Google Home: A User's Guide

Your Google Assistant can help you stream music, give you the latest news and weather, make and receive phone calls, control your smart home devices, set timers and alarms, and provide reminders to help keep you organised, without having to lift a finger! All you have to do is ask.

Your Clever Virtual Assistant

Your Google Assistant is always there to help. Simply use one of its pre-programmed wake-up commands of 'OK, Google' or 'Hey, Google'. The artificial intelligence is quite sophisticated, and you can have a conversation with it and be understood. You can have up to three commands in one sentence and Google Assistant will carry them out and wait for your next instruction. You can also program an entire routine and give it a simple name, and Google Assistant will carry out the complex sequence every time you say the name.

For instance, a morning routine could play you the news and weather, open the blinds and curtains, turn on the coffee maker, remind you of what's on your calendar for the day, and let you know when it's time to head off to work, all with a simple command.

Compatible with Somfy using IFTTT

Google Assistant can also connect to IFTTT (If This, Then That) which is a free web-based service that helps you connect your devices. You can download the app and set it up to connect to Somfy’s Connexoon Window RTS to automate your window coverings using voice command.

Imagine getting home after a long day at work with your arms full, the place is dark and your blinds are open, leaving you with little privacy. This is where your Google Assistant steps in to close the blinds around the house and turn the lights on for you.

Download our Google Home Quick Start Guide today!

What Else Can Google Assistant Do?

Google Home has multilingual support in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and English. It can respond to a huge range of basic commands that can give you general or personalised information to help you organise your day. It can give you the time in any location in the world, set timers and alarms, remind you of things you've told it so you don't have to remember everything, and even order you an Uber.

Google Home now works with over 1000 different home devices to automate them with voice control, and you can program every speaker to specifically control the smart home devices in that room according to your preferences.

Interested in Home Automation Solutions?

Home automation is a fast-growing lifestyle choice to save time and energy, and thanks to creative ideas and help from Somfy, it's even easier to automate everyday home tasks, even when you're not home.

For over 50 years, Somfy has provided quality automation solutions for homes and businesses. You can count on us for incredible customer service.

Contact us today for a quote from your local Somfy Expert.