topic Google Assistant Issue in Arlo Pro

Google Assistant Issue

Dill_ — Sat, 03 Mar 2018 19:00:06 GMT

If you don't tell Google assistant which TV/Chromecast, it will default to the first alphabetical option. Within the Google Home app, under Devices you can select "Default TV" but this command does not play well I guess. It totally works for music and Netflix and would decrease the command request length. Every second counts when trying to figure out who is at your front door.

Re: Google Assistant Issue

Norcalarlo — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 20:12:01 GMT

Thanks for the feedback! That helped a lot. Also I found that the nickname of the camera is vital to Google Home or Google Assistant being able to cast it. I had named my cameras "Front Porch view" and "Back Porch" to which Google Home only wanted to show me rad videos from YouTube when asked. I changed the names to something more unique and now it works quite well.

Re: Google Assistant Issue

allnicksgone — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 04:05:27 GMT

Norcalarlo,
Can you give an example of a nickname that would work? I'm struggling to get anything but YouTube videos to show.

Re: Google Assistant Issue

Norcalarlo — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 04:17:46 GMT

"Front Porch" was changed to "Porch Delivery View". No more YouTube videos after that. I say "Show my Porch Delivery View on Master Bedroom TV" and it works. Also, I went into the Google Home app to update the nickname under Home Control settings. The actual name of my Arlo cameras I left alone.

Re: Google Assistant Issue

allnicksgone — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:24:22 GMT

I wasn't having any luck no matter what I changed the name to.

Then I discovered saying "What's on front porch" will work instead of saying "show me front porch".