How to Play Radio Alarm on Nest Hub 2nd Gen

Before, we have talked about what to do if you cannot set alarm. Now, this tutorial about how to play radio alarm on Nest Hub 2nd generation is useful if you want to setup an alarm playing spotify or radio on your Nest. Setting And managing alarms or media alarms are easy to do.

With just your voice, your Nest can help you set general alarms, choose a character for your alarm, and play any music you like. The alarm will sound for ten minutes if not snoozed or stopped.

To turn off a timer, media alarm, or general alarm, you can do it without saying “Hey Google”. Simply, say “Stop” and it works for Google Nest display in English-speaking locations. Please note that this feature will not work if you enable Digital Wellbeing.

How to Play Radio Alarm on Nest Hub – Setting Up

It is possible for you to set any music you like as an alarm. Start by choosing a song, or an artist, or a genre from the default music service in your Google Home app. If you go with a premium account for your default music service, you will also get the premium offer from the service.

To do so, say “Okay Google” Hey Google” and then “Set <radio station> radio alarm for <select the time you like> tomorrow”. If your display is not connected to a Wi-Fi at the time of the media alarm, then it will sound a general alarm.

Alarm Sounds

Here are some notes to know when you want to play radio alarm on Nest Hub:

• The alarm sounds will be played from displays or speakers. The sound do not play on other devices such as TV or other speaker that connected with your display.
• You can change the alarm tones on your Nest once you set up an alarm. You cannot change general alarm tones on your speakers.
• The alarm will sound ten minutes if you do not turn it off.

Additionally, you can play radio or Spotify through a speaker group that you have set before. If the tutorial above does not work, then you can reboot or reset your device.

Can You Use Media Alarm for Speaker Group?

Sadly, you cannot set up a media alarm on your speaker group. Google Nest Hub does not support this feature.  Alternatively, it is possible for you to set up scheduled custom routines.

From there, you can set certain time for your speakers. So, it will play music. Other than that, add the action manually by choosing “Try adding your own”, after that type “Play <title> on <name of speaker group>”. You can take a benefit from setting up scheduled routines on your Nest.

That is all you should know about how to play radio alarm on Nest Hub. From this tutorial, hopefully you can set it up successfully!