Hubitat device types in Google Home

[user32]

Hi,

What determines how a hubitat device shows up in Google Home and what functions are available? Is it based on the driver you use or something in the device setting?

I have a bunch of zigbee window shades connected to hubitat using the Ikea driver:

[RELEASE] IKEA window roller blinds

I know there are quite a few versions of my original ported code from smartthings around on this forum. Since I've newly acquired a hubitat hub I'm now transitioning over and decided to port my own devices over. Here's my version of the handler/device-code developed for my personal use but sharing it here if anyone finds it useful: EDIT: updated to allow better integration with dashboard slider and alexa when max open level is set. Also improved the final state reporting so should always end…

In Google Home the shades show up as dimmable bulbs. I can control them fine with the dimmer acting as level adjustment. The problem is that since GH thinks they're light bulbs, if I verbally tell it to turn the lights on or off in a particular room then the shades get opened/closed as well. As a result I've had to place all the shades in the house in a separate virtual room. Ideally I'd like to have the shades show up as a window device (like how switchbot curtains show up in GH) so I can keep them in their respective rooms.

Thanks!

[SteveZed]

Use this Google Home app instead, it has many more device types than the built-in one from Hubitat.

[Alpha] Community-maintained Google Home integration

I've been transitioning over to Google Assistant from Alexa for a while now, and one of the biggest problems I had was the fact that the Hubitat integration with Google Home reported all of my window blinds and ceiling fans as lights. I got annoyed enough with it that I decided to write my own integration between the two. This is a very highly customizable integration that allows the user to define how each device type appears to Google Home and how Google Home commands map to Hubitat comman…

[user32]

@SteveZed

Use this Google Home app instead, it has many more device types than the built-in one from Hubitat.

Thanks!

So I would use this in place of the HE integration inside GH for all my hubitat devices? I have a bunch of other zigbee devices connected to GH through HE as well.

[SteveZed]

@user32

So I would use this in place of the HE integration inside GH for all my hubitat devices? I have a bunch of other zigbee devices connected to GH through HE as well.

Yes, or you can use both. I still have my "vanilla" devices (switches, dimmers, etc) running through the HE integration and my more "advanced" devices (temperature sensors, fans, locks and windows shades) running through the Community app. Just too lazy to move them, I guess.

[bobbyD]

@user32

how a hubitat device shows up in Google Home and what functions are available

Devices show based on driver capabilities. Currently the built in integration only supports: switches, dimmers, thermostats, and bulbs (Google Home | Hubitat Documentation)

For additional capabilities I suggest checking out the community supported Google Home Integration:

[Alpha] Community-maintained Google Home integration

I've been transitioning over to Google Assistant from Alexa for a while now, and one of the biggest problems I had was the fact that the Hubitat integration with Google Home reported all of my window blinds and ceiling fans as lights. I got annoyed enough with it that I decided to write my own integration between the two. This is a very highly customizable integration that allows the user to define how each device type appears to Google Home and how Google Home commands map to Hubitat comman…

[a4refillpad]

You can easily remove the lines

capability Switch
capability Switch Level

and it'll only be recognised as a blind. These were added in as people wanted the dashboard to show colour changes according to state and also to work with hubitat groups.

EDIT: it'll then not appear in the built in google home integration.