Hey there, Google recently added the “Blinds” device type to their Google Home Smart Home device types (on March 12th 2019): [image] Google Assistant can natively control smart blinds Technically speaking, Google Assistant has had native support for smart blinds and shades for a while no…

[image] loopj: presumably because the “Window Shade” capability has not yet been mapped to the new “Blinds” device type in Google by the SmartThings team. The question is… Are “Blinds” and “Window Shades” the same thing? If not, then the responsibility is not SmartThings to make them the “sa…

@tgauchat . In my case I’ve 23 blinds (yes blinds, no shades) controlled by zwave actuators. They only way to handle them accordingly in SMT I’ve found is by using the “Windows Shades” capability. When will I be able to control them from Google Home, as what they are, blinds (or shades, I really don’…

[image] Alfonso_Presa: When will I be able to control them from Google Home, as what they are, blinds (or shades, I really don’t mind as long as I can open or close instead of turn on or off). Are there any plan for this? Any workarounds I can try? I don’t know the specifics of Google Home (n…

Thanks for the quick response. I’ve already taken option C myself with a custom DeviceHandler successfully (coming from Domoticz myself, I should way that I was surprised how easy and flexible it was) :slight_smile: . I understand there’s an agreement between the different vendors and providers, bu…

[image] Alfonso_Presa: Given that Google Home already provides an API for Blinds, I think it is SmartThings’s duty to provide us users with the convenient tools to map our actuators with that API. Any way, I understand it’s not possible to have every single functionality implemented from day on…

Don’t take me wrong (specially for point 1, I was not trying to impose something, I probably should have used a word like task rather than duty. English is not my mother language so I apologize and step back if that sounded rude in some way). I completely understand the problematic behind this integ…

[image] Alfonso_Presa: As for a roadmap, I would accept something like “hey guys, as google home now can handle things that open and not only things that switch, we are working on a capability to match that skill” :slight_smile: . You won’t ever hear that from SmartThings, but if you do, then…

This needs to be fixed so so annoying that can’t control my blinds with Google.

As an update on this, Google Home now supports action.devices.types.SHUTTER as well, see here . I hope this should fit SmartThings’ needs.

Mapping Google's "Blinds" device type to "Window Shade" Capability

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Luis_Pinto (Luis Pinto) December 17, 2019, 7:18pm 10

Use my dht and simply say “turn on…”

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Mapping Google's "Blinds" device type to "Window Shade" Capability

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