# Knowing which Google home device is receiving command **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [April 29, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/knowing-which-google-home-device-is-receiving-command/29094 "2020-04-29T11:01:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carlo\_Hermus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/carlo_hermus/32/24557_2.png) [@Carlo\_Hermus](https://community.homey.app/u/Carlo_Hermus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/knowing-which-google-home-device-is-receiving-command/29094/1 "2020-04-29T11:01:07Z")
Hi, I have received the Homey yesterday and am playing around till I have everything figured out to do some real automation. I searched the forum, but could not find it, maybe I searched with the wrong phrases but is there a way to detect which Google Home (nest) device is receiving the command and use this variable in a flow? Thank you, Carlo ---
**Author:** ![Joost\_van\_Kempen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joost_van_kempen/32/10067_2.png) [@Joost\_van\_Kempen](https://community.homey.app/u/Joost_van_Kempen)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/knowing-which-google-home-device-is-receiving-command/29094/2 "2020-04-29T20:44:41Z")
Interesting question, but I don’t think Google is sharing this information ? I think Google just sends a command to Homey to do something, but not whether this is done by voice command, or by pushing on-screen-buttons on your phone (home-app) or nest hub ? Homey just receives a command from a google-api matching to the user, not directly from a specific device. ---
**Author:** ![Carlo\_Hermus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/carlo_hermus/32/24557_2.png) [@Carlo\_Hermus](https://community.homey.app/u/Carlo_Hermus)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/knowing-which-google-home-device-is-receiving-command/29094/3 "2020-04-29T22:45:03Z")
Joost, I thought so to, but when you make a flow with a speech command and use the card to say something back, it will reply to the speaker that was spoken to. I have 3 Google Nest Mini’s and 1 Google Home Hub and only the one in my office will speak back. So there has to be a way. Will try and find my answer at Google, but any help is welcome 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/knowing-which-google-home-device-is-receiving-command/29094/4 "2020-04-30T05:38:11Z")
Google home is linked to a zone. So if you ask google to to turn on the light, it will turn on the light in the zone that the google home is located. I do not know if/how this information is shared with homey. Search the forum on google mini. I remember some forum discussions about using the mini in multiple places in the house related with homey ---
**Author:** ![Carlo\_Hermus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/carlo_hermus/32/24557_2.png) [@Carlo\_Hermus](https://community.homey.app/u/Carlo_Hermus)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 1:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/knowing-which-google-home-device-is-receiving-command/29094/5 "2020-04-30T13:30:13Z")
FKey, I did not look at zone, great idea to investigate… I did search on Google Mini, but could not find the specific topic… Will try again… Thanks… ---
**Author:** ![Carlo\_Hermus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/carlo_hermus/32/24557_2.png) [@Carlo\_Hermus](https://community.homey.app/u/Carlo_Hermus)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/knowing-which-google-home-device-is-receiving-command/29094/6 "2020-05-02T13:51:28Z")
Well got a little further, for me was the most important to return a speech to the same device that received a speech. I solved it by passing state as opt. `Homey.ManagerSpeechOutput.say('Hallo wereld!', state)` But in the state I saw no zone or device, maybe because I did not implement that correctly.