*I asked this on another thread, but moving it here for visibility.
Thanks for posting this. This is really interesting and I think it's helping me figure out why my shield behaves differently from others.
@9:15, you asked googlehome to open an app on shield. I am not able to do this. I suspect it's because I don't have the 2017 controller and can't enable the Always Listening feature on the shield.
I'm curious if once the Always Listening feature is turned on, could the 2017 controller be turned off and have the home device still pass commands to the shield. Would the feature still work without the controller once Always Listening is on?
I guess it casted viaplay from your smartphone right? What if you uninstall the app from it?
Brilliant video. I was mulling getting a google home mini myself. Saved me some money for now. I want to get some automation hardware working first before I commit to a full setup with the google home mini.
Interesting question. I'll try it later this weekend and let you know
Thanks for the feedback!
Thanks for this update! I have the 1st generation back home but am getting it this weekend on my trip. Was kind of interested in how the assistant would play out. I already have two minis in the house, but now I can rest easy knowing two assistants in the room won't be a problem!
Also what TV is that? I've come across it somewhere before... And if its possible, can you maybe show some more interactions with automated hardware + a tips a tricks video?
If anything you've earned yourself another subscriber with this one
Thanks for the feedback man. The TV is a samsung serif. Beautiful unit. Got lots of request for a part 2 with some specific commands so great that you subbed.
The video is just the tip of the iceberg. So much good stuff (and not so good) lacking in the video.
What I've done with my GH + Shield Setup:
Personally I turn off all that HDMI-CEC and TV control stuff. Call me old fashioned, but I prefer to control my TV and receiver.
Assign the shield as the default video player when GH plays a video
Assign the shield as the default audio player when I tell GH to play a song.
The latter works for both Google Play music and Spotify (you need to link Spotify to google assistant via the Google home app
'okay google...play sesame street on YouTube' has been a godsend for our baby while our hands are tied
What doesn't work yet:
'okay google play (movie name) on netflix'. That feature only works for Chromecast and TVs with built-in Chromecast. No luck with Netflix (it's on Netflix to fix that)
No Plex GH integration either.
Neat pet project I'm working on:
Kodi doesn't have GH capability. With IFTTT, some coding + reading up on kodi's HTTP rest API, and some NAT port forwarding on my home router, I can say 'okay google...pause kodi' and Kodi will pause whatever video is playing (that's just one example. Kodi's http API is very feature rich).