Set up YI Home cameras to work with Google Assistant

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#68

Hi @thommy welcome to the forum! The team are working on it, so hopefully it’s back up and running soon. I’ll keep the thread posted as I get more info.

#71

Hi, YI home camera aren’t compatible with Google home. I mean, they are recognized but you cannot stream video into Google home app.
Why this feature is not available yet??

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#72

Hi,

@luca.crippa88 Currently, the service to stream your YI camera that is linked in the Google Home app is working with Google Nest Hub and Google Chromecast with a Google Home speaker (Google Assistant). You mentioned you cannot stream video into the Google Home app, that is correct. The Google Home app will link the YI camera in app and allow you to stream or hide the camera using the following commands.

  • “Show [camera name]”
  • “What’s on [camera name]?”
  • “[Camera name] on [Chromecast device name]”
  • “Play [camera name] on [Chromecast device name]”
  • “Show [camera name] on [Chromecast device name]”
    “Stop [TV/Chromecast device name]”
#73

Thanks. Any possibility to have this feature also? I noticed that there is a large list of compatible cameras for this feature.

#74

Hi,

@luca.crippa88 We are limited by the functionality Google allows from 3rd party cameras and this feature is not available to us.

#75

Thanks, what is the best way to suggest to add this feature?

#76

Hi,

@luca.crippa88 Unfortunately, adding the ability for 3rd party cameras to stream in the Google app would have to come from Google.

#77

Welcome to the club! I am getting this for more than a month now and its ramdom on each camera. I opened case and still not resolved (BTW, they stopped replying me) . Not sure what is going on but since last big outage they faced, this feature is unstable since then.

#78

Hi @ascernas what’s your ticket number? I’m happy to look into this for you.

#79

Hi,

@ascernas I apologize for the delayed response. I replied back to you in the customer support email.

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#80

Great news, worked perfectly fine for me, just some live issues. The Lenovo Smart Display had to reconnect to the live feed, but it worked great :clap:

#81

Hi,

@Darkmoon I’m glad to hear your YI camera was able to stream to your device.

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#82

Hey @Darkmoon that’s great! Thanks for letting us know and welcome to the forum!

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#83

my 1080P yi camera works but my older 720P version ones do not. any information on this?

#84

Hi,

@Stiz The reason why your YI Home 720p camera doesn’t stream with Google, is because it’s a first generation model camera and is not supported.

#85

ty for the response.

#86

Hi, new to the forum but looks like the team are good at helping out and discussing new features. I agree with the above that it would be nice to be able to view in the Google home app - is there a forum from Google where we can ask them to make this available to the Yi team?

Another useful Google assistant feature might be being able to turn the camera on or off. That way they could be intergrated into a routine (say a bedtime routine). Thanks!

#87

Hi Oli! Welcome! We love to help out whenever we can, so thanks for noticing. :smile: That’s not a bad idea about making some noise in a Google Forum. I’ll take a look into it.

#88

Hello. I have it setup with google home my YI Home Camera 1080p but in Home app I have this issue

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How can i setup it to view my cam in GA?

#89

Hi,

@kayo77 I can see that your YI camera is linked in the Google Home app. In order to stream your YI Home 1080p camera with Google, you need a Nest Hub Display or Chromecast with Google Home Speaker. Once you have set up the device you are using to stream the camera, use the following commands.

  • “Show [camera name]”
  • “What’s on [camera name]?”
  • “[Camera name] on [Chromecast device name]”
  • “Play [camera name] on [Chromecast device name]”
  • “Show [camera name] on [Chromecast device name]”
    “Stop [TV/Chromecast device name]”

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