Generic Z-wave shade shows up as a switch in Google Home

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Hello,

I have some Bali-type Z-wave shades and they are configured using the generic Z-wave shade driver. They work fine when operated from Hubitat, but when the device is handed to Google home, it is apparently seen as a switch. I've looked in Google Home settings and though it does let you change the type of device, a shade is not one of those selections.

The issue is that you have to awkwardly tell google to "turn on/off" the shades rather than using "open/close" commands.

Has anyone seen/resolved this issue? Thanks.

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Use the Google home community app and you can configure it to be anything you want. Very flexible options super powerful app.

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Cool, I'll check it out. Thanks!

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How do I get to the google home community app?

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Iā€™d check Hubitat Package Manager...

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Did you have any luck? How did you do it...

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I didn't bother with it honestly. Far too complicated for what I was trying to do. The stock GH works fine for me, except the issue with the Shades which I can live with for now.