Automate Your Smart Lights With Google Home Routines

With Google Home Routines you can easily automate your compatible smart lights & other smart devices. The time schedule feature is currenlty only available in the US.

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[TechWithBrett]

What do you want to know next about smart lighting?

[BookTubene]

I just made a Christmas routine where I say Merry Christmas and all Christmas lights come on and I say Holy Night and all Christmas lights turn off

[DanielWaun]

This was great. Thanks, Brett. I've been using google home products for a couple years but until now had no idea I could automate my routines based on day/time. This saves a lot of time managing multiple apps for various smart plugs, lights, etc.

[molivar]

Thank you so much for this video! I literally went to purchase the google mini and c by ge light bulbs and have set routines! this is great! I can't wait to have a completely smart home!

[stemotology]

Just tried the time scheduling ability out. It also works in the Philippines and is not US only. Was able to finally unify SmartThings and Yeelight devices. Great video!

[martydelaney]

This was extremely helpful even 2 years later. Thank you!

[ChannelAA]

Hi Brett, Time of the day feature is available in Australia too. Is there an option to set sunset and sunrise timers for lights on the Google Home app? One more unrelated question, do you know whether there is an option to get Google Home app to show light on off status at a glance on the main summary screen? Please keep up the good work. Thanks and cheers.

[annettefantanzo]

Thank you for your videos. Is it possible to creat one routine that will function as a timer for your lights. For example turn on outdoor lights at sundown then shut off after 5 hours? Or must you create two routines that have on off functions? We would like this function when we are not home.

[KhesaPinkard]

Thank you, thank you, a thousand times thank you!!! You just helped me to finally get my smart lights to work with Google Home!

[gladiator_games]

Iam going on vacation soon so I need my lights in the house to turn on a certain time and turn off this looks promising. 👍🏼😀

[NirimbaNet]

Is there a way of turning on an effect with Google Assistant & LifX lights? I have worked out how to create a scene with multiple lights that have different colors, but I want to include the color cycle effect.

[alocjaw]

Now I thought I'd share one of my automated lighting tips that I learned. Sometimes, there's pairs of Lights, or trios of Lights, or more that you want to act in unison and other times where you want them to act independently. I find that if I have two end tables with lights on on either end of a sofa that sometimes I want them to both to dim at the same light or change color the same and then other times I may want them to act independently, I named one sofa one and the other sofa two. The same with bedroom night tables I named one bed one and the other bed two. When I want them to act together I just say dim the bed lights, or dim the sofa lights, or change the sofa lights to Warm White. When I want them to act independently I meant I call them out as sofa 1 or sofa 2. This would also work if you had a room with, say 4 ceiling lights that sometimes you want to act independently another times altogether.

[familienbilyk]

Hello Brett
I have a question and hope you can help :-)
When I am turning on/off my wifi switch using the voice command, google is saying everytime for ex. "OK the Christmas tree light is turning off/on". It's quite annoying. Is it possible to set it such way that google doesn't say anything but just do what I ask to do, or just a short answer OK or audio signal would be fine.


Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[Shaunalae]

I have a question Brett do I need a smart light bulb?
Your video is GREAT by the way

[janeleekeller]

Thank You Brett 🙂

Saving To "Building a Smart Home" Playlist 👍

JL 🕊️

[sirchimpy]

Is there a way I can create a routine that changes the colours of my lights, I tried but it can only change one at a time

[bramos]

Hey, I love all of your content and thank you for sharing :)
I have a question. I'm from Belgium and my Google home app is set in Dutch. This means that I can't use routines. Is there a way to set the language to English to enable the routines? Thank you very much for your time :)

[UberDurable]

Do you need the external speaker? The microphone on the phone can't pick up spoken commands?

[rjphllps]

Thanks for the walk through, did I miss it or is there a way to get info on those automatic shades? Thanks!

[xtimex]

Hi Bret, I wish you a nice holiday and I have a few question for you:
Please tell me, if it possible that in routines set when turn on Led Rgb lights, that light show desired colour and how do this?
I thought what the command should be?
Also me interesting how to set routine, that starting some video from youtube of fireplace, tnx.
And last, how setup that when the music is turned on from routine, that music will start playing in shufle mode.
Thank you