topic Re: Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast in Streaming

Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast

gddeluca — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:04:43 GMT

I've posted this before, but can't even find my previous posts, let alone any answers, so ... trying again.

I have a chromecast with google tv in our bedroom included in my Google Home network.

If I start the Chromecast manually (with the remote), and use the remote assistant, I can say "Play/Open/Watch Sportsnet". Sportsnet is an App installed on my Chromecast dongle. This works perfectly.

If I don't manually turn on the Chromecast, and say to the Bedroom Nest speaker "Play/Open/Watch Sportsnet on Bedroom TV", it fires up the TV and selects the Sportsnet channel on Youtube, which is NOT what I want.

How do I get Nest Assistant to select the Chromecast App in preference to the Youtube channel?

George

Re: Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast

Cathal_S — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 19:34:05 GMT

Hi there,

Have you tried using a fully formed command e g. "Hey Google, open the sportsnet app on bedroom TV"?

If this works then you can shorten the command by manually adding it to a routine with a shortened command.

Re: Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast

gddeluca — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 15:59:23 GMT

I've tried that (and several variations). If the TV is OFF, it turns it on, but leaves it sitting at the ChromeCast Home page, just as if you'd never asked for a specific App to be opened.

This is an important feature, as my wife is visually impaired, and finds it extremely difficult to read the screen, so if something goes wrong, she's simply lost. She counts on doing things by memory - Hit this button, right 3, press OK etc. When that fails, she just can't recover.

Re: Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast

Cathal_S — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 16:20:25 GMT

Hi again,

As this is a community forum supported by other users and community specialist's I would recommend leaving feedback for the Google Nest team about this as feedback goes directly to the people that can make changes.

Re: Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast

Jeran — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:10:09 GMT

Hey there,

Did you have any more questions or need any additional help?

Thank you,
Jeran

Re: Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast

gddeluca — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:13:18 GMT

No, using a Routine with separate commands (Turn on Bedroom TV, then Watch SportsNet on Bedroom TV) seems to work. However is still disconcerting when the exact same command is interpreted differently by the Nest Assistant and the Chromecast Assistant - I thought they were more in sync logically.

Re: Assistant makes poor choices with chromecast

Jeran — Tue, 24 May 2022 18:42:21 GMT

Hey there!

This thread hasn't had any activity in a while, and there is an accepted solution, so I'm locking the thread. As always, feel free to make a new thread if you have any more questions or concerns.

Thank you for your help, Cathal!

Best regards,
Jeran