Google Home via Matter | 1Home Server Documentation (2024)

Control devices configured in 1Home Server with Google Home using local Matter integration.

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What is different in Google Home's Matter enabled app? ​

Google Home made two large improvements to their system when devices connect via the Matter integration:

1. Execution of actions from the Google Home app is much faster since it is being sent locally (see it in the video below).
2. More device types were added compared to traditional integration methods.

Hub device is required ​

Since Matter runs completely locally a hub device is needed to keep a continuous connection to our 1Home Server and with that to KNX.

You can choose one of the hubs from the list below:

• Speakers: Google Home, Google Home Mini, Nest Mini, Nest Audio
• Displays: Nest Hub (1st gen), Nest Hub (2nd gen), Nest Hub Max
• Wi-Fi routers: Nest Wifi Pro (Wi-Fi 6E)

Does Google Home work without internet? ​

While connection between 1Home Server and Google Home hub (eg. Google Home Mini) works completely locally and doesn't need internet connection, the Google Home app still requires internet connection to work. We have seen Google Home focusing more towards bringing more functionality to work offline (eg. local execution of actions) and we hope this will be even more true in the future.

⚠️ Known limitations and issues ​

Last updated: August 6, 2024

We have tested with up to 250 devices bridged from 1Home Server to Google Home. The system worked as expected with the exception of the below issues that are present on Google Home's side. Google Home team has made large improvements in their support for Matter bridges and large installations and we are expecting the following issues to be solved in the future.

1. Sorting devices in rooms - Google Home does not support sorting devices in rooms via the Matter standard at the time of writing (even though Matter has a built in functionality which we support).
2. Dimming light shows 0% - With dimmable lights, when they are turned on, the Google Home app shows 0% for a couple of seconds and only after that updates to the correct state. Google team is aware of this issue.
3. Google Home animations - Animations of e.g. on/off lights have delays and only update their state after a couple of seconds, even though the actual light was turned on instantly.
4. Un-pairing Google Home removes all fabrics - If you remove 1Home Server from Google Home app, Google Home will also remove 1Home Server from any other connected smart assistant apps such as Apple Home. We suggest first removing the Google Home pairing from the 1Home dashboard, and only then proceed to remove the 1Home Server from the Google Home app (removing on both sides is required!).
5. After losing internet connection - We have seen that if Google Home hub loses connection to the internet, it takes it a couple of minutes to come back online, which also renders 1Home Server offline for that period.

Having issues?

1. Make sure that the Google Home hub and 1Home Server use the same network (sometimes even the difference between the 2.4 GHz and 5GHz can cause issues).
2. In case you have issues pairing the 1Home Server to Google Home, we suggest rebooting the Google Home hub and the smart phone. Also make sure that pairing window is enabled.