Internet speed test guide: Improve your internet connection with the Google Home app

1. Open the Google Home app .
2. Tap Favorites   Wifi   Network performance  Run speed test.

Note: To view your previous speed test results, swipe to the bottom. 

Say "Hey Google, what's my internet speed?"

Available with Nest Wifi or Google Wifi in the Home app. Learn more about setting up Voice Match and controlling your devices by voice.

Download speed
Megabits Per Second (Mbps)	Rating	What you can do
100 Mbps and up	Blazing fast	Stream 4K videos on multiple devices, play online games with your friends, or have a video call— all at the same time.
50 Mbps and up	Lightning fast	Stream 4K video, video call, and online games on multiple devices at the same time.
25 Mbps and up	Pretty snappy	Reliably stream HD videos on multiple devices at the same time.
13 Mbps and up	Good	Stream a few HD videos at once. Decent for a crowded home, but best for small households.
7 Mbps and up	Ok	Stream one HD video. If multiple devices are streaming videos at the same time, some videos might start to buffer.
3 Mbps and up	A little slow	Stream a standard definition video on one device.
Under 3 Mbps	Not so great	Web browsing should be fine, but videos may load slowly.

• Try to run a speed test again. Slow results can be due to congestion on your ISP’s network or on the internet, which are most crowded during peak hours like dinnertime. When networks get crowded, data gets slowed down.
• Turn off Priority device. Priority device reserves bandwidth for the prioritized device and will result in slower network check results.
• Perform a mesh test and check if there are issues with your network.
• Check with your ISP if there are any outages or issues with their internet service.

To calculate your download speed, the Google Home app measures how much data your router or primary Wifi point can send and receive from Google’s servers in a given amount of time. We believe that testing speed against a popular server such as YouTube instead of the closest one provides a truer measure of normal, everyday internet use. 

For example, if your download speed is 45 Mbps, that means:

45 megabits of data can be transferred in one second from YouTube's servers to your home.

Note:

• Any speed test is just a snapshot of your download speed, which depends on when and where you use the internet. You might not have the same speed for everything you do online.
• Your network's bandwidth could be throttled. Bandwidth throttling is an intentional limitation sometimes employed by ISPs to limit the download speed on a network to regulate network traffic and try to manage network congestion. If YouTube traffic is regulated, it can impact Google Home app speed test results.
• Network congestion is a factor. Depending on what you’re doing, when you’re doing it and what other people on the internet are doing, your download speed could potentially be higher or lower than your speed results. 

Most online speed tests check for speeds between your personal devices and a server. But these results will vary depending on two factors:

1. Your location
2. The location of the server

Some tests automatically select the closest server to you, while others let you select from a list of several servers.

Either way, one thing’s for sure: distance matters. Test against a server that’s close to you and the results will be faster. Test against a farther server and they’ll be slower. This variability can lead to results that aren’t always representative of the speeds you’ll experience in everyday use.

Google measures the speed between your Wifi point(s) and Google’s servers. We believe that testing speed against popular servers such as YouTube’s servers provides a truer measure for normal, everyday internet use.

Multiple factors can go into speed tests when run on a router:

• Network congestion: High data usage at a given time can limit network speeds. Congestion can happen to your Wi-Fi network when multiple devices are actively using the internet and can also happen to ISPs when a certain area receives limited network speed due to heavy usage of the internet by everyone at the same time.
• Bandwidth throttling: Sometimes ISPs intentionally throttle networks at certain times of the day to regulate network traffic and minimize congestion.