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Ideally, the device you choose should be on the same subnet as your SmartThings hub and stay on 24/7. If I were to do this setup again, I’d probably configure it on a raspberry pi, since my desktop PC gets rebooted much more frequently. After signing in, you’ll be asked to “Authorize” Google to access your SmartThings locations, devices, and scenes.
This works backwards; you are triggering a SmartThings automation to speak text or play sounds or music once something happens. When the next screen pops up, change the location dropdown to your cast device. Once all the devices you want are selected, click Add A Task. The easiest way to do this for all your devices is to stand next to one of your Google speaker devices and scroll the volume up from the app.
SmartThings Classic app:
Pairing the Samsung smartThings hub with the Google Home speaker incorporates the hub with a unique feature. With such a connection, you are capable of controlling your SmartThings hub with your voice. When voice commands are issued, they are captured and executed by the smart Google assistant of your Google Home speaker. With the smartThings hub, you can automate connected devices to turn on and off as people come in and go out using the door and more. They can also be automated to execute certain routines for specific commands such as Good morning, Goodnight, Goodbye, and more. You can use the SmartThings app and hub to connect different smart home devices from different brands together.
Depending on the hub selected, several prompted instructions will come up. Follow the instructions displayed and tap on “Next” till the set up is complete. To connect the SmartThings app to your hub, tap the plus (+) sign found on the Home screen and then tap “Add device” next. At this point, we are to set up the Google Assistant and voice match.
My Favorite SmartThings Devices
The Logitech Pop Smart Button itself is only capable of pinging Bluetooth signals to the hub; it's the hub that talks to your connected kit over the internet. There are two apps available for download that are compatible with the hub. Available in your smartphone’s store, we have SmartThings Classic and SmartThing apps.
You can trigger all of your SmartThings routines using Google Home commands. For example, I previously created a “Good Night! ” routine that places my house in “Night” mode and then notifies me about any suspicious activity.
Controlling SmartThings with Google Home
First, you will have to sign in with an existing account or create a new account. To assign more devices to this room, simply rinse and repeat the above steps. The automation we are going to create is If Office button gets pushed, then play track on Google Mini. They would give me a bunch of random phrases, I’d type them in, and then I’d let them test with a SmartThings button (also works with this Hank-Z button). Cast-web api works great for text-to-speech – I highly recommend setting it up. The hub is needed because that’s what is going to perform the communication between SmartThings and your PC/Raspberry.
You may assign multiple devices to a room, or even add multiple rooms to the app. When you finish, you can instruct all your SmartThings devices with Google Home. Then, make sure that the Google Home account on your smartphone app is the same as the one you linked your Google Home device to. Before you connect SmartThings and Google Home, there are several things that you should prepare.
On the SmartThings Home Screen, you’ll see a bunch of new devices + the Cast-Web api. You’ll notice they all have the same name which makes it hard to identify which device is which. Next, add your IP address to the settings of Cast Web API and save.
“SmartThings” will be one of the services listed at the top. We select and review products independently. When you purchase through our links we may earn a commission. Couldn't it be a dev kit enabled feature though even if it's not a default feature? CoRE certainly could do quite a bit of things if you got unauthorized access, but presumably your access and config would be more than sufficient. I have to link IFTTT and ST to Home as it is through explicit authorization.
If you have a hub connected to your local network, then SmartThings will be able to communicate with other devices in the network too . In this guide, I’m going to show you how to control Google Home devices with SmartThings to create verbal alerts when something happens. To do this, we will be installing the cast-web api & integrating it with WebCore. Starting on September 8, 2020, the original SmartThings integration with Google Home will stop working.
This is because of its more advance and outstanding ability to link to both Z-Wave and ZigBee devices. Although it is best for linking multiple smart home products together, it still has a persistent issue. Some key partner integrations are still missen, and difficulty still arises when upgrading from an older hub. Though it is the best, we still expect more from it. Google will then run my routine, switch my home into “Night” mode and send me a smartphone notification if anything unexpected happens.
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