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Google Home and FHEM?


I don't really like having to use IFTTT etc to control my smarthome. Everything is connected using fhem, and I don't want to change anything at that. But the Google Home / Google Assistant can't really control fhem. Only using IFTTT, external control over fhem etc. I just want the Google Assistant to control fhem over my wifi, not over Googles servers.

Is there any way to control it locally? Huebridge, wemore etc all don't work...

x Is it maybe better to use Googles Speech API or so? Is it also as good as the Google Assistant at recognizing me?

x or can I use the Assistant SDK on my RPi to add commands that will be synced to the Google Home (Mini)? So that these commands go over the GASDK and can be given to fhem?

x or can that be done with Api.ai? It's complicated and what I know like Alexa's silly skills. Every time you have to confirm that you want to speak to the action (see examples from Google Developer site).

o or is there really only a chance with IFTTT? I don't have a security system or so that can be controlled with fhem, so it's not that bad when somebody "hacks" my fhem by knowing the address and commands.

Thanks for your answers,

Fabian

(wrong site again? thought the only one that fits is Stack Overflow)


Solution

  • Only Option with FHEM is IFTTT.

    Best Option is to change to Home Assistant. It has native Google Home compatibility and works great. It has a better Ui than FHEM (imo), it has Auto-Detect etc. If you want to use Google Assistant or Alexa with your DIY smart home, take a look at it. Home Assistant