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Google Assistant in Home Assistant

google_assistant part of Home Assistant since 0.56

Cloud, push

Google Assistant is an official Home Assistant integration for Voice. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud; changes arrive straight away, but only while the internet connection and the service are up.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Cloud, push – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud; changes arrive straight away, but only while the internet connection and the service are up.
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Part of Home Assistant itself
Installations
19,002 (2.8 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Voice
Provides
Button, Diagnostics
Maintained by
@home-assistant/cloud

Setup

  1. Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.

Known issues and fixes

7 open issues and 5 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Google Assistant in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.5.3.

Open

  • open Reported problem #156583 since November 14, 2025 · 7 reactions · 48 comments · #156583
  • open Reported problem #125787 since September 11, 2024 · 3 reactions · 46 comments · #125787
  • open Reported problem #172646 since May 31, 2026 · 2 reactions · 5 comments · #172646
  • open Reported problem #170182 since May 9, 2026 · 0 reactions · 38 comments · #170182
  • open Reported problem #182077 since September 12, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #182077
  • open Reported problem #181798 since September 9, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #181798
  • open Reported problem #168771 since April 22, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #168771

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 14, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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