Starting from the living room, you will discover how useful your Google Home is in the places you least expect.

The Google Nest Mini on the front porch? certainly.

From the initial Google Home to the ever-expanding list of Nest devices, Google has built a mature smart home product ecosystem. But using Google Nest Minis, Google Nest Hubs, and Google Home Max to add to your house, you start to ask the question: Where do you put all these devices?

Certain locations in your home are obviously good places for Google Home or Nest devices. The kitchen (used for timers), bedroom bedside tables (used for alarm clocks), and living rooms (used for dance parties) are all good choices. But I find that sometimes smart speakers that I place farther away from the wall (or wall-mounted) are my most commonly used. Just like the original Google Home ($80 at Wal-Mart), it is located in my stairwell (for ambient music) or in the garage of the Nest Minis ($25 at Wal-Mart) (for my podcast in woodwork). 

It started as a happy accident, really. I have to find a place to put all my six Google Home speakers and two Nest Hub ($60 at Walmart) displays, right?

You may be thinking, why should I install so many smart speakers in a two-bedroom townhouse? On the one hand, Google Home is useful wherever and wherever you put it, but I might not add smart speakers in some of my favorite places, if not because I am addicted to the killer feature of great technology.

When you have a large number of smart speakers, there are several pitfalls to be aware of. Watch out for too many bell alarms (you can fix it) and check my list of typical Google Home pet annoyances. However, if you do have an extra one or two, you will not regret trying new places to place them. These are my five favorite unexpected places, where I put my Google Home speakers and monitors.

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When I spent a week exploring all the different ways to install Google Home Mini, I first discovered the joy of installing Google Home in the bathroom. In this case, you absolutely want to keep your electronic devices away from the splash zone, so I strongly recommend placing any smart speakers on a wall or shelf away from the sink, bathtub, or shower. However, once you do this, some of the advantages of installing a Google Home device in your bathroom are as follows:

The best way to put a smart speaker in the bathroom is to wall it above the splash zone.

Although sometimes I spend only about four minutes in the garage every day, a lot of things usually happen in these four minutes. Whether I'm coming or going, it's great to have a Google Home speaker in the garage for any last-minute tasks before I leave (and some extra help on arrival). For example, using the Google Home speakers in the garage, you can:

If you have Chamberlain myQ Smart Garage Hub, the Google Home device in your garage allows you to open and close the top door with voice commands.

One of my most commonly used Google Home devices is the Nest Hub, which I put on my desk at home, next to my computer monitor. This is weird, right? Not at all, for the following reasons:

Google Nest Hub or Hub Max is a great second screen in your home office.

The Google Home speaker in the hall is very useful, as long as someone presses your Nest Doorbell (Wired) to play the sound. However, the best thing about installing a smart speaker at the entrance of your home is what you can do with it in the next trick.

The Google Home in the foyer means speakers close to the front porch, which you can move during weekends, holidays, parties, and special events. E.g:

Do you still have more Google Home smart speakers than you know? Double the same Google Home speakers to create a stereo pair or use them to build a whole-house sound system. For all the speakers in your home, you may need to adjust the wake word sensitivity so that the person you want can hear you.

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