say "Hey Google" and ask your question or give a command. When your voice assistant responds, it listens for about 10 seconds for your follow-up questions.

For example, say "Hey Google, what’s the weather like today?" After your voice assistant shares today’s weather, you can ask "And what about tomorrow?" and get the forecast.

End the conversation

If you’re done with your conversation with your voice assistant, you can stop talking or start to talk to someone else. Your voice assistant will know your conversation is over and the microphone will close.

End the conversation when you say any of these commands:

• "Thank you."
• "Stop."
• "I'm done."

Tip: Your microphone turns off automatically after 10 seconds of silence.

Features that end Continued Conversation

The following features won’t allow you to continue the conversation. So you'll have to say "Hey Google" again. The mic won't reopen during these activities:

• During a phone call
• When alarms or timers are going off
• When playing or controlling media (pause, resume, or set volume)