ROUTINES: How to STOP them

[Curtiscop]

Hi Everyone,

Made the jump from Alexa to the GOOGLE Nest Hub Max. I am LOVING it so far, but have ran into a roadblock.  I have found many, many tutorials of how to Setup a Routine. Looks great .... no problem. However, how do you stop a routine.

I want to turn on some lamps at 7:00pm and turn them off at 9:00 pm.   I can 'start' them, I just don't know how to 'stop' the routine.

Thanks for your help in advance

Curtis

[Kadven]

Hi @Curtiscop 

Routines, sometimes called automations, don't work quite like that. When a routine runs it just carries out the actions once and that's it. If you want to turn the lights off at 9pm, you need to create a second routine to action at 9pm that just turns the lights off.

It is possible to to insert a fixed time delay into a 'personal' routine to carry out a second action, but in the circumstance you are talking about just creating a second routine is simplest.

[SmartHomeH-TAGS]

While the routine is running you want to stop it?

You need to find the Automation in the Google Home app and attempt to edit it. You'll get a warning that your action will disrupt the routine. 

Otherwise you shouldn't have jumped off the Amazon bandwagon as you can disable and enable Alexa routines with your voice. 

I use both systems.