Review:
Fibaro Home Center 3
Google home & Alexa
A good Smart Home system must of course be controlled with your voice in addition to the traditional way of operating. For this, Fibaro has a link with the Google Home and Alexa. We do not have Alexa at our disposal, so we cannot test it, so we test it with the GH.
We use a GH mini gen2 for this. These are already available for around 50 euros, so the costs are not too bad.
Install/link Google Home:
We start with the installation by opening the Google Home app on our phone and following the steps below:
- Press the plus sign.
- Go to the "Set up device" section.
- And choose the bottom option "I have already installed something".
- Then search for FIBARO Smart Home
- You will then be asked to log in with the Fibaro Home ID.
Now the GH is linked to the HC3 and I can also see my devices on the start screen.
Such a link is very nice, but what exactly can we do?
We can ask the GH for the following things:
Lighting:
"Hey Google ..."
Switch on lamp x
Turn off lamp x
Set lamp x to a specific color
Sensors:
"Hey Google ..."
What is the temperature in room x
Is the door x open?
Scene:
"Hey Google ..."
Start scene x
For a complete list you can look here:
https://manuals.fibaro.com/knowledge-base-browse/google-assistant-fibaro-integrations/
