Google Home Mini Touch Controls

To play pause stop music playback or end a phone call long press on either side of the home mini.
Google home mini touch controls. According to google the home mini behaved as if the top touch control mechanism was constantly activated which led the search giant to disable top touch functionality. A few weeks later and google is slowly adding touch controls back to the home mini albeit in limited form. To reach maximum volume tap to volume level 10. Even so the home mini s latest update lets you long press the sides to end calls.
Here s what you can do. Stop a ringing alarm or timer. Stop a timer or alarm with a tap on either side of the device. Starting friday google s rolling out an update to the mini that shifts a lot of the old top touch functionality to the side.
We immediately rolled out a software update on october 7 to mitigate the issue. The functions of these 3 touch controls are different. Play pause or stop media or end a current phone call. One touch control location is in the top center of google home mini and the other two in two sides.
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The google home team is aware of an issue impacting a small number of google home mini devices that could cause the touch control mechanism to behave incorrectly. Once your device gets the update you can long press those same side areas to play and pause music. But this fall google hit back hard with the home mini which has become the best cheap smart speaker to buy for most people. Previously you could tap the side of the mini to control the volume of the speaker.
Press and hold either side of home mini. Touch google home mini like this.