7 Ways To Stop Google Home From Repeating Commands (How-To)

It can be annoying if the original purpose of the Google Home device cannot be met by its in-built design specifications.

Fortunately, there are ways to turn off the assistant when you trigger a command. So, how do you stop Google Home from repeating commands?

Here are 7 ways to stop Google Home from repeating commands:

1. Set up ‘rooms’ in Google Home by changing the settings. 
2. Stop Google Assistant suggestion notifications on Android. 
3. Create separate Routines.
4. Use commands for unwanted suggestions. 
5. Change Routine settings on the Google Home app. 
6. Turn on “Night Mode” from Google Home settings.
7. Ensure that Google Home can switch on smart lights quietly.

This article will explore all of the strategies mentioned above in richer detail.

To learn everything you need to know about keeping Google Home from repeating commands, read on. 

1. Set Up ‘Rooms’ in Google Home by Changing the Settings

You can set up ‘rooms’ in Google Home. These are essentially groups that you can tell a Google Home device to turn off lights in the same room as the device itself.

This will allow Google Home Assistant to refrain from repeating your command back to you. Instead, it’ll answer with a confirmation chime.

However, the Google Home device has to be in the same room as the lights you’re trying to control. 

For example, if you tell Google Home to turn off the lights, it’ll only chime softly. It won’t end up waking you up with a lengthy verbal confirmation.

2. Stop Google Assistant Suggestion Notifications on Android

Sometimes, you might need to quiet Google Home commands through your Android phone.

This is because it could repeat suggestions based on its settings on your phone.

To set this up, follow these steps:

1. Swipe down from the top of the screen and click to open the Settings.
2. Select ‘Apps & Notifications.’
3. Tap on ‘See All Apps’ for the complete list of applications that you’ve installed on your phone.
4. Scroll through the list until you find ‘Google.’
5. Select ‘Notifications.’
6. You’ll see various Notification Channels here as the Google app has a lot of them. Toggle off on ‘Occasionally Repeated Actions.’

Once you’ve clicked the toggle to be on the off mode, Google Assistant will no longer bother you with notifications for repeated commands. 

And quite frankly, there’s no practical use for this feature in the first place. Turning it off is probably for the best.

This will at least regain some quiet in your life.

3. Create Separate Routines

This method may be slightly tedious, but it works!

To create a separate Routine for each command, you don’t want to hear confirmation on:

1. Open the app, log in with a Google account, and you’ll see a Routines button.
2. Tap and see the list of preset options.
3. Tap one and then hit Manage Routines at the bottom.

You can now start customizing the same list of presets in this menu. 

For each command, you can ask Google Home not to repeat the command back to you.

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4. Use Certain Commands for Unwanted Suggestions

Sometimes, you may not want Google Home to repeat your commands back to you, especially when they offer an unwanted suggestion. 

Instead of answering and having them repeat that answer, simply say, “Hey, Google, no thank you.”

You can also say, “OK, Google, no thanks,” which will stop it in its tracks.

5. Change Routine Settings on the Google Home App

You can also just modify the Routine settings on the Google Home app.

Routines are essentially a way to carry out several actions with a single command.

For example, you can put your phone on silent through your Android device.

This is so Google Home won’t repeat your command when you’re switching off the lights. Make sure to click Save.

6. Turn On “Night Mode” From Google Home Settings

From the Google Home app, you can turn on “night mode” and then set the night mode volume to zero.

There will be a volume bar that you can use to control the volume.

After the schedule pops up, tap the days and times that you want your Google Home to stay quiet. 

Then, scroll down and adjust the volume to your desired level.

These settings will work for every Google Home speaker.

It’ll help to ensure that Google Home doesn’t repeat your commands to you.

If you get annoyed by notifications at nighttime, you can turn on Do Not Disturb. Here’s how you can do this:

1. Open the Google Home app.
2. Go to Night Mode.
3. Scroll down to ‘Do Not Disturb.’
4. Switch it on.

DND works exactly the same as on your phone. You’ll still receive notifications, but you won’t hear any annoying pings.

And since any kind of indoor noise can disturb your sleep, it’s best to keep Night Mode on at all times.

While you’ll still hear the alarm, “Do Not Disturb” will stop all reminders and notifications during the period it’s activated. 

7. Ensure That Google Home Can Switch On Smart Lights Quietly

This modification only works if your Google Home device is physically placed in the same room as the smart home lights.

For example, when you ask Google Home to turn off the smart lights or other switches or plugs that your device identified as lights. 

The next time that you use your Google Home, you might notice a slightly different response.

This may happen when you’re controlling lights or a smart switch in the room that you’re in.

Usually, if you say something like, “Hey Google, turn on the lights in my bedroom,” you’ll hear Google Home repeating your command. 

It’ll say, “Sure, turning eight lights on,” and that might be annoying to you if you’re trying to fall asleep. 

However, if you’re controlling lights in the room that you’re in, you’ll just hear a chime.

So there won’t be a verbal response but just a chime. Isn’t the sound of silence just wonderful?

Note: Your Google Home device will only respond with a chime when you ask it to turn off the plug. If the plug is called “desk” and not a “desk light,” you’ll hear a repeated command.

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How To Get Out of Night Mode

Do you need to hear Google’s response to your command?

If so, just say, “Hey Google, turn off night mode.”

You can also turn Night Mode off through the Google Home app.

Google Home and other smart devices have become indispensable in our daily lives.

However, it can take some adjustment to incorporate these products into your life. 

Unfortunately, besides the adjustment to the lights, Google hasn’t introduced such upgrades to prevent Google Home devices from repeating commands in other aspects.

As some Google Home users mentioned here, this feature is certainly something that many users are waiting for.

For example, Amazon’s Echo has a whisper mode. When you whisper to your Echo, it’ll whisper back to you. 

Google Home just screams back at you, even if you trigger a command at 2 a.m. because you wanted to turn the lights off.

Final Thoughts

Google Home repeats your commands because it wants to let you know that the command triggered. 

However, once you get used to the device, it can quickly become annoying and even unnecessary.

Turning on Night Mode is the easiest way to stop Google Home from repeating your commands.

You can also turn on Do Not Disturb in Night Mode, so you don’t get any annoying notifications.

If you want Google Home to repeat your commands again, turn Night Mode off using a voice command.

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