Ok. So today Google Home got official support for Wemo Devices. No more IFTTT integration required.
Google Home made is very simple to integrate Wemo devices.
Here are the steps:
Go to Google Home App and click on Home Control from the left panel.
You would get on to a page showing list of support devices. Touch the Wemo Icon.
It will then prompt you to verify Wemo. Turn any device ON or OFF
Google Home gives 2 minutes for this verification.
Once you have turned ON/OFF one of the Wemo Devices, you would need to verify that if you were the one who switched ON/OFF the device.
Once verified, it would discover all Wemo devices on the same Wifi network and list them down.
Next you can now assign rooms to each of the Wemo devices for easy operation and organization.
Once complete, it would then allow you to control Wemo devices based on their names/location. You can later change their nick names to call them with a different name.
There are lot of hidden commands you will not find in Google Help or other places.
1. Play knock knock jokes with Google Home. See below video on how Google Home plays Knock Knock jokes.
2. Tell relationships and Google Home would remember for you.
Regular Commands for Google Home For Music
To do this...
Say "Ok Google" or “Hey Google”, then...
Request a song
"Play <song name>", "Play <song name> by <artist name> ", “Play <song name> on <music service>”
Request an artist
"Play <artist name>", Play <artist name>" on <music service>”
Request an album
"Play <album name>", "Play <album name> by <artist name>", "Play <album name> by <artist name> on <music service>”
Play music based on genre/mood/activity
"Play classical music", "Play happy music", "Play music for cooking", “Play <genre> on <music service>”
Play personalized suggested content from chosen service
"Play some music", “Play <genre> music on <music service>”
Play music on your speakers, TV, or video device. Note: Device linking is required.
"Play music on my living room TV", "Play <genre> on my bedroom speakers"
Pause
"Pause", "Pause the music"
Resume
"Resume", "Continue playing"
Stop
"Stop ", "Stop the music"
Play next song
“Next”, “Skip”, "Next song"
What’s playing
“What’s playing?”, “What song is playing?”, “What artist is playing?”
For Google Music
To do this...
Say this: "Ok Google", then...
Play curated playlist from your library
"Play <named playlist>"
Play album
"Play <named album>"
Play previous song
“Back”, “Previous”,
Skip forward
"Skip forward <X> secs"
Shuffle
“Shuffle”
Repeat song
"Play it again", "Play this song again", "Repeat the song"
Play playlist in a loop
"Repeat on/off"
For Pandora
To do this...
Say this: "Hey Google", then...
Play personalized radio from Pandora
"Play my shuffle", "Play my shuffle radio"
Play personalized radio based on songs you've thumbed on Pandora
Note: To play your thumbprint radio, you must have saved several stations and thumbed up several songs in order for Pandora to understand what you like.
"Play my Thumbprint radio"
Like/Dislike a song from Pandora
"Thumbs up", "Thumbs down", "I like this song"
YouTube Music
To do this...
Say this: "Hey Google", then...
Like/Dislike a song
"I like/dislike this song" "Thumbs up/down"
Like/Dislikethe current station
"Save/Unsave this station", "Follow/Unfollow this station"
Play previous song
“Back”, “Previous”,
Skip forward
"Skip forward <X> secs"
Shuffle
“Shuffle”
Repeat song
"Play it again", "Play this song again"
Spotify
To do this...
Say this: "Hey Google", then...
Play your liked songs from your Spotify library
"Play my songs", “Play my library”
Like/Dislike a song
"I like/dislike this song" "Thumbs up/down"
Like/Dislike the current station
"Save/Unsave this station", "Follow/Unfollow this station"
Play previous song
“Back”, “Previous”
Skip forward
"Skip forward <X> secs"
Shuffle
“Shuffle”
Repeat song
"Play it again", "Play this song again"
Play playlist in a loop
"Repeat on/off"
Podcasts
To do this:
Say "Ok Google" or "Hey Google" , then....
Listen to a podcast
“Listen to This American Life”, "Play Serial podcast"
Continue listening to a podcast
“Continue listening to This American Life”
Listen to podcast by latest episode
“Listen to the latest episode of This American Life”
Google Home at present does not support Wemo products. I figured out a way to get Wemo products work with Google Home. You would need to integrate it with IFTTT. It works like a charm!
Step 1:
Go to your IFTTT account and register Google Assistant as a channel. Use same account to register as you have logged in to Google Home.
Step 2:
Once Google Assistant is connected, you can go "Create New Applet" in IFTTT application or webpage.
Step 3:
Click "+ this" and choose "Google Assistant". Choose "Say a simple phrase" from the options. We will keep it simple for now. Once you get a hold of this you can explore other options here.
Step 4:
Fill in text you would say to control Wemo lights or switch. I used a Wemo Insight Switch to control my Christmas lights.
Step 5:
Once you click on "Create Trigger" on the above screen, you would see following screen to select the effect of your action. Click on "That".
Step 6:
Search for "wemo" and click on the Wemo you want to control. I selected Wemo Insight Switch to control my Christmas lights.
PS: I am assuming you have registered your Wemo already with IFTTT. If not, register it the same way we did register "Google Assistant".
Step 7:
Choose an action you want Wemo to do for you on your command. I selected "Turn on" for this demo.
Step 8:
Select the Wemo you want to control from the list of drop down and click "Create action".
Step 9:
Finally click finish on next screen.
All set !!
PS: It took few minutes for me to get the new applet sync with Google Home before it started working for me.
