# Let Homey start something via Google Home **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [April 9, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/let-homey-start-something-via-google-home/62511 "2022-04-09T10:18:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2023, 11:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/let-homey-start-something-via-google-home/62511/5 "2023-07-02T11:10:24Z")
I don’t get why IFTTT is used, while the Tuya Cloud app can trigger the scenes: ![Screenshot_20230702-131000_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/e/4e4a30fb8a031c24ae52fa20a8b6eb7e9dca3ece.jpeg) Also check this out, no scenes needed, Homey can have direct communication by a Tuya version of mqtt > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Tuya Cloud - This app allows you to connect Homey to the Tuya cloud](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-tuya-cloud/21313/765): > > When adding a device is not possible, try using the so called RAW Commands functionality. Howto: -With the flow below, you´ll be able to “listen” to event messages of your devices; In this example a message of the ‘text’ type, which will return text, numeric and yes/no values. So, when you trigger the device you want to control from the Tuya Smart mobile app ([Google store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tuya.smart&pli=1) / [Apple store](https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/tuya-smart/id1034649547)), or the SmartLife mobile app ([Google store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tuya.smartlife) / [Apple store](https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/smart-life-smart-living/id1115101477)) or when you just activate a sensor, you’ll catc… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/let-homey-start-something-via-google-home/62511)._