Guest Mode will prevent visitors from adding to your calendar, changing your appointments, launching a call to your contacts, and other actions. However, it will still allow your guests to turn on lights, listen to the radio, or set timers when cooking.
If you want to test out Guest Mode right now, just say Hey Google, turn on Guest Mode to your nearest smart speaker. The new functionality is available right now for those using Google Assistant in English - with support for other languages to follow, Google says.
However, the timing of the release of this new feature isn t ideal .as nobody should be inviting guests or family members around to their home anytime soon. That s because the UK, like vast swathes of mainland Europe and North America, is currently in the midst of lockdown measures to desperately try to combat the spread of the coronavirus. In the UK, having guests from outside of your household – unless you re in a support bubble for care reasons – is against the la
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You can now enable a new “Guest Mode” on Google’s smart speakers and displays, like the Nest Audio, and make sharing your devices less of a privacy risk. The feature blocks Google Assistant from saving any commands and questions you feed it normally useful for getting your digital helper to know you better, but problematic if you’re in a situation where multiple people are badgering your digital assistant.
Google introduces ‘Guest Mode’ for its smart speakers, smart displays
January 14, 2021
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Users can ask questions, control smart home devices, set timers and play music, but won’t show personal results (calendar entries, contacts), until they turn the mode off
Google is introducing a new ‘Guest Mode’ for its smart speakers and smart displays.
“We’re introducing Guest Mode, another easy way to control your privacy on smart speakers and Smart Displays, like Nest Audio and Nest Hub Max. Just say, “Hey Google, turn on Guest Mode,” and your Google Assistant interactions will not be saved to your account,” Google said in a blog post.
Last January Google quietly did away with the existing Guest Mode feature, which allows people not on your Wi-Fi network to connect with a Chromecast or smart speaker by entering a four-digit PIN, from its Home and Nest devices on account that some people and pets could hear the ultrasonic frequencies the two devices use to pair. Today, in the culmination of online privacy efforts the company first announced back in October, users will be able to turn off the voice recording features of their smart display and speaker like the Nest Audio or Nest Hub Max simply by telling it to. This new Guest Mode is basically like Chrome’s Incognito tabs.