A ton of products and features were announced at Google's October 4th event, and among those was a broadcast feature for the Google Home line. If you have several Homes in your home, this is sure to come in handy when you need to communicate something with the entire house.

A simple "Ok Google, broadcast..." ahead of your intended message will get it sent out through every Home in the house, much like a PA system. These can be transmitted through Google Homes and Google Assistant on your phone. Examples given include "Ok Google, broadcast it's time to leave for school," and "Ok Google, broadcast I'm on my way home." Plus, saying "Ok Google, broadcast it's dinner time" will emulate a dinner bell's ringing, which is pretty nifty. Other "delightful sounds" (yes, that's what Google is calling them) will sound for other meals, waking up, "TV time," and so on.

The feature is rolling out today in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. Just make sure that you're signed in with the same Google account on all Home devices, the Homes are on the same WiFi network, and they're running firmware version 1.26.93937 or higher.

Broadcast from Google Home device to Google Home device

What you need

Where will the broadcast play?

If the message is started on a Google Home device, it plays on all Google Home devices that:

Broadcast from phone to Google Home device

What you need

Where will the broadcast play?

If the message is started on a phone, it plays on all Google Home devices that are signed in to the same Google Account.

Broadcast a custom message

To do this...

Say "Ok Google," then...

Create a custom message

"Broadcast/shout/tell/announce <message>"

This broadcasts on all devices except the device you're broadcasting from.

Broadcast delightful sounds

To broadcast a message for:

    Say "Ok Google," then...

Wake up

"Broadcast..."

  • wake up everyone
  • "(it's) time to wake up"

Breakfast

"Broadcast..."

  • breakfast is ready
  • breakfast is served
  • (it's) time for breakfast

Lunch

"Broadcast..."

  • (your) lunch is ready
  • it's lunch time

Dinner

"Broadcast..."

  • dinner is served
  • dinner is ready
  • ring dinner bell
  • (it's) time for dinner
  • it's dinner time

Time to leave

"Broadcast..."

  • (it's) time to get out
  • (it's) time to leave
  • (it's) time to leave home
  • (it's) time to leave the house

Arrived home

"Broadcast..."

  • I'm home
  • I'm here

On the way

"Broadcast..."

  • (I'm) on the way
  • (I'll) be home soon
  • (I'll) be back soon

Movie time

"Broadcast..."

  • (it's) movie time
  • the movie is about to start
  • let's go to the movie

TV time

"Broadcast..."

  • the show is about to start
  • it's time to watch tv
  • (it's) tv time

Bedtime

"Broadcast..."

  • (it's) time to bed
  • sleep time
  • we should go to bed

These broadcast on all devices including the device you're broadcasting from. 

Source: Google (1), (2)