# Ask Google flow without 'ask homey' **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [July 14, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402 "2020-07-14T22:46:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichiMess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michimess/32/32039_2.png) [@MichiMess](https://community.homey.app/u/MichiMess)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/1 "2020-07-14T22:46:54Z")
Hi, my name is Michel and I’m new here! I have the Homey pro and I like it. Sometimes it’s slower then the ICS2000 but it’s ok. With my ICS2000 I started a scene with: ‘Hey Google, start movie time’ But now with Homey pro it’s a longer sentence: ‘Hey Google, ask Homey movie time’ Is there a possibility to command Homey flows via Google without 'ask Homey ? I tried a lot of combo’s 😉 Many thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frank_van_de_schuur/32/35882_2.png) [@Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://community.homey.app/u/Frank_van_de_Schuur)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/2 "2020-07-15T05:28:43Z")
Yep, you can do this via Google routines. The voice command will be **movietime** and the routine action will be **ask homey movietime** ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Ruitenbeek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/patrick_ruitenbeek/32/27453_2.png) [@Patrick\_Ruitenbeek](https://community.homey.app/u/Patrick_Ruitenbeek)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 8:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/3 "2020-07-15T08:37:18Z")
Or make a virtual device named “Move time” and underneath that you’ll place the actions you want. For instance; **When** ; Movie time is on **And** ; place someting here, like TV light is off. **Than** ; place your actions here that you want to happen when you watch a movie. This is how i did it, so i say, Hey Google, bioscoop (dutch) Than the lights are dimming and the shutters are closing . ---
**Author:** ![MichiMess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michimess/32/32039_2.png) [@MichiMess](https://community.homey.app/u/MichiMess)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 10:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/4 "2020-07-15T10:20:02Z")
Nice!!! I didn’t know it existed! Awesome! Dankjewel kerel 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MichiMess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michimess/32/32039_2.png) [@MichiMess](https://community.homey.app/u/MichiMess)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 10:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/5 "2020-07-15T10:21:11Z")
And this is also a great thing! A new world opens up for me 🙂 Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Ruitenbeek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/patrick_ruitenbeek/32/27453_2.png) [@Patrick\_Ruitenbeek](https://community.homey.app/u/Patrick_Ruitenbeek)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 10:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/6 "2020-07-15T10:44:18Z")
@MichiMess You’re welcome! ---
**Author:** ![Tomm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tomm/32/10625_2.png) [@Tomm](https://community.homey.app/u/Tomm)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/7 "2020-07-15T17:11:50Z")
is ‘movietime’ the name of a (virtual) button or the name of a flow? Tried to start a flow like this without succes. ---
**Author:** ![MichiMess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michimess/32/32039_2.png) [@MichiMess](https://community.homey.app/u/MichiMess)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/8 "2020-07-15T17:18:11Z")
Movietime is a flow. And I did it with Google routines! Now I can say: Hey Google: Start movietime, or start bedtime, etc… Thanks Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frank_van_de_schuur/32/35882_2.png) [@Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://community.homey.app/u/Frank_van_de_Schuur)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/9 "2020-07-15T18:05:36Z")
You’re welcome ---
**Author:** ![MichiMess](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michimess/32/32039_2.png) [@MichiMess](https://community.homey.app/u/MichiMess)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/10 "2020-07-15T18:12:11Z")
Patrick, I also tried your solution and it works also! But I have to say Hey Google: movietime on or movietime off indeed. Now with the routines I don’t have extra devices and I can say: Start movietime 😉 I like that more. But thanks for this great tip! ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frank_van_de_schuur/32/35882_2.png) [@Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://community.homey.app/u/Frank_van_de_Schuur)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/11 "2020-07-16T05:54:26Z")
Exactly, that’s what I also don’t like with virtual button. It’s counter intuitive ---
**Author:** ![Picsou621](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/picsou621/32/15357_2.png) [@Picsou621](https://community.homey.app/u/Picsou621)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/12 "2020-07-16T06:18:26Z")
Good morning, everyone! Just a small addition, the “routines” are not available in all countries (e.g. in Switzerland, no idea why). Personally (in Switzerland), I use IFTTT to link my Google Home and Homey. This way, it is possible to configure an “Applet” that starts a Flow in Homey. It is thus possible to configure very precisely up to three different sentences that start a specific Flow, and also to configure the answer that your Google Home will give to your query. I think it’s also possible to have an even more advanced interaction with Homey (for example by asking the temperature of a specific sensor), but I haven’t tried it. However with my blinds, it works very well. It may be slightly slower than the solutions proposed above, but the huge advantage is to be able to choose very precisely the sentence you want! ---
**Author:** ![Patrick\_Ruitenbeek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/patrick_ruitenbeek/32/27453_2.png) [@Patrick\_Ruitenbeek](https://community.homey.app/u/Patrick_Ruitenbeek)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/13 "2020-07-16T06:27:17Z")
On topic. That’s correct, down side for me is, that i want as few stops as possible between the interactions. Other than that it does the job. Offtopic, you’re from Switzerland? We come 3 till 4 times a year in Switserland. We love it. Allways in Berner Oberland. This year we had to skipp cause of Corona, and it breaks our heart. ---
**Author:** ![Sxnny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sxnny/32/16764_2.png) [@Sxnny](https://community.homey.app/u/Sxnny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/14 "2020-07-20T12:37:55Z")
My Google Home Mini keeps saying homey isn’t connected, but is in the google home and homey app. The trigger I’m using is: vraag homey rolluiken omlaag (rolluiken omlaag is the flow). Does anybody know what I’m doing wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/frank_van_de_schuur/32/35882_2.png) [@Frank\_van\_de\_Schuur](https://community.homey.app/u/Frank_van_de_Schuur)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/15 "2020-07-20T14:57:35Z")
> [@Sxnny](#): > > but is in the google home and homey app. Not sure what you mean by this… Does Homey execute the action and after that google home says “Homey is not connected” ? If that’s the case then it might be that Homey is not responding fast enough to google home. I solved it by just adding a “say something” card in the google flow. where the actual text is just a ‘space’ ---
**Author:** ![Sxnny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sxnny/32/16764_2.png) [@Sxnny](https://community.homey.app/u/Sxnny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 3:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/16 "2020-07-20T15:10:09Z")
![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/8/6/86a80a7a298f831f61c14f64db12aea40b0b9df0.png) I made the attached routine. After triggering it, I get the following response message from my google home mini: Het lijkt erop dat je account bij homey nog niet is gekoppeld. Je kan homey aan je google account koppelen via de Google home app. I already have a connection between homey and google home and I can control homey devices through the google home app. I don’t get why it doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Sxnny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sxnny/32/16764_2.png) [@Sxnny](https://community.homey.app/u/Sxnny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/17 "2020-07-20T16:11:51Z")
One step further. Apparently there is a third option to connect homey to google assistent, asking the assistant to talk with homey. ---
**Author:** ![Sxnny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sxnny/32/16764_2.png) [@Sxnny](https://community.homey.app/u/Sxnny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/18 "2020-07-20T16:17:31Z")
Hmm doesn’t want to start flow. ---
**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/19 "2020-07-20T16:30:33Z")
Your flow starts with the Card “Something was said” with the wanted text? ---
**Author:** ![Sxnny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sxnny/32/16764_2.png) [@Sxnny](https://community.homey.app/u/Sxnny)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402/20 "2020-07-20T16:42:02Z")
Yes! It works for devices now, but it doesn’t understand/find/Trigger flows. Maybe a different command? [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/ask-google-flow-without-ask-homey/32402.md?page=2)