I got the AI working with Google Home to turn my lights on

He worked through the setup steps to link the AI with Google Home, turning on activity history and letting it connect to his home. After that, he could ask the AI to turn on his lights and it worked.

How it works

Reactivates the AI
Turns on activity history
Lets the AI connect to Google Home
Asks the AI to turn on the lights
The assistant works

Why it’s worth knowing

Once the AI was linked to Google Home, asking it out loud was enough to run his lights.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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