This tag targets question related to programming for Google Home device.
Questions tagged [google-home]
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Sorry, this action is not available in simulation
My test invocation name is "Mrs Tang", so i input "Talk to Mrs Tang", but it responds "Sorry, this action is not available in simulation"...
Does anybody know How can I resolve this error?

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How can I tell Actions on Google to stream audio?
I am writing an app to work with Google Actions. The only bummer is that I can't find any information about how to form my response so that Google will stream audio from a given URL. Does Google even support this yet?
I have written the same app…

Jay
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why I can't use google action in web simulator
Does anyone know why my action can NOT use in web simulator??
I set my invocation name for testing as "test", and in web simulator , I try to use my action by input "Talk to test", but it told me "Sorry, this action is not available in…

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Smarthome app/action doesnt appear in Google assistant companion app under home control
Problem:
I ve a problem for long time, where the smarthome app I created with Actions SDK doesnt show up in the Google Assistant app under home control as a test app.
I tried 3 different accounts, looked for being signed in with the same account,…

mehmet
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Play audio file from server
I followed the steps to create a sample app and it is doing perfect conversation with my custom agent created.
Can we play our own music or MP3 hosted in my server by a voice message to Google Home? Or I need to play an audio from my Android app…

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how Google home can get specific wifi's password programmatically?
In google home app, the app can connect with GoogleHome without asking password for connecting.
Even though, the app doesn't have root permission to do that. How google home can connect with device?

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How to send Push notifications - Google Assistant
# index.js
const functions = require('firebase-functions');
const DialogflowApp = require('actions-on-google').DialogflowApp;
exports.handler = functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => {
const app = new DialogflowApp({ request:…

JISHNU T U
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Change language of actions-on-google websimulation or test google home in German
I am using actions on google with api.ai. I am able to create a api.ai bot in a language other than English, but the web simulator of actions-on-google (https://developers.google.com/actions/tools/web-simulator) seems to work in English only? Is…

Toni
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How to fetch device location using API AI?
I am using GUI tools provided by API AI to create Actions. Is it possible to fetch device location? I have heard that this is possible by requesting permissions. Is this documented anywhere? An example/code snippet will be very useful.

Sai
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Record meetings with Google Mini or Amazon Alexa?
I've been asked to develop an action for either Google Mini or Amazon Alexa that allows the device to record the audio from a meeting (no time limit) and send that script to the meeting-participants.
Is it possible to record audio for extended…

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Make a phone call within Google Assistant App
I am trying to develop a Google Assistant App, primarily for Google Home and Google Assistant on the phone.
Is there a way to integrate Google's hands-free calling capability to the Assistant App, so that a user can directly initiate a phone call…

Iris Wei
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Cannot use IPA phonemes with Google Home SSML
Alexa has the capability to speak phonetically using the IPA phonemes...example below
You say, pecan .
I say, pecan .
I cant see…

user2035174
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How do I get Actions on Google to speak using Google Home's normal voice?
I'm building an app using Actions on Google using API.AI that allows users to speak to my app through Google Home. API.AI allows me to choose between two male and two female voices, however, all four of these voices are not the normal Google Home…

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DialogFlow Webhook API V2 - How to get Authorized User's accessToken?
In my DialogFlow V1 Webhook, I used to get the user's access token like this (node.js):
exports.voxGoogleHomeWebhook = functions.https.onRequest((req, res) => {
const app = new WebhookClient({request: req, response: res});
var accessToken…

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Got the "My test app isn't responding right now. Try again soon." error message even a clean start from Google Assistant Simulator
I am still quite new to this topic, so sorry if I didn't provide enough information.
For the first time, I copoed everything from https://developers.google.com/actions/dialogflow/first-app to learn about it, which works great.
After, I tried to…

Jamie Phan
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