topic Google Home Routines with groups in Home Automation

Google Home Routines with groups

RichardHH — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 08:56:06 GMT

Heya!

I grouped some smart bulbs and switches, like "living room", "dining room" etc.
Looks like i cannot use groups within actions/routines to switch a room on and off ?

Seriously?

Tnx

Richard

Re: Google Home Routines with groups

Juni — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 20:46:19 GMT

Hi RichardHH,

Thanks for reaching out. Are the smart bulbs and switches in the same group? Are you able to control the group via voice command? Try the action "Add your own," then put the command to turn off and on the group, and observe if it works.

Keep me posted.

Regards,

Juni

Re: Google Home Routines with groups

RichardHH — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 06:54:26 GMT

Hi Juni,

tnx for the reply, but thats not the issue. Yes, i can control the groups (Lamps and Switches) via Voice by saying (eg.) "turn off kitchen" - but i was asking for a native function, like Alexa has, like Tusy/SmartLife has.

It's a group-control function like:

In Google Home, Automatisation, "Smart Home Geräte einstellen" (i am german) -> there should be a group list as well that i can control (On/Off).

Can you suggest that to the dev team?

Tnx!

Richard

Re: Google Home Routines with groups

Juni — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:56:59 GMT

Hi RichardHH,

Our team is working hard to deliver the best experience for our users — I'd suggest you submit feedback about it. See the article below on how to do it.

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Cheers,

Juni