No they won’t. Why would a hub be required to talk with Google Home?
All you need is Home Assistant. It connects directly to Google Home via the Ethernet Network.
Same for Alexa.
Im trying to understand what he meant by saying home assistant connecting to google home or alexa. Could you guys clarify please?
I am trying to learn and understand what is the exact purpose of home assistant when a person is using google or alexa automation in his home. Does he even need to use home assistant and for what purpose. I am reading more and hopefully can come up with better and more clear questions… sorry
No. Not at all. If you buy all devices compatible with Google Home.
Then you can do some simple things with just Google home like telling it to turn off your lights or to order 13 metric tonnes of creamed corn using your voice . It’s a fancy remote control.
However if you want your TV (that is not compatible with Google Home) to come on only when you are home and it’s the day before your soccer practice and rain is forecast and it’s time for the local weather report - then yeah Home Assistant is good at doing things like that. Google? Not so much.
Okay. So If I have google home and alexa at my home and I want to controll all devices through a single platform, I would be able to use home assistant to bring both systems together.
And as you mentioned, home assistant is able to control some appliances that are not compatible with either google home or alexa. Thats right?
Although it can directly control some appliances that are compatible with google home and/or alexa as well.
Here’s a list of things Home Assistant can control or receive information from:
Then there are custom integrations that can be added to Home Assistant for control of even more devices not included in the core integrations above. You can find them by searching github or the forums here.