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> I’ve seen my mom ask her Google Assistant to do things with “and” a lot and they just don’t work because command chaining hasn’t been implemented it is imple

> I’ve seen my mom ask her Google Assistant to do things with “and” a lot and they just don’t work because command chaining hasn’t been implemented it is implemented. It just doesnt work often (or at all) for foreign languages. I'am pretty sure this is the next big thing google is updating > Instead of having to explain to family why Siri can’t do X or Y, I can just make a Shortcut or show them how, and I’ve solved the problem rather than explaining why it can’t be done. At least with GA and ifttt you can as of late make your own phrases (and responders). Nothing for the nontechies, but some progress there.

joshschreuder 8y ago
Do you know if it's possible to get the Home to respond to some external event? Doesn't seem to be possible to use as a Then with IFTTT (for example "When I arrive home Then say Welcome Home") I found this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push Which might let me write my own API to do something but it would be good if it were built in somehow.
- entropie 8y ago
  > Do you know if it's possible to get the Home to respond to some external event? Iam actually not sure if this should be the feature of my google home assistent while, ofcourse i see the use cases. > https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push The dependincies show that this uses the https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2-client https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2-client. So iam guessing this only allows one to use the chromecast api of the google assistent device. Iam pretty sure the google assistant api will not be open soonish.
practice9 8y ago
> it is implemented. AFAIK only for Google Home devices, not phones
Shank 8y ago
> Nothing for the nontechies, but some progress there. This is the important thing. I'm a fairly competent programmer and if I'm really missing out on something, I really don't worry about it. The problem is that most users aren't programmers! > it is implemented. It just doesnt work often (or at all) for foreign languages. Everyone has latched onto my comment because of command chaining, but this misses the point. The point was to give a concrete example of something that a user can now accomplish that they couldn't before. The Google Assistant cannot in fact build rudimentary constructions out of arbitrary system objects like Shortcuts can -- command chaining is just the example I picked.

joshschreuder 8y ago

Do you know if it's possible to get the Home to respond to some external event? Doesn't seem to be possible to use as a Then with IFTTT (for example "When I arrive home Then say Welcome Home") I found this: https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push Which might let me write my own API to do something but it would be good if it were built in somehow.

entropie 8y ago
> Do you know if it's possible to get the Home to respond to some external event? Iam actually not sure if this should be the feature of my google home assistent while, ofcourse i see the use cases. > https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push https://www.npmjs.com/package/google-home-push The dependincies show that this uses the https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2-client https://github.com/thibauts/node-castv2-client. So iam guessing this only allows one to use the chromecast api of the google assistent device. Iam pretty sure the google assistant api will not be open soonish.

practice9 8y ago

> it is implemented. AFAIK only for Google Home devices, not phones

Shank 8y ago

> Nothing for the nontechies, but some progress there. This is the important thing. I'm a fairly competent programmer and if I'm really missing out on something, I really don't worry about it. The problem is that most users aren't programmers! > it is implemented. It just doesnt work often (or at all) for foreign languages. Everyone has latched onto my comment because of command chaining, but this misses the point. The point was to give a concrete example of something that a user can now accomplish that they couldn't before. The Google Assistant cannot in fact build rudimentary constructions out of arbitrary system objects like Shortcuts can -- command chaining is just the example I picked.