# Google Home discussion topic (Archived 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** official\ **Created:** [October 16, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884 "2018-10-16T14:46:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![Camelen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/camelen/32/9613_2.png) [@Camelen](https://community.homey.app/u/Camelen)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 10:53am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/291 "2019-02-27T10:53:41Z")
I’m not entirely sure what you mean by that or how it works. So forgive me if my assumption is wrong. I’d say that the advantage of using something that Google home sees as native is that you get all the intelligence without having to adapt to every situation. You can ask to turn off every light in a room and ask if a light is on or off for example. It will also natively support changes that Google might do. But like you said, gBridge costs money so some people might prefer a free option instead. It’s great to have both choices. ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/292 "2019-02-27T11:15:56Z")
> [@Camelen](#): > > I’m not entirely sure what you mean by that or how it works. In Assistant you can create “shortcuts” or if you like “personal commands”. You can name this whatever you like (like “Hit the sack”), type the desired command (like “ask homey to switch off all lights in the living room”) and make sure Homey has a flow that picks this up (like “something was said xxx”). In these cases, you don’t have to say the “ask homey” part. Indeed you can’t ask for statuses (unless you create a shortcut for every question) but you can shorten the most used phrases you use for Homey. ---
**Author:** ![KonradWalsh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/konradwalsh/32/147_2.png) [@KonradWalsh](https://community.homey.app/u/KonradWalsh)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/293 "2019-02-27T11:21:59Z")
So I went that route… it was painful… Most times google would catch it as a shortcut but sometimes not but worse… It didnt always do the same for the other users in the house This way… Google sees it as a native device it can control and just acts as expected EVERY TIME ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/294 "2019-02-27T11:26:56Z")
Works fine here now. Experienced the same indeed, but that was before i added all familiy members on all GH devices (we have 4 around the house). Fact is, i really don’t want to pay extra for functionality that should just work on something i already paid big bucks for. 😇 ---
**Author:** ![KonradWalsh](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/konradwalsh/32/147_2.png) [@KonradWalsh](https://community.homey.app/u/KonradWalsh)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 11:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/295 "2019-02-27T11:28:33Z")
gbridge is free for 4 devices its pay what you want for unlimited anyway… as long as you have a solution that works and you are happy ---
**Author:** ![Fire69](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fire69/32/8758_2.png) [@Fire69](https://community.homey.app/u/Fire69)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/296 "2019-02-27T18:38:13Z")
I configured gBridge also yesterday, works great. But… I totally agree with you and as soon as Homey gets it working as it should have already, gBrigde is out the door 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Groundhog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Groundhog](https://community.homey.app/u/Groundhog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/297 "2019-02-28T12:20:22Z")
is it faster? with shortcut it can be as slow as 3s do we have to buy hardware? is this only for 2.0? ---
**Author:** ![VictorvanHillo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victorvanhillo/32/8689_2.png) [@VictorvanHillo](https://community.homey.app/u/VictorvanHillo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/298 "2019-02-28T12:25:55Z")
It is super speedy, it is almost instant at my house. ---
**Author:** ![Groundhog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Groundhog](https://community.homey.app/u/Groundhog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/299 "2019-02-28T12:26:31Z")
darn. this works only for 2.0…?? ---
**Author:** ![VictorvanHillo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/victorvanhillo/32/8689_2.png) [@VictorvanHillo](https://community.homey.app/u/VictorvanHillo)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/300 "2019-02-28T12:27:18Z")
I think it is, but I am not sure because I only start using Homey on version 2.0 ---
**Author:** ![Camelen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/camelen/32/9613_2.png) [@Camelen](https://community.homey.app/u/Camelen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/301 "2019-02-28T12:44:05Z")
I think that the version needed of the app MQTT Hub only works for 2.0. I know that the developer has no access to 1.5 anymore so he can’t maintain support by himself for it. ---
**Author:** ![Groundhog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Groundhog](https://community.homey.app/u/Groundhog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/302 "2019-02-28T15:29:15Z")
pity… ---
**Author:** ![Camelen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/camelen/32/9613_2.png) [@Camelen](https://community.homey.app/u/Camelen)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/303 "2019-02-28T15:57:12Z")
Wouldn’t say so. 1.5 isn’t supported by athom anymore so I’d say it’s time to move on. ---
**Author:** ![Groundhog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@Groundhog](https://community.homey.app/u/Groundhog)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 8:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/304 "2019-03-02T08:40:55Z")
I’ll give it a few more months. for bugs to be ironed out. I only started Homey June 2018 ---
**Author:** ![Jackass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jackass/32/145293_2.png) [@Jackass](https://community.homey.app/u/Jackass)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/305 "2019-03-03T07:46:57Z")
I wrote a manual on how to [update Smart Presence from 1.5 to V2.0](https://jackhiddes.nl/make-smart-presence-work-for-homey-v2-0/) Might be of help here… Cheers ---
**Author:** ![bvdbos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bvdbos/32/2352_2.png) [@bvdbos](https://community.homey.app/u/bvdbos)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 8:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/306 "2019-03-03T08:43:21Z")
There’s much more to be done, different SDK-versions etc etc. But it might work for some apps… ---
**Author:** ![Jackass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jackass/32/145293_2.png) [@Jackass](https://community.homey.app/u/Jackass)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/307 "2019-03-03T13:00:17Z")
Ofcourse, but for now it does work for Smart Presence 🙂 Better small progression than no progression. Keep up the good work ---
**Author:** ![Jackass](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jackass/32/145293_2.png) [@Jackass](https://community.homey.app/u/Jackass)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/308 "2019-03-03T13:03:39Z")
Sorry, i’m offtopic. This is the Google home discussion topic. ---
**Author:** ![Westerlind.r](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/westerlind.r/32/8793_2.png) [@Westerlind.r](https://community.homey.app/u/Westerlind.r)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/310 "2019-03-18T21:30:07Z")
It works most of the time with the tablet that has the “owner account”. But If i connect Google Ass on the secondary tablet with a user account (non owner) its not working. The homey is linked but Google Ass returns “cant send messages yet”. So iam guessing its understands the input but dont have “permission” to access homey due to the account type? Sometimes if you say Get Homey, homey connects. In that case the account has permission all of a sudden? Then if you say something (like to turn some lights on) google responds as described above. Ive tried unlink/relink/reset/clear data - forget me etc… Any idea sombody? ---
**Author:** ![Sigge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sigge/32/12687_2.png) [@Sigge](https://community.homey.app/u/Sigge)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884/311 "2019-03-24T01:04:26Z")
Seems to be very quiet about Google home…only sign of life from Athom lately is the blog about not worrying about Alexa… I have tried all sorts of combinations of language and settings on Google and Homey and it seems that if you are not native English it’s quite hopeless… Don’t know if it even works then… [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884.md?page=14) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/google-home-discussion-topic-archived-1/2884.md?page=16)