# Start commands with Google Home Assistant **URL:** \ **Category:** Flows\ **Created:** [May 31, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836 "2019-05-31T08:29:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jeroen07](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen07/32/9518_2.png) [@Jeroen07](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen07)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/1 "2019-05-31T08:29:24Z")
Hello, I’ve been setting up my complete Athos Homey system and i’m quite fan of it. Good job there! I’d like to initiate some specific flows which start with a voice command. For example: “good night” should result in shutting down the tv, turning off all lights, … So I start a flow with “if” and then choose “speech” where I fill in this specific word. - But how should I trigger this with Google Assistant? Can I say “Hey Google, xxx” or does it still has to be “Hey Google, ask Homey to xxx” ? Can this be in dutch or only in english? Home Assistant should already be properly connected and synced. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen07](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen07/32/9518_2.png) [@Jeroen07](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen07)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/3 "2019-05-31T12:08:24Z")
Hi, I’ve been searching tons of things, really been reading a lot… And I’ve seen that it should be possible, but it’s not working for me. He listen to commands set in IFTT, but not for custom commands set in Homey. Check this example: it’s a dutch sentence which couldn’t be confused with something else or a default google sentence - but still it does nothing: [https://www.screencast.com/t/5RvnKvpq](https://www.screencast.com/t/5RvnKvpq) Any idea? ---
**Author:** ![Jeroen07](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen07/32/9518_2.png) [@Jeroen07](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen07)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/5 "2019-05-31T14:09:56Z")
OK, dus je moet een virtual switch aanmaken? Ik vind echt geen deftige documentatie hoe ik het kan opzetten, en “out of the box” werkt het écht niet bij mij … 🙂 ---
**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:** [May 31, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/9 "2019-05-31T19:11:44Z")
Too much to read. Can you make it more compact? ---
**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:** [May 31, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/10 "2019-05-31T19:29:28Z")
Can you make a video on this ---
**Author:** ![Mesyu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mesyu/32/11671_2.png) [@Mesyu](https://community.homey.app/u/Mesyu)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 9:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/14 "2019-06-02T09:57:18Z")
Such step by step example clarifies a lot. Let’s have more of those! Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Ricard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ricard/32/17314_2.png) [@Ricard](https://community.homey.app/u/Ricard)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/16 "2019-12-22T18:45:25Z")
Thanks for the walkthrough. For some reason the virtual device will not show up in home assistant, any idea why? ---
**Author:** ![Ricard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ricard/32/17314_2.png) [@Ricard](https://community.homey.app/u/Ricard)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/18 "2019-12-22T20:41:52Z")
Sommer devices will come up but somer won’t. I followed the walkthrough for creating a flow that I can use in Google assistant but if i use a virtual button it won’t show up. A virtual switch will though ---
**Author:** ![Michael](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michael/32/110520_2.png) [@Michael](https://community.homey.app/u/Michael)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/19 "2019-12-22T21:28:37Z")
Yeah it needs to be a virtiual switch, buttons won’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Morten\_Mikalsen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/morten_mikalsen/32/29824_2.png) [@Morten\_Mikalsen](https://community.homey.app/u/Morten_Mikalsen)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/20 "2020-12-21T20:19:13Z")
Just awesome thanks… ---
**Author:** ![DvStarrenburg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dvstarrenburg/32/17154_2.png) [@DvStarrenburg](https://community.homey.app/u/DvStarrenburg)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 7:03am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/21 "2020-12-22T07:03:10Z")
Hi Moeten, This article is actually outdated. Nowadays, you are ablo to say, ik googlez start “scene name”. Works like charm! ---
**Author:** ![Dijker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dijker](https://community.homey.app/u/Dijker)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/start-commands-with-google-home-assistant/13836/22 "2025-06-07T17:17:00Z")
Archived on June 7, 2025, 5:17pm UTC