It launches netflix on the cast device itself (the google cast device on the tv). As long as you have a google home, a chrome cast (or google cast enabled device) and netflix linked to google home, it works.
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So, got a question for those of you that mentioned your thermostats.
What would you think if you could say, Alexa, tell home itās too cold downstairsā¦ And you thermostat switches over to heat and adjust the temp accordingly?
Or if youāre hot, it switches to cool and runs.
Or if you turn on the fireplace but want it to go off in ten minutesā¦
Check out version 3 of EchoSistantā¦ It does all of that and moreā¦ Due for release tomorrow night.
Some do that now. Iām happy with my ecobees3 with multiple sensors. I can tell google home to set heat or cool. Or ask what the temp is now. I never asked it Iām cold but I can try. Nope didnāt work but I would rather set temp my self then to say Iām cold and it adjust to whatever. Alexa even with skill enabled struggles with thermostats.
I agreeā¦ The native Alexa skill with thermostats definitely had troubleā¦ though it has improved greatlyā¦ weāve got it now working even betterā¦
Alexa, itās too cold downstairsā¦ Alexa analyzes it and determines what mode it needs to be in and raises or lowers accordingly
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Accordingly to it may not be accordingly to me. I rather say set to 70 whatever.
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as @JDRoberts saysā¦ āChoices are goodā
You now have the āChoiceā to do it how you wantā¦
I like saying itās coldā¦ my wife likes saying āJason, tell you girlfriend to turn up the heat!ā
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Lmao. At your last comment
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Me too, especially in the middle of the night when I say Alexa āset upstairs to 70 degreesāā¦only to hear: I found multiple devices named Upstairs, which one did you mean? Upstairs Thermostat.
Alexa: the device is in automode, aiming for 74.
Me: but I said 70
Alexa: silentā¦
It has happened enough times that it motivated me to fix it with Echosistant. I can tel set to x degrees, I am too hot, or turn it upā¦ Whatever I want, and it just works, without annoyances
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Were GH shines lol.
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Iāve got an Echo, two Dots, and a Google Home and so far, the only downside Iāve encountered with either is that Google Home doesnāt have bluetooth, which means that for now I canāt seem to connect my Samsung Wireless Speakers. Google would prefer that you hook up a Chromecast to the speaker (but mine donāt have an auxiliary input 
). In terms of using them for home automation and Smartthings, they both work pretty much the same in my experience.
I feel - like others have commented - that the Google Home just āknowsā more stuff. I find that I can ask it questions that Alexa doesnāt know the answer to. On the other hand, my wife and I have a ton of content in the Amazon Prime ecosystem (echosystem?) - like prime music - that is very easily accessed via Alexa and streamed wirelessly to our Samsung speakers. If the content isnāt an issue, Iād go with Google Home - on the bet that functionality will greatly increase over the next few months.
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Does that speaker have an optical input port on it? If it does, you can get an optical cable to 3.5mm audio jack and you are good to go.
Do you use google wifi as your primary router and how do you like it? Thanks.
I wish!! I have two WAM550s and two 350s and neither model had auxiliary or optical inputs. I think Iām stuck until Iām able to connect to the speakers via wi-fi. Keepinā my fingers crossed!
With the GH, can I tell it to play an Amazon Prime video on say my PS3 (connected to a TV with a Chromecast)?
Yes I do and I love it. I have extra ones lol.
I have 2 echos and 2 google homes. Google finally released Bluetooth support today. thatās a big bonusā¦ but having more than one device causes a problem, when I say ok google, both start listening, they need to determine which device is closer to the person trying to talk to it, this is very frustrating, this alone makes me keep my echo devices in use more often.
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