# Homey Advanced Flow not working with Goolge Assistant
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906
**Category:** Apps
**Tags:** flow, advancedflow
**Created:** [July 12, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906 "2022-07-12T15:16:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@John\_Uittenbogaart](https://community.homey.app/u/John_Uittenbogaart)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/1 "2022-07-12T15:16:03Z")
I tested some simple advanced flows. Flows are started with a starting block and i make theme favorited. Google Assistant synced. The slider in the Homey App is on. No matter what I do Goolge Assistant responds with “The flow cannot be started or the Homey is not reachable.” If I turn on the same standard flow again, go through the process and it works again with the standard flow. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong.
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### Author:  [@Paxter](https://community.homey.app/u/Paxter)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/2 "2022-07-27T17:57:25Z")
I have the same issue.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/3 "2022-07-27T19:31:34Z")
Show the flow guys…
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### Author:  [@Paxter](https://community.homey.app/u/Paxter)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/4 "2022-07-27T21:23:56Z")
Well, the flow itself shouldn’t matter, I think? All flows I have created are easily imported to Google Home, but not any Advanced Flow, even if I make it exactly the same as a standard flow.
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### Author:  [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/5 "2022-07-27T22:39:18Z")
work around (until fixed):
create a normal flow and trigger the advanced flow from this normal flow.
Add the normal to your favorite flows so google can start them.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/6 "2022-07-27T22:44:18Z")
Okay, have a nice weekend then
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### Author:  [@Paxter](https://community.homey.app/u/Paxter)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/7 "2022-07-27T23:15:59Z")
Thanks, you too!
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### Author:  [@Paxter](https://community.homey.app/u/Paxter)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/8 "2022-07-27T23:16:35Z")
Aah, will do!
Must be simple for Athom to fix.
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### Author:  [@Paxter](https://community.homey.app/u/Paxter)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2022, 9:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/9 "2022-07-28T09:23:07Z")
Didn’t work. Normal flows can’t trigger Advanced flows…
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### Author:  [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2022, 9:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/10 "2022-07-28T09:37:31Z")
yes they can, i do this several times here.
You need to add a start button (right click in the advanced flow choose add start) in the advanced flow and then you ‘start flow name’ as usual in the normal flow
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### Author:  [@Paxter](https://community.homey.app/u/Paxter)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/11 "2022-07-28T10:18:44Z")
It worked, thank you!!
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### Author:  [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)
#### Post date: [July 28, 2022, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/12 "2022-07-28T19:58:43Z")
you should contact homey support and report the issue that the advanced flows do not work as you hoped, if no one reports it then it mostlikely won’t be fixed in an update.
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### Author:  [@John\_Uittenbogaart](https://community.homey.app/u/John_Uittenbogaart)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2022, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/13 "2022-08-01T17:03:37Z")
I reported the issue to Homey Support.
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### Author:  [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-advanced-flow-not-working-with-goolge-assistant/65906/14 "2023-07-05T20:30:53Z")
Just stumbled on this thread again 🙃😅
While there’s no feedback, I checked, and it seems fixed; we can use Adv. flows in Google Home:
