Hi everyone !
I also want to use Google Assistant to control my Yeelight bulb color and set it in French (that’s a secondary issue), but I always get the same problem when it comes to link Yeelight Actions (using my Mi account, no other solution I reckon ?) to Google Assistant.
So when I add the yeelight actions service, I get to the login window, I confirm, it tries to go through but always tells me something like “impossible to update this setting, check your connection”
Is there such thing as a “Yellight account” that I’m missing ? Or does everybody use their Mi account like I’m trying to ?
I was logged to the Mainland China server in the first place but I’ve swtiched to Singapore (as I’ve read above), I’ve also tried the US and the US/Singapore servers but still no success, the connection yeelight/google assistant is always the problem.
Now I’ve finally tried through IFTTT and I can switch on / off my yeelight bulb color, but I thought I could do the same action without IFTTT (am I wrong ?).
So if anyone could tell me anything about that, I’m pretty sure there should be a way to use the lamp without IFTTT thanks to the Google Assistant recent updates.
(by the way I was misguided at some point because of my google now widget, and as you wrote on this thread one should not make that confusion google now / assistant)
I am using my Mi Account. I dont know if there is a special Yeelight account.
I am interested in how you got IFTTT to work. Because IFTTT also does not find any Yeelight device.
But i will wait until the Singapore server will be able to communicate with my home automation by Xiaomi. And i will use Alexa then to control the Yeelights.
As I can’t link google assistant to my yeelight/mi account (whatever the server I choose) I kept searching and I’ve found videos on youtube helping to make it work through IFTTT.
Example with that one : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SBtdgP8nMQ
(If your yeelight is already connected to your network, the ifttt tuto really starts after 00:31)
The video is quite fast so maybe I should develop what you see on the video :
- in the ifttt app, go to “My applets” (bottom right)
- click + (top right)
- click “this” and choose Google assistant, set your phrase for the action you choose (that’s the part where I was able to choose the French language)
- click “that” and choose “Yeelight”, choose the action, your connected light(s) should appear and finish setting up the action.
Hope it helps.
But again, I don’t know if I have to use ifttt like I do (it works so that’s fine), and I’m wondering if some of you manage to control their yeelight without ifttt. If you do, I’d like to know why I can’t link google assistant to my yeelight/mi account (it tries, but refuses).
I was able to set up the Yeelight with Google Assistant on my phone. In my case, when I clicked to link the Yeelight (as I described in OP), I was getting a differently localized landing page for Yeelight. Nonetheless, after I set Chrome to be my default browser, it worked fine.
I also had IFTTT, and yes it works great! I’m not sure how nice Google Assistant works in languages other than English - if you can set up custom voice commands like you can in IFTTT -, and I’m not sure if using one or the other makes a difference when using LAN control (to avoid lag).
FWIW, I’m actually using both now: I have the default commands set up on Assistant (turn off the lights), but also made some custom IFTTT commands (dim the lights; give me more light; turn up the lights; I’m going to bed, etc) with some nice Assistant replies (e.g. IF I say “I’m going to bed”, THEN lights turn off and Assistant replies “nighty night!”).
So it seems that some of you can control yeelight only with google assistant and ifttt could be seen as just an extra.
For my part, I don’t know what I could / should change to make it work only with Google assistant considering that:
- my color bulb is on Singapore server
- chrome is my default browser
Every time I try to add the device through Yeelight actions, it tries but stops and rejects, telling me to check my connection (?!). Of course I’ve re-typed my mi account login and password to make sure everything was alright.
So, yeelight staff, any possible help with that please ?
Check this:
That’s been sorted now by the look of it. I still can’t connect Yeelight Actions to Google Assistant.
Hoping that sharing more info about my setup, which works, might be useful: I’m using the official Yeelight app and have 3rd party development enabled and connected to Singapore. I also have LAN control enabled.
Once that was up and running, I connected it to the other stuff.
Hi,
thanks for trying. I also have the Yeelight app and I did change those settings that you suggested - they seemed pretty good ideas to me - but no luck, still the same unsuccessful connection, Google Assistant can’t link with Yeelight actions.
i will add to this thread as also having the exact same issue. have tried with Mi accounts for both Singapore server and also mainland china and the message is the same.
I don’t even get that Message. I just end up on the page, where i can select the yeelight actions service.
But i think i will not waste any more time with this issue. I just ordered an Echo Dot. Alexa has no problems with Yeelight.
(tried it with Alexa on my fireTV, I can use the FireTV remote to send voice commands to Alexa and it works like it should.)
Bonus is, that I don’t have to activate the screen on my smartphone (Note 3 with Android 7.1.2) but to say “Alexa” anywhere in my flat.
So Google Assistant will be replaced by Alexa. I will set up my Xiaomi Home automation to work with it, when the Singapore Server will get those features.
Hello, I’ve red the topic.
I didn’t have any problem during these days, Yeelight actions were working just fine with Google Home.
The problem now is that today I’ve got my Desk Lamp, linked it with Yeelight, tried to control it through Yeelight app and everything work just fine, but if I go on Google home, the lamp doesn’t appear on the list in Yeelight actions.
How can I make it appear on Google home and control it through Google assistant?
I repeat, in Yeelight app everything works pretty well and in Google home as well, beside the new lamp that doesn’t appear making impossibile to control it with Google assistant.
Thank you in advance
hello, i have the same problem. is your phone (tab…) under android 6.Xx ?
Mine is under android 5.0 and i think this is the reason
I have Lineage OS 14.1 installed on my Samsung Galaxxy Note 3.
It is running Android 7.1.2.
To everyone who have been suffering Yeelight actions outage:
We are very sorry about this issue. We have checked everything on our side, everything looks normal.
And google has confirmed it was their bug and they were working on it.
But unfortunately, there was no update in the passing four days.
We totally understand how badly you feel and we feel exactly the same way.
We will push google harder to provide some update of this case, at least some root cause analysis.
Please watch following thread to get the latest update.
Sincerely!
-Yeelight
Account link was broken. Google team has been working on it.
Once this case got resolved, we will look into the case you mentioned.
Stay tuned!
Thank you. For now I’m using ifttt as workaround.
i unlinked yeelight actions from google assistant because i couldnt activate scenes and now when i try to re-link it it says “couldn’t update the setting, check internet connection”. Of course i am using them now with IFTTT but its wayyy laggy! Those folks in google are very slow and it annoys me a lot. When its gonna be fixed?
We are pushing them, no result yet, I think they are enjoying their weekend right now.
Hi guys !
It suddenly works for me !
I decided to try again tonight, and I didn’t even have to link google assistant to yeelight actions one more time, it was already done ! (I saw my yeelight color bulb already added in my devices - the result of so many times trying last weekend ??).
Anyway, I set off my ifttt settings to check what google assistant was capable of on its own, and it responds perfectly to my French commands (it even understands changing the color etc…).
I thought I should tell you so as to try again from you smartphones. Good luck !