Google Home Never Forgets
This might be a good thing, and it might be a bad thing, but so far I haven't had many problems with Google Home... until now.
I recently moved a bulb from the Entryway of my home to my office. I have installed this lamp in the entryway so that I could change the lighting color at the door for Halloween (the kids loved it). However, after I changed the name of the bulb from "Entryway Light" to "Office Torch", the name stayed in Google Home.
Long have I been familiar with how to "sync my devices" in Google Home, as it is much faster to merely ask Google Home to do this for me, than to manually take the action in the app; yet this does not appear to make the update. Alternatively, I've renamed the devices several times, and also I've removed and powered down the devices for more than 30 seconds. In one case I forgot that I had remove a bulb and it sat out and un-powered for more than a day. None of these actions has allowed me to remove the old titles from the devices. Of course I could just stop using Smart Home devices, but that's not the point.
Naming Schema
Google Home is getting Smarter every day. I'm certain that they are getting a MASSIVE amount of data from all the people connecting their apps to the software. It works quite well and I quote enjoy using it. But it's not perfect and it always needs more work.Currently, I've discovered that Google Home has some trouble distinguishing between the ROOM and the DEVICE. An example is as follows.
-- Room: Office
-- Device: Office Lamp
-- Device: Desk Lamp
Say: " Ok Google, turn off the lights"
Response: "Ok, turning off 2 lights"
It seems to be able to comprehend multiple meanings, such as "lamp", "light", "bulb", and other items in the room the are classified as illumination devices.
Next Steps
Like many of my blogs and activities, this is far from over. I will likely be posting more about my adventures in Home Automation. But at the very least, I'm glad I got this far....
