Change the trigger for the assistant – No direct support for a different hotword (use snowboy or pocketSphinx) • On device support for different traits – Brightness, color... • Either use a lib (Python) or the service directly • For proper devices; you must (!) contact Google; it‘s for development only
parts: – OAuth2 server to authenticate users and issue a token – Some backend to • Query the state of the device • Trigger changes to the device • User adds a device via Google Home app – Here the Oauth flow comes into play • Digg into sample app – https://github.com/actions-on-google/smart-home-nodejs
the main beef on G+ • Limited options for visual UI elements • SSML missing important features – Though some have been added recently • Testing • Account switching is a PITA, language switching as well • No private actions (store apps, inhouse apps)
on Google Dev Home: https://developers.google.com/actions/ • Actions on Google Console: https://console.actions.google.com • Dialogflow Console https://console.dialogflow.com