(FINALLY) Govee Light Strips and Hubitat Integration

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After spending several days searching the forums and google searches, I couldn't find any way to get my Govee light strips to connect to Hubitat. As someone who just got Hubitat and is coming from pretty much only Alexa and cloud devices, I was very disappointed because they make great light strips. I decided to see what I could figure out on my own and finally found a workaround that will do it. This will only do power on/off so the Govee lights are going to turn on to whatever setting you last had it on. This DOES require that you have Alexa because Govee doesn't work with any other third party. I'm not sure if they do work with Google Home.

Hubitat Setup -

  1. Create a Virtual Motion Sensor and name it whatever you want. (Make sure to name it something meaningful because you will need this in the Alexa app.)
  2. Open the Alexa Skill in Hubitat and select for this new Virtual Motion Sensor to be seen by Alexa.

Alexa Setup -

  1. Create a Routine
  2. Select "When this happens"
  3. Select "Smart Home"
  4. Select the new virtual motion sensor you just made
  5. Select "Detected" and click "Next"
  6. Select "Add Action"
  7. Select "Smart Home"
  8. Select "Lights"
  9. Choose your Govee light(s)
  10. Select to turn on and then save

Go back to Hubitat. If you are looking to do an automation, go into RM, create the trigger and then for Action you will choose "Set Mode or Variable, Run Custom Action". From here, choose the virtual motion sensor you created and then select it as "Detected". Once saved, you will now have your Govee lights turn on once the trigger has happened. You can do the same for turning it off as well. If you're simply looking for an on/off option in a dashboard then do the following.

Same Hubitat and Alexa setup as above.

  1. Create a virtual switch
  2. Go into RM and create a rule that says when the switch is turned on the action is motion detected on the virtual motion sensor.

I've tested both the automation as well as the switch and both have worked flawlessly. Please let me know if you have any questions. I'll be glad to help walk you through it.

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