Yeah, that might make sense. It saves having to create a virtual device for these situations. Here are a few other thoughts...
For me the biggest thing to make these integrations better is to take advantage of new devices so that the voice commands are more natural. I am not sure if there is a way to take advantage of the modes/toggle traits to be able to make some of the commands more natural. For instance, I don't want to have to say, "turn the blinds on" instead of "open the blinds"
I am going to give this a try soon, maybe tonight, so that I can start taking advantage of thermostats. However, do you know if this interface is currently requiring you to relink to update it with new devices? This is a common issue that I have noticed on the google forums from many vendors. If so, here is a note about this...
To update users' devices without needing to unlink and relink their account, use Request Sync.
I also think that the decision to add locations to the names might be problematic in the future. I think that you said that you did this so that people don't have to assign rooms in the Home app. However, I think that google knowing the rooms, hopefully, will be important in the future. I have don't my best to tell them that they need to add context/location awareness. If I am talking to the Home in the living room and say, "turn the lights on" it should be smart enough to know I want the living room lights on. They have something called the home graph which I am thinking it the data structure for this awareness.
-Tom
For me the biggest thing to make these integrations better is to take advantage of new devices so that the voice commands are more natural. I am not sure if there is a way to take advantage of the modes/toggle traits to be able to make some of the commands more natural. For instance, I don't want to have to say, "turn the blinds on" instead of "open the blinds"
I am going to give this a try soon, maybe tonight, so that I can start taking advantage of thermostats. However, do you know if this interface is currently requiring you to relink to update it with new devices? This is a common issue that I have noticed on the google forums from many vendors. If so, here is a note about this...
To update users' devices without needing to unlink and relink their account, use Request Sync.
I also think that the decision to add locations to the names might be problematic in the future. I think that you said that you did this so that people don't have to assign rooms in the Home app. However, I think that google knowing the rooms, hopefully, will be important in the future. I have don't my best to tell them that they need to add context/location awareness. If I am talking to the Home in the living room and say, "turn the lights on" it should be smart enough to know I want the living room lights on. They have something called the home graph which I am thinking it the data structure for this awareness.
-Tom
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