Topic: Acurite compatible with Google Home

[ctccbc]

I just saw that Acurite is now compatible with Google Home. Followed the instructions provided on Acurite's site, but still says device is not connected.
Anyone else try this yet?

Chris

[nincehelser]

It's working on mine.  Seems a little shaky, though. 

Sometimes it says Acurite isn't responding.

[nincehelser]

I don't use Google home much, so maybe I'm doing something wrong, or those instructions are wrong.

As written in the instructions, I can't "Ask Acurite..." to work.  I have to say "Talk to Acurite...".

Also, it seems it won't work through the Google Home app.  You have to use it through Assistant. 

For example, I can say "Ok Google, Talk to Acurite for the current conditions".  (If I use "Ask", it says "Sorry, I can't send messages yet".)

It's kind of annoying that I have to explicitly say "No" or "OK Google, stop" or it just keeps repeating.

[galfert]

For home automation I find Alexa to be better as it feels quicker and more natural language and such. For getting information from the Internet then Google Assistant is better. I have both and that's just my take.

Alexa = 3 syllables
OK Google = 4 syllables

But you can also use "Hey Google" and that is 3 syllables. But I still prefer Alexa for home automation.

[nincehelser]

I figured out why “ask” isn’t working for me.  “Acurite” is in my contact list, so Google wants to default to messaging them.




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[havtrail]

They'd probably get tired of messages like that...   

Rich K.