Make free phone calls on Google Home or Google Home Mini. It’s as easier as you think. Google turned its speaker into phones by introducing a new update of calling and messaging features. Google Home calls any mobile or landline number like a regular phone. Calls are placed over Wi-Fi without interfering phone plan’s minutes, which is why it’s free. You can make free calls by calling any contacts stored in a Gmail account, or by calling businesses.
How to do Free Phone Calls on Google Home
How to make a phone call to a contact?
To make calls with Google Home, you just say “OK Google, call (contact name).” Home will search your contacts and make a call. it is important that the person you’re calling should be saved in Google Contacts. In addition to it, you can also use Home to call a business or just speak aloud a specific number you want to call.
In case there are multiple numbers such as ‘home’ or ‘mobile, you’ll be asked which one you want to dial. During your first call, Google Home says that can’t dial premium or emergency calls and that the person you’re calling won’t see your caller ID. However, there are no setup instructions or configuration. But you should keep few things in your mind before you get started making free phone calls on Google Home.
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The first main thing which I have already shared is that you cannot make emergency calls, nor call premium numbers. It lets you make free calls to landlines and mobile numbers.
Google Home is smart enough to recognize different people. It can discover different users in your home by voice. So if you say “OK Google, call mom” it will select a contact from your Google Contacts and call your mom without needing to ask which user is making the request.
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Home does not use your phone network to make the phone call, so your recipient won’t know it’s you calling. It might make someone hesitant to pick up. To avoid this inconvenience you can add the caller id.
How to set your caller ID?
To set your caller ID you need to open the Google Home app and go to Settings, and then tap Calls on Speakers. Tap edit under your linked services, select Add or change phone number, then enter your mobile number. Google Home will send a verification code to your mobile number to confirm your caller id. Enter the code into the Home app and click Add to confirm.
End a call
In order to hang up a call on your Google Home, you have two options. First, you can tell Google home, “Hey Google, hang up/disconnect/stop/end call.” Yes, it sounds embarrassing as the receiver can also hear this. The second choice is that you can select and hold either side of the Google Home Mini, or tap the top of the Google Home.
