One of my favorite features of Google Assistant is alarms and features. What many don’t know is that Google Assistant can act as a great smart alarm clock to make your day easier or just stay on task. Not only do these smart alarms keep you on task, they really help you stay organized. Life can get busy. We waste a lot of time and smart alarms (and we can even call these smart reminders) can minimize that waste in our lives.
And it’s not just waking up at the right time each morning as the only key to getting our days going, but HOW we wake. I’ve talked in other posts about having my smart alarm do certain things and say certain things to me each morning.
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With these smart alarms embedded in Google’s ecosystem, you can wake up to your favorite music, radio, news, or custom message. Plus, you can set morning and night routines by pairing the alarm with a playlist. No matter what model of Google Assistant smart speaker you’re using, the below smart alarm tips will work with any model. Let’s take a quick look at how to get the most out of your Google Home and Assistant when it comes to smart alarm clocks.
How To Set A Smart Alarm On Google Home
One thing I love about Google Assistant and all the tech and commands is the simplicity of it all. Don’t worry about complicated steps. Creating an alarm or reminder is as easy as it sounds. I’ll add some prompts below to help you. And if you’re worried about not knowing which alarms are set for which Google devices you can always ask “OK Google, what alarms do I have?” and the Assistant will tell you.
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Google Smart Alarms Features You Need To Know
Set Unique Alarms Via Google Assistant
You can set a one-time Alarm by just saying: “Hey Google, set an alarm for 8:00 am tomorrow”. You can also name the alarm like “Take your medicine” or “Let the neighbor’s dog Ace out.” I love these specific one-time-use alarms because they act as smart reminders. I use these a lot!
Set A Regular Alarm
You can also use your voice to set a regular alarm with smart alarms. You could say something like: “Hey Google, set an alarm for 8:00 AM every day”. Speaking from experience, your daily routine will massively improve with regular alarms. You can also change the alarm sound on any of these.
Waking Up With Music
If you feel so irritated with the default sound of the alarm or you want to mix things up to how you start your day, you can play your favorite music. Say, “OK Google, set a music alarm for 8:00 am tomorrow” and you’ll be asked what kind of music. In a lot of these instances, you’ll need to connect your Spotify account to hone in on specific artists. For example, I could say “OK Google, wake me tomorrow at 7 AM to music from my Batman album.”
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Google Sleep Timer And Playing Bedtime Sounds
You can also set a sleep timer that helps you to go to bed. It’ll play a sound when it’s bedtime. And it stops ringing after a certain amount of time. You can say, “Hey Google, Help me relax” or “OK Google, sing me a lullaby.” When my son was young we had the song “Rubber Ducky” play at 8:30PM every night to remind him it was bath time.
How To Cancel Alarms
You can cancel your set alarms, by just saying: “Ok Google, delete alarms” or “turn off the alarm”. If you want to delete a specific or set-named alarm, you can say something like: “Ok Google, cancel my medicine alarm”. You can also find these in the Google Home app by finding the device, hitting the Settings gear icon, then select Audio, then select Alarms & Timers. You’ll see all your active alarms set for that device.
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Snoozing Your Smart Alarm
Let’s be honest, who hasn’t used the snooze feature on a normal alarm? I get it, not every morning is the same and if you’re feeling a bit woozy (maybe you had a hard night), you can also snooze your smart alarm. Just say, “Hey Google, snooze alarm” and by default, Google snoozes your alarm for 10 minutes. If you want to snooze the alarm for a specific duration then you can say, “Ok Google, snooze the alarm for 15 minutes” or any other time length you want.
How To Set Cartoon Characters Alarms
You also add a smart alarm as added messages from cartoon characters. This is mostly for little kids, but it’s still a fun little twist to waking up. The kids love it. As of right now, you can currently use Lego Friends, Lego City, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Hatchimals. I know, I’m really upset that I can’t get Batman to say “I am the night!”. But I can dream that one day it will be possible!
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All you have to say is “OK Google, set a Character Alarm” and follow the Google Assistant prompts for selecting. I can see the benefit of using these characters for waking up your kids. These alarms include jokes, music, and encouraging words from the available characters.
Smart Alarms: One Of The Best Features From Google?
As previously mentioned, one of my favorite features of my Google devices is smart alarms and reminders. Aside from staying on track, creating smart alarms can be customized to fit my needs. And it’s a great way to mix things up and variety to your routines in life.
