![]() But before we install it, let’s get rid of the old “red” one first. ![]() ![]() Here we can find the new, blue Harmony service. The plus button “Add …”, which enables us to set up services, add home members, create speaker groups and homes.Display a feed from our security cameras.Broadcast a message to all Google Home devices.Play music and set the volume on all our cast devices.Turn our lights on and off (all or by room).The main screen of the updated Google Home app offers us “Quick Actions” on top, to: If you have the Nest Hub around, where you usually watch TV, you can easily mix voice commands and touch control to whatever fits best for you. And even better, when we issue a voice command, the Nest Hub will not only perform it but also automatically open the corresponding section on the display. We can use the touchscreen to silently control our Logitech Harmony. The Quick Actions on our Google Home, home screen Volume Section (Volume Up/Down, Un/mute).Control section (On/off, Play, Pause, Rewind, Stop, Forward).Harmony Activities, and if supported by the Harmony activity you tap on, the following sections:.When you swipe down on the smart display and tap on Media, you’ll see: Still, this mixed voice/touch experience is the gist of the new Google Home app update and can be best experienced with the Google Nest Hub. Our Logitech Harmony is obviously not a light and no additional screen will currently be displayed in our Google Home app to further control our Harmony activity or to select one of our favorites. When you, for instance, tap the microphone button in the new Google Home app on your smartphone and just say “lights”, Google will turn on all your lights and the app will show you controls to dim the brightness for the whole group or individually. This goes in hand with the release of the Google Nest Hub, which offers us a touchscreen and with that a mixed voice/touch experience. with a new, more graphical rather than textual user interface. Google’s Home app has received a makeover and displays now all of our smart home devices like lights, thermostats, cameras, etc. Let’s set up Harmony for Google Home Google’s Home App Update Google Home App UI update – App Light Settings To summarize: for those who know Alexa’s “blue skill” for Harmony, with this update we expect to see similar features, for those who don’t care about Alexa: with this update we expect a solid, functional, snappy integration, where we do not need to create custom routines and which our families can also use, without additional work on our side.For the old integration, we had to create custom routines to avoid saying “Hey Google, ask Harmony to …” and again, since we cannot share our custom routines with our family, we had to recreate them, for everyone.With this update, we expect Logitech Harmony now to be part of the home control devices (like our lights, thermostats, cameras, etc) which we can share with the Google Home apps new “household” feature. The old (aka “retired” or “red”) integration, required to set up the Logitech Harmony “link” for every user when using voice match.This is basically a summary of the observations we were discussing in the comment section of the old post(s) above: What has changed?īefore we dive into the setup, a couple of remarks on why this is an important update. You will also find an overview of Google’s ready-made routines, custom routines, and scheduled routines. Maybe the old setup can help in your case. If the new update is not available in your country yet, or you don’t like the blue Harmony service and prefer the red retired one, please see our older post here: Logitech Harmony and Google Assistant: Setup and Voice Commands. You need to complete the Harmony setup first before you can configure the Google integration. In case you have not set up your Harmony devices, activities and favorites yet, please refer to our post here: Logitech Harmony: a Hub and it’s Elite, Ultimate, Companion. How to use our new Harmony Integration?.Unlinking the old, red, retired Harmony Action.
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