Google Home/Assistant Integration

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Been waiting for some time now for the ability to tap on one of my many cams from within Google Home Android App and see the video feed. But, as we all know, Google wants you using Chromecast and Wyze doesn’t play well with others.

So, I was fiddling around with building routines in Google Home for powering on a cam on voice command. Since there are no listed Actions for Wyze Cams built into the Google Home Integration with Wyze, I decided to just get creative and type my own action command in.

I got a surprise Easter Egg! Google Home showed me the Live Feed Video of my Wyze Cam.

I need others here to test this and confirm that this exists and I am not just dreaming… or that I am just really late to the party and this is already a known feature.

I set this up with my “Garage Cam” (V3) which is listed in Google Home as a device along with all my other cams, so that is the name I use here:

  1. Built a routine in Google Home with the trigger being the verbal phrase “Garage Cam”
  2. I built a custom Action “Turn On Garage Cam”

When I play the routine from within Google Home, it opens the stream and plays it with audio (cam was already powered on, I never turn it off).

I tested this with all my V3 and it works. I tested it with my PanCam V1 and it works. I tested it with my Doorbell V1 and it does NOT work.

I then tested the routine using the microphone button at the bottom of Google Home… same results. All I have to say is the name of the cam and the video appears.

Then I tested the same audio command using the microphone button without the routine “Turn On Garage Cam”. Same video stream opened. So, I dont need the routines at all. Just Google Home opened and say the phrase.

I experimented with other phrases: Open Garage Cam does NOT work, Show Garage Cam does NOT work. Looks like the “Show” command now works.

I also experimented with other variables with dismal results:

  • The verbal command ONLY works from within the Google Home App
  • It does NOT work using just Google Assistant
  • It does NOT work if I place an icon for the routine on the desktop.

Hope this helps someone with a workaround until Wyze gets full integration working. Post back with feedback.

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