Google Nest’s fall-themed ringtones are coming even earlier this year

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Hopefully this child isn’t scared by the sounds of a spooky, scary skeleton. | Image: Google

Google — along with Starbucks, Spirit Halloween, and seemingly every grocery store in my area — is starting to gear up for fall. It’s bringing seasonal ringtones to the Nest Doorbell (battery) even earlier this year, with the addition of a festive accordion jingle for Oktoberfest that’ll become available in the Google Home App starting September 5th.

Like last year, Google will also let you set your doorbell chime to some spooky sounds for Halloween, starting on October 1st. Previously, those included things like witch, werewolf, and ghost sounds. Those are pretty easy to imagine, but here's what the Oktoberfest ringtone sounds like:



Oktoberfest isn’t the only new holiday Google’s adding to its seasonal ringtone lineup. Starting on...

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source https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/31/23329855/google-nest-doorbell-fall-ringtones-halloween-oktoberfest-diwali

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