Google Home Integration

Using LIFX
#1

I was delighted to see that LIFX has finally integrated with Google Home. I immediately disabled my IFTTT applets and set up integration in the Google Home application. It went smoothly but when I tried to turn on/off a light(s) the Google Assistant responded affirmatively, but nothing happened to the lights. I renamed rooms and moved bulbs around, but nothing seemed to work. The assistant recognized every room and light I have but it seems like the cloud service was not connected to Google.

I unlinked my account and attempted to set it up again. After entering my login credentials, I was prompted to “Authorize” the connection of which I tapped the button. After a second or two silk.lifx.co gave me the following error message:
{"error": {"code": 403, "errors": [{"domain": "usageLimits", "extendedHelp": "https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/weave/quotas?project=857559900502", "message": "Daily Limit Exceeded. The quota will be reset at midnight Pacific Time (PT). You may monitor your quota usage and adjust limits in the API Console: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/weave/quotas?project=857559900502", "reason": "dailyLimitExceeded"}], "message": "Daily Limit Exceeded. The quota will be reset at midnight Pacific Time (PT). You may monitor your quota usage and adjust limits in the API Console: https://console.developers.google.com/apis/api/weave/quotas?project=857559900502"}, "message": "Bad Run. Failed to get a result", "reason": "Forbidden", "status": 403, "url": "https://www.googleapis.com/weave/v1/adapters/accept"}

I cleared my cache and tried to re-authorize from a different device but I received the same message. My Google account is not authorized to check on the API limits in the URL above so this is as far as I could troubleshoot. Has anyone else encountered this problem? What is the solution?

I’ve been waiting for a more thorough Google Home/Assistant integration for months and I’d really love to get this working soon.

Mark

#2

Yeah, not working here either. I wondered if it might be the fact that I’m in the UK, but surely not?

#3

Google Home is now available in the UK so I assume that is probably not the problem.

#4

I just attempted to link my account again and it worked. I was able to link the accounts and now the integration works well. I’m still going to have a couple of IFTTT applets to bridge the gap. I’d like to see the ability to turn on scenes.

#5

Yea, not working for me either and now all of my lights are disconnected and I can’t get them back on the network. I thought it was firmware update but it could have been the Google Home integration too. I previously had them on Samsung Smart Things. Not sure if that conflict messed things up or not…

…But regardless even after resetting the bulbs, they just don’t connect to wifi. I got a message that said it did connect, but then it never showed up in the app.

Something between this Google Home update and the latest firmware completely rendered 13 bulbs and a strip unusable. I’m getting really annoyed with my lights all being bright white.

#6

Hi Tom, That’s really odd as the google home integration shouldn’t have made any change to the local settings of the bulb. You might want to open a support ticket about the fact that they are not connecting.

#7

Unfortunately due to significantly higher demand than forecasted and some architecture limits we have had some issues hitting our integration and per user API limits. We now have a much greater API limit and are making improvements to reduce API consumption.

#8

Conscious that people generally just moan on forums I thought I’d say that something seems to have changed in the last 24 hrs, response now is lightening fast and has been all day.

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