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calendar event to trigger automation

Andybrad — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 09:34:51 GMT

Hello,

I would like to start an action based on a google calendar event. There is a suggestion that this can be done but i cant see an available action or how you would link it to your acount.

how can i do this?

for example. On monday if event then switch light on

thanks

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

Princesss — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 19:02:59 GMT

Hi Andybrad,

Thanks for posting in the Community.

To answer your question, it looks like setting up a household routine can do that. Household Routines help automate shared home devices for everyone in your home. For example, if you've turned on presence sensing for your phone, your cameras turn off automatically when you come home, or when you manually set your home's status to Home.

Only eligible home members with manager access can create or edit a household Routine.
Anyone in the home, including guests, can start most household Routines.
All home members can check when a household Routine starts. This info is in the Google Home app, in the Home history.
They can start when a device turns on or off.
They can't give personal results like events or reminders from a home member's calendar.
They can start when everyone's away or when someone comes home. Learn more about Home & Away Routines.

If you have additional questions, feel free to respond and I'd be happy to help.

Best,

Princess

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

Evadretsof — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 17:39:27 GMT

I'd like to be able to do something similar. My favorite sports team has a calendar. I'd love to be able to: 1) change room lighting, 2) start radio or tv broadcast, and 3) start DND on my phone, with all triggered by the calendar event. Providing steps for how to do this would be much more helpful than 'it looks like that can be done.'

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

Scruggs — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 06:36:42 GMT

I'm also interested in this use case. I want to turn my thermostat on and off based on when people will be at a vacation home. It just needs to trigger based on a Google calendar event start and stop time, with the ability to +/- the time relatively.

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

Andybrad — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 13:11:59 GMT

so has anyone figured out how to do this yet?

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

deadpixel82 — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:37:02 GMT

I'd love to do this so we can have the morning alarms set to calendar entries for different speakers. Would make school / holiday alarm scheduling much easier.

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

Hollen_ar_mor — Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:05:59 GMT

I'd like to do something like that too !

For me, it would be to set my heater when my children are at home.

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

davejl — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:58:12 GMT

I'd love to be able to do this natively as well but the only solution I've found is through IFTTT.

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

mschulte999 — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:51:15 GMT

YES PLEASE

Re: calendar event to trigger automation

EllieCastro — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:07:32 GMT

I would love for my Google Nest to announce events on my Google Calendar, not only at the beginning of the day, but when I should leave the house according to traffic information and commute length. For example, if I have and event called "dinner with parents" set at 7pm, with the restaurant address tagged, and it usually takes 30 minutes to drive to it, I would want Google to remind me to leave the house and start driving.