Product Reviews, Experiences, and Technical Insights from Thomas J. Hesley
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How to Setup WiFi on Google Home
You may sometime move your Google Home speaker to a different house, and thus, want to link it with another WiFi network. Or, the speaker does not show as linked in the Home app. In either case, the speaker is no longer joied to your WiFi network. So this post shows how to setup a…
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Google Mini Setup Instructions
This post gives Google Mini setup instructions, to get your speaker up and running after purchase, or when you move a speaker you already have to new WiFi routers or make other WiFi changes. With your iOS or Android mobile device and the Google Home app, setting up your speaker anew is easy, and you…
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Google Home Mini Setup Instructions
This post gives Google Home Mini setup instructions, to get your speaker up and running after purchase, or when you move a speaker you already have to new WiFi routers or make other WiFi changes. With your iOS or Android mobile device and the Google Home app, setting up your speaker anew is easy, and…
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How to Clear Google Assistant History
Each time you speak a request or command to your Google Home speaker, Google Home records your voice and sends that up to the Google Assistant service in the cloud. There, the assistant saves your voice recordings for an indefinite period. However, some folks worry about these recordings “hanging around” in perpetuity, for reasons that we…
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Google Mini Charger Specs
The charger shipped with the Google Mini smart speaker is a common medium-current USB power source So we cover the Google Mini charger specs and details for this wall AC supply. But if you cannot find an original replacement charger, any high power USB supply with a micro USB plug works well. But in the…
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Google Chromecast Audio Unboxing
Here we show unboxing and connecting Google Chromecast Audio receiver. First, the Google Chromecast Audio receiver is a streaming audio media player. So it acts as a line level audio output device for Chromecast enabled applications. Plus, these apps run on phones, tablets, and desktop computers. Furthermore, this Cast Audio receiver works as well as…
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How to Connect Google Chromecast Audio
Shows how to connect Google Chromecast Audio receiver to its power supply, and an audio amplifier, loudspeaker, or headphones, as well as how to turn it on. Connect Google Chromecast Audio Receiver Instructions 1. Find the USB Power Port on the Chromecast Audio First of all, find the micro USB port on this Chromecast Audio…
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How to Change Google Mini WiFi Network
You may see WiFi connection errors when booting your Google Mini smart speaker. Or, your speaker may not show up in the Home app. Both problems occur when the Google Mini no longer connects to your WiFi network. To see the speaker and to use it too, the Mini must be online. That is, it…
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How to Set Sleep Timer on Google Mini
The Google Mini speakers features a sleep timer function that you can turn it on and off with voice requests! They also refer to this timer as a music timer, radio timer, play timer, or podcast timer. But no matter what you call it, it works the same for all these media sources. So here,…
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How to Connect Google Mini to Bluetooth Speaker
This post shows how to connect Google Mini to a Bluetooth speaker. Here, we demo this using JBL ‘s Flip 3 Bluetooth speaker. Since this connecting happens between the Flip 3 and Google Mini speakers directly, you need not turn on Bluetooth in the mobile device you’re using to establish this connection. How to Connect…
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