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Google Home now lowers the volume of casting audio when using Google Assistant
Aug 10, 2025
If you’ve ever tried to ask yourGoogle Homea question when it’s casting audio to a TV or speaker, you’re probably aware that it can have trouble understanding you when the audio is too loud. I’ve run into this countless times, so I’m happy to report that Google is now working to make this a much more seamless operation.
Now, when your Google Home is casting videos or music to a TV or speaker, the Assistant will automatically lower the volume so it can better understand what you’re saying. For instance, if you’re casting a YouTube video to your television from your Google Home and want to ask it a question (such as “turn the volume down”), your TV will lower when you say “Ok Google” and stay at that level until you’re done talking to the Assistant. This feature should now be enabled by default.
I’ve been able to make this work on my Google Home running on preview firmware version 97091, though it sounds like some users don’t have access to the feature yet. If you’d like to see if it’s live for you, navigate to the devices section in your Google Home app, and you should see an option calledLower volume when listening.
However, this feature won’t work in all cases. Here are the list of exceptions for when Google Home won’t lower the volume:
This should make talking to your Assistant much easier. Are you seeing this feature yet? Let us know in the comments below.
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