# Using homey with google home voice command

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [July 24, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993 "2019-07-24T18:16:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/1 "2019-07-24T18:16:45Z")

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hay u all 😃  
just recived my new homey a few days ago.  
so far so good and i was able to do some cool stuff with it  
but i dont know how to use it with google home but i cant  
i try  
hay google ask homey to turn on fan

hay google turn on fan  
my homey is linked to my google account and i see my devices…

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**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/3 "2019-07-24T18:51:28Z")

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hi  
10x for the replay  
so i did i created a virtual device but i cant activate it with google

what do i need to tell google in order to make it work ?  
i called the virtual switch fan and created a flow wich start as soon as this switch pressed

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**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/5 "2019-07-24T19:25:58Z")

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no the device is not show  
do i need to set it up as a lamp in homey ? (like broadlink…)

and i did resync my devices

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**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/7 "2019-07-24T19:51:28Z")

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im not sure i get what u mean…

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**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/9 "2019-07-24T22:19:45Z")

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ok i did it and i also can see it and turn it off from google home app  
but for somereson i cant get it to work with voice comand

whenever i say hay google activate \*\*\* it says ok turning on the \*\*\* and then there wes an error doing thet

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**Author:** ![anon2681894](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@anon2681894](https://community.homey.app/u/anon2681894)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/11 "2019-07-25T05:36:01Z")

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Did you activate GH in homey (settings - google assistent) and activate Sync to google.??

You don’t need to say ‘ask homey’  
rust make sure you’re devices show up in the GH app, where you also have added homey…

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**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/12 "2019-07-25T07:56:45Z")

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just notice that sync wes off and i just turned it on

how do i shere my flow ?

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**Author:** ![Marcel\_Ubels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_ubels/32/18860_2.png) [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 8:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/13 "2019-07-25T08:16:45Z")

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Printscreens are ok

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**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:** [July 25, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/14 "2019-07-25T16:40:19Z")

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> [@Oren\_Malki](#):
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> how do i shere my flow ?

Make a screenshot (or more) and add it in a reply

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/8/85fed160b016034479b83c4c53b6660f131dd99b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Oren\_Malki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oren_malki/32/13766_2.png) [@Oren\_Malki](https://community.homey.app/u/Oren_Malki)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/15 "2019-08-23T14:07:25Z")

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I just noticed that I didn’t finish the replay, I managed to produce the flow and it worked. Thanks!

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**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/using-homey-with-google-home-voice-command/15993/16 "2025-06-07T17:19:01Z")

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Archived on June 7, 2025, 5:19pm UTC


