# Hey google trigger **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [November 17, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hey-google-trigger/120760 "2024-11-17T12:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Willem\_de\_Nie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/willem_de_nie/32/115230_2.png) [@Willem\_de\_Nie](https://community.homey.app/u/Willem_de_Nie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hey-google-trigger/120760/1 "2024-11-17T12:09:05Z")
I want to start a flow with google assist command bv,“Hey google TV kijken” But I cannot find how to add the trigger? ---
**Author:** ![Joep\_van\_Andel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joep_van_andel/32/71049_2.png) [@Joep\_van\_Andel](https://community.homey.app/u/Joep_van_Andel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hey-google-trigger/120760/2 "2024-11-17T13:16:29Z")
How I achieved this: I created a Virtual Device (VD), which acts as a “switch” that initiates the flow to turn on the TV and other devices for the “TV watching” scene. I added this device to my home in Google Assistant. And in the Google Assistant Automations, I added a custom voice command to turn this device on and another to turn it off. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/1/017c0e6d22712bbb6e518e1a04add0ef358d8cdf.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/d/2ddd1ed46b0025a5eab85e98ed9e7ed805177539.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/2/524837d67c253e2cec419391baa3830f2abff92b.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/f/bf425045789d63e6769bad8816bdce46b3712f23.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/7/7715be9cb4585b3a0cf0fba81e05171f863c2d03.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/4/b4f19b3cc7c7ee3f4578a0c28b6f795ddab6d726.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/f/6fbf109441ae3931bb894b7ad9531712394ee5d8.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/3/13513b5aa10529647f7177afe3c3f56157472ef5.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/1/e1ee572d84d2dc7a6f6f262597b4f44a9396cddf.png) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/c/0cdee6b17ced31dacff19f9fa8d449d3e4df1b5c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Ben\_van\_der\_Beek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ben_van_der_beek/32/146747_2.png) [@Ben\_van\_der\_Beek](https://community.homey.app/u/Ben_van_der_Beek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hey-google-trigger/120760/3 "2024-11-17T13:53:23Z")
You give a flow a name in Homey. To start that flow with Google Assistent, just say “Hey Google, start {flowname}”. By using “start” Google Assistent knows you want to start a flow. So if you name your flow “tv kijken”, just say “Hey Google, start tv kijken”. Should do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Joep\_van\_Andel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joep_van_andel/32/71049_2.png) [@Joep\_van\_Andel](https://community.homey.app/u/Joep_van_Andel)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hey-google-trigger/120760/4 "2024-11-17T13:59:19Z")
That option was less stable for me, so that’s the reason why I use the workaround, and I the workaround gives me the possibility to create a other kind of command. ---
**Author:** ![Willem\_de\_Nie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/willem_de_nie/32/115230_2.png) [@Willem\_de\_Nie](https://community.homey.app/u/Willem_de_Nie)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 2:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hey-google-trigger/120760/5 "2024-11-17T14:00:24Z")
Many thx; The word “Start” was missing in my voice command, it was not necessary to add a virtual switch. Perhaps later it is needed if is get less stable as Joep mentioned