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Control4 Embraces
Google Home Voice Control
Home automation
systems from
Control4 are to be
integrated with
Google Home and
Pixel products
through the IoT
engine IFTTT
Home automation systems from Control4 are to be integrated with
Google Home and Pixel products through the IoT engine IFTTT
thanks to a driver created by New Zealand developer, Chowmain.
Google’s voice-recognition API won’t be released until December;
however integration is already possible with IFTTT, which already has
a Google Assistant ‘channel’.
“Our method of integration of Google Home via IFTTT will work
in the UK (and Europe) when the product is released in the region,”
Alan Chow, Chowmain co-founder told EI. It will also work with the
Google Assistant voice recognition straight away on the phone.
“Google Assistant (which powers Google home and Google pixel)
will open up its APIs in December to allow third party manufacturers
to allow their products to interact with Google Home in three
different ways,” he furthered.
These three ways comprise the following: Direct Actions,
Conversation Actions and Embedded Google Assistant – full details
can be found on www.ce-pro.eu.
Integration is achieved through an update to the Chowmain
IFTTT driver for Control4 to allow Google Home and Pixel to pass
through commands and variables to the Control4 home automation
system. Using Google Home’s ‘Assistant’ – homeowners will be able
to control all of their Control4 favourites such as their thermostats,
lighting, TVs – even broadcast text-to-speech announcements
through the home – all via voice command.
“The great thing about the integration is that it works on both
Google Home and Google Pixel products,” said Alan. “Even if you are
not within range of your Home device you can use your Pixel
phone to control your home upon verbal commands.”
The integration also allows Control4 to control
any of the products or services integrated
into IFTTT, whilst also allowing those
products to control Control4. This includes
Tesla and BMW connected car notifications,
homeowner geofencing, GE, LG and
Samsung smart appliance integration.
Google Home is not expected to
arrive in the UK until sometime in
2017 for approximately £106.
More information: Chowmain
www.chowmain.co.nz
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