topic Re: assistant.command.OkGoogle ignores devices field with assistant.event.OkGoogle starter in Home Automation

assistant.command.OkGoogle ignores devices field with assistant.event.OkGoogle starter

Alphabet — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:54:20 GMT

I have noticed that the OkGoogle command action will ignore the devices field when using the OkGoogle event starter. Instead it runs the command on the device that started the event.

metadata: name: Test OkGoogle Automations description: Scripted automation automations: starters: - type: assistant.event.OkGoogle eventData: query is: Test automation two actions: - type: assistant.command.OkGoogle okGoogle: What is the weather? devices: Nest Hub - Living Room - type: time.delay for: 10sec - type: assistant.command.OkGoogle okGoogle: What sound does a dog make? devices: Nest Hub - Bedroom

For example, if I say "Hey Google, test automation two" to the bedroom nest hub, then it will tell me what the weather is even though it should execute on the living room nest hub. Additionally, the second OkGoogle command never executes no matter what device started the automation. It seems like the script editor has issues with multiple OkGoogle events and commands in a single automation or script.

Something significant to note:

If I manually execute that script by pressing the play button at https://home.google.com/automations, then the script works flawlessly every time.

Re: assistant.command.OkGoogle ignores devices field with assistant.event.OkGoogle starter

Alphabet — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 06:53:24 GMT

Hey, @Prafulla not to bother you, but maybe you could take note of this issue as well in relation to your comment on "Multiple automations in single script sometimes breaks when using `assistant.event.OkGoogle` starter". Thank you!

Re: assistant.command.OkGoogle ignores devices field with assistant.event.OkGoogle starter

Prafulla — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 16:19:05 GMT

Thanks for tagging @Alphabet . Your observation is spot on. Currently, the Google Assistant responds on the same device that the user interacted with for voice starters. We set this expectation in the Google Home app (see attached screenshot), but not yet in the script editor. We are taking note of this.

In parallel, we are working to give users the flexibility to use any device for voice starters as well (similar to how you already noted for the play button).

Thank you for your continued feedback and questions. We appreciate it.

Re: assistant.command.OkGoogle ignores devices field with assistant.event.OkGoogle starter

Alphabet — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 17:38:40 GMT

Ahhh, thank you for the update!

Re: assistant.command.OkGoogle ignores devices field with assistant.event.OkGoogle starter

Erik_P — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 09:56:41 GMT

It has been a year & nothing changed. ☹️

Guess Google is only interested these days in AI.