Google Assistant and Home Availability at U-M

Environment

U-M Google, Assistant, Home

Issue

Can I connect my U-M Google account to my Google Assistant or Google Home devices?

Resolution

Google Assistant and Google Home are additional services that connect to personal-use devices (e.g., Nest Mini, Hub and Audio, Nest thermostats, cameras, and doorbells, Chromecast, Google Pixel phone/tablet, etc.), while U-M Google is a service exclusively for university business. Therefore, Google Assistant and Google Home are not supported for use with U-M Google accounts.

If you wish to connect these devices to an account, Google recommends connecting them to a personal (non-UM) Google account. This not only ensures full feature availability for your devices but also keeps your personal data separate from your university data.

Additional Information

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