Google Assistant action utterances

Configuration
1

OK. Got everything setup.
Phones see devices in HA and GA can see HA entities.

I just do not know how to speak a command.
Can someone give me an example of what should be said to turn on a light?

if I say, “OK Google, Talk to Home Assistant, turn on bedroom light”
Google does web search. Same result if say, “talk to Home Assistant, turn on bedroom light”

2

What if you say “OK Google, turn on the bedroom light”. I dont have GA setup on my HassIO because I’, still using emulated hue, but thats how my emulated hue works… I figured this would be the same?

3

Nope. no combination work

Do we need to create links like Alexa skill or just work like emulated hue. I was thinking it like emulated hue where things just work?

4

What did you name your app? Try “OK Google, tell [your app name]. to turn on light”

5

nope…
i have typed in command as well to remove possibility it is not being understood

6

I just say “OK Google, turn [name] [on/off]” and it works.
“OK Google, dim [name]” also works for my Aeotec Z-Wave RGBW Bulb.

7

Same. You don’t have to tell it to tell home assistant.
I have a light called light.livingroom_lamp_tangerine, with a friendly name of just Tangerine.

Hey google, turn Tangerine on, is all I need to say.

8

This helped get me in the ballpark

I read somewhere that using the Simulator from Google Dev Console breaks this somehow.
I unlinked my account in Google Assistant App then linked account again
Worked immediately after.

I also did not add devices to rooms so this may have also been the fix.
I had light “living room” in “living room” of Google Assistant app.
read that have devices or groups with same or similar names creates issues (of course).
I now have devices setup but did not place them into rooms in Google app

in any case. SOLVED for now

9

But I can’t get the aliases feature working. Can you?

I’ve successfully given a light a “nickname” within the google assistant app on my phone, but it doesn’t recognize the name or aliases I’ve set in the home assistant configuration:

google_assistant:
  project_id: project-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  client_id: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  access_token: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  exposed_by_default: true
  customize:
    light.aeotec_zw098_led_bulb_level:
      google_assistant: true
      google_assistant_name: office light
      aliases:
        - the smart bulb

Anyone see something I’ve done wrong?

10

Customize should be separate
Need quotes

google_assistant:
  project_id: project-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  client_id: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  access_token: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
  exposed_by_default: true

customize:
  light.aeotec_zw098_led_bulb_level:
    google_assistant: true
    google_assistant_name: 'office light'
    aliases:
       - 'the smart bulb!'
11

Thanks!!

I’ve misread the example on the Google Assistant component documentation! I thought the google_assistant: section should have its own customize:

Weird that my configuration is valid though…

12

config is valid but I expect you had “warnings” in logs