You can turn off the status lights on your Nest Wifi and Google Wifi devices, or change their brightness levels.
Turn off or change status light brightness
- Open the Google Home app.
- Tap Favouritesor Devices.
- Tap and hold your device's tile.
- At the top right, tap Settings . For some Wifi points, you might also need to tap Lights.
- Under 'Status light brightness', choose a brightness level.
Adjust the volume and brightness of your Nest Wifi point
Adjust the volume
- Tap on the right side of the Nest Wifi point.
- For maximum volume, tap the right side 10 times.
Note: This only adjusts the volume of media and your Google Assistant. At volume level 0, all media will be muted but your Google Assistant will still speak at a minimum level. Adjusting the Google Assistant media volume doesn't adjust the volume of alarms and timers .
Tap on the left side of the Nest Wifi point.
10 total taps will mute all audio except your Google Assistant.
Note: This only adjusts the volume of media and your Google Assistant. At volume level 0, all media will be muted but your Google Assistant will still speak at a minimum level. Adjusting the Google Assistant and media volume doesn't adjust the volume of alarms and timers .
Change light brightness
- Open the Google Home app .
- Tap Favouritesor Devices.
- Tap and hold your device's tile.
- Tap Settings Lights.
- Under 'Status light brightness', choose a brightness level, or turn it off.
Turn off the Google Assistant on your Nest Wifi point
You can turn off the Google Assistant at any time by following the steps below.
Turn off the microphone
Turning off the microphone prevents the Nest Wifi point from listening or responding to your queries. You can continue to use it as a speaker via cast or Bluetooth.
- Use the switch on the back of the Nest Wifi point next to the power cable to turn off the microphone.
- You'll know that the microphone is off when the on or off switch shows an orange colour.
Turn off the mute light on the Nest Wifi point
When the microphone on the Nest Wifi point is off, a glowing orange light will appear under the device. You can choose to turn off this glowing orange light under the device settings:
- Open the Google Home app .
- Tap Favouritesor Devices.
- Tap and hold your device's tile.
- At the top right, tap Settings Lights.
- Switch on Turn off mute light.