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@djesko Where can I find the beta app?
at what device do you want to install the assistant app?
It took me a lot of time to find out it will not install on tablets, only on phones.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/3/16/14945500/android-tablets-google-assistant-no-rollout-yet
I have tried on iPhone 7 and Huawei android phone.
//N
But an android phone set on US should work. At least it does for my Samsung S6 and A5. Otherwise try it with a Samsung S6 from a friend. You only need to activate the Homey assistant app once and it does not mather which device you use for that.
Thanks
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you need to change the phone language to English US...
if you then go into Google home and tap the three horizontal lines (top left) next to HOME you see "Explore"
tap it and Google assistant will open (if you have installed Google assistant already - apparently it is only installable if your phone language (and region?) is set to US)
And then scroll to HOME CONTROL
and find the homey card:
I had Homey and Google Home (GH) play nicely with each other for a day - then I tried to re-install everything because it said "I don' know what you want me to do - but did it anyway... it worked but was irritating. I wish I had left it there.
Since then I can't get GH and Homey to talk to each other!
I tried a factory reset on both devices multiple times and link- unlinked Homey in the GH app...
the problem seems to be: If I say "Ok google, talk to Homey" - GH confirms the connection and says: ok here is Homey. To use homey please say (see screen shot bottom)
BUT if I go and say (or type) "Ok Google, as homey what time it is" I get the error message (see screenshot top)
ANY HELP is apprechiated - because I am running out of ideas, and getting frustrated.
Now, how do I get Homey to respond...?? (yes, both Homey and Google Assistant are set to English)
It seems that the integration between Homey and Google Assistant/Home isn't straight forward, I hope that is only a speed bump.
Since the voice recognition of the Homey isn't that great, and painfully slow, I would also like to link it to a Google Home device for turning lights on among other things (Hey Google, tell Homey to turn on the lights on 1st floor).
For you that have this up and running, what is the delay between the command and the execution, give or take?
Turns out the correct steps are:
1) link Google home to homey as mentioned above.
2) ensure Google home can talk to homey 'ok google talk to homey" and the generic response appears "..to talk to homey please say...."
3) THEN "ok google, tell home to SELECT A HOMEY"
4)and only then you can enjoy the superior speech recognition of google home in combination with all the connectivity of Homey!!!
I hope that is of some help.
Thanks to Bram and Emilie for their endurance - homey might be a work in progress, but the customer service makes it worthwhile...
I tried questions of 'what is the time' and 'what time is it' and all I get back is "By car the journey home is 1 minute with light traffic' every time. It seems 'Home' is too close to 'Homey' if the question is a well known one to Google and it gives me a travel time instead. update: 'what time it is' seems to work
However other things it does seem to pass through although the question 'are the <zone> lights on' always results in 'turning lights on in the<zone>'. Hmm just realised that speaking direct to Homey does this too
I bought a Google Home mini and I’am trying to het it to talk to Homey.
but when I try to add a Home Control service, Homey does not show up in the long list of possible Home Control services.......
gr. Remco
(It is a good sign that the Homey card shows up at all = language and country settings are correct )
I had to restart homey (upside down& countdown), then link it to the atoms account before I was able to unlink and re- link homey in the Google assistant, after that everything should be set.
(ps: I turned off the mic in homey, since speech recognition runs via google home and through shortcuts for homey)
good luck - it's worth the hassle!
How do I unlink my Homey when I am not able to link it?
My solution was to install the google assistant app back again on the phone. There i deleted the homey account. I then deleted again the google assistant app and connected the homey account on google home app. That worked for me.
https://www.apkmirror.com/?post_type=app_release&searchtype=apk&s=Google+assistant
So a short answer. Possibly somewhere on the google account the homey account is already active.