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Issues with Cync not linking to Home

I'm having issues with my light bulbs. They were working but I had to reset one and now I can't link Cync to the Home app at all. When I enter my credentials and hit sign in nothing happens. It doesn't even attempt to connect. They work fine with the...

BRuosch by Community Member
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[VOTE] MY GREATEST WISH FOR GOOGLE AUTOMATIONS

Dear Google team &Hello dear Communtiy:let's collect our ideas together and let's send them to google.I have recently set up my Google Home with passion and with great love. It was important to me to choose the best of the best and so I decided on Go...

tempK by Community Member
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Custom actions with presence sensing

Does anyone know a workaround for a custom assistant action to work with presence sensing starter. At the moment it appears that you can only control certain devices (lights and plugs) with presence sensing but could be easily fixed with a custom ass...

DW24 by Community Member
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Can't select individual lights for the "Home" routine

I recently installed four Sengled smart bulbs in two locations. I linked the Sengled app to my Google Home app on my phone. I can control the lights individually and by room through the Google Home app, but I can't control them individually when I tr...

Physical button for Google home automation

I have tried to look for a solution for this. I want to use a physical button (like the flic or Xiaomi wireless light switch) to start an automation (turn on light, open window,..) in Google home. I haven't seen any natural integration, have someone ...

Jvraoda by Community Member
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Google assistant and Harmony remote control problems

I have a Logitech Harmony remote control which supports integration with Google Assistant. The Harmony shows up as a remote control in the Google home app and supports commands that allows me to control AV devices.I also have a Nest Audio and a Pixel...

disco_stu by Community Member
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Google lights

I have geeni google lights and it’s won’t connect even though the lights are on so I’m trying to unlink them and try again but the unlink button won’t let me click it

GD20 by Community Member
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Some of the control options lost for devices in Google Home

There have been multiple control options lost in android Google home app for multiple devices. Some time ago I've realized there are control options missing for thermostats (only on/off option left), Somfy exterior blinds (unable to open/close), whil...

Tulipan by Community Member
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Volume command not working

Hiya,So I have routines set up for various things. My good morning routine is set to change my bedroom nest hub volume to 70%, tell me about my day and then change back to 50%. This used to work, but for the last two days it's now changing the volume...

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