How to connect a Philips Hue light to Google Assistant
A virtual assistant alone does not make a smart home smart. To truly automate your home in a way that will improve your life and impress your guests, you’ll need to add some smart devices to your home, and thebest smart lightsfrom Philips Hue are your best bet. These handy bulbs will allow you to voice control the lights in your home to seriously smartify every single room.
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In this guide, we’re going to walk you through the process of connecting your Philips Hue bulbs to Google Assistant. For other virtual assistants like Alexa, you’ll want tofollow our specific instructionsto get it set up, but the process is quite similar, so you shouldn’t have much trouble.
Friendly reminder that this guide is aimed at connecting an already-set-up Philips Hue bulb to Google Assistant. If you need help getting your lights set up or reset and ready to connect, check outour handy guide for resetting Philips Hue bulbshere.
Fortunately, because Google Assistant prides itself on compatibility, the light automatically appears in the Google Home app after you’ve set it up in the Philips Hue app. The following steps will help you connect it to a room, so your smart home can run smoothly.
Et voilà! Your new Philips Hue bulb is now officially paired with Google Assistant and will respond to voice commands, and your smart home is ready and raring to go.
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