You used to be able to ask a Google assistant device for weather information. Google made a change that broke that. The function needs to be returned/recreated.
2 Likes
Some of the limitations on this are that there are only specific Google-specified devices that can integrate with the assistant. Sensor is the closest, allowing it to return temperature & humidity, but thereās nothing else - no rain, no wind, no forecast, etc.
Itās unfortunate 
1 Like
The unfortunate thing is that Tempest solar a device claiming it worked with Google Assistant devices. I used that promise when purchasing the device. I am just asking then to fulfill the promise. I would be happy with just wind and temperature.
Does googleās sensor actually specify what the sensor measures? It looks pretty general to me and it sounds like it could report a numerical value. But I didnāt look very good.
Thereās a list of supported sensor types - a weather station just doesnāt seem to have been considered.
Perhaps Weatherflow as a company can help lobby to provide a more relevant sensor type (or perhaps thereās some other way to integrate that Iām missing).
That said - integration with a particular smart home solution is something that isnāt completely within Weatherflowās control - it was definitely true at the time they said it, but this change was outside of their control.
3 Likes
too bad. We should push google to add weatherstations to the list of devices. Surely if such an obscure device like a yoghurt maker is on the list, a weather station should have been on that list.
editā¦ there is a form for that Google Issue Tracker
1 Like
I just used that form. Feel free to add to it.
Thanks! BTW, you may want to update the title in buganizer from ā[Your Title Here]ā to something like āWeather Stationā - it may help it get looked at more quickly.
For what itās worth, thereās also a somewhat similar request in Google Issue Tracker , from 2021
For what itās worth, Appleās HomeKit also lacks support for many weather station sensors.
Apple has recently published WeatherKit, but the overviews that Iāve seen made it seem like it was a conduit for the former Dark Sky forecast data and not for publishing current PWS sensor observationsā¦
Weatherflow is still showing Google Assistant as being supported, so theyāre still misleading with this. One of the main reasons I purchased this expensive device was the Google integration. Now it is gone. They also promised SmartThings integration (was listed on the side of the box mine came in), but that never happened, either.
I really loathe being mislead.
they have a 60(!) day no-questions asked return policy. 60 days to discover that the integrations you want are problematic. Of course they should remove the google-integration from their advertisement.
LoL It takes much longer than 60 days to learn that the integrations promised are never going to be done. When Iād ask, it was always, āitās being worked on, just be patientā.
That would be nice to have! I know Alexa has that option but I would like to see google incorporate it.
1 Like
The ability to ask Googleās assistant what the weather is at our exact location is the main reason I bought this product. Iām also an investor in the company. Why is it that an important feature like this was allowed to be interrupted with no apparent plan to fix it? I understand Google made some changes on their end but the problem seems to be that weatherflow hasnāt responded with an update on their end yet. The Google integration feature was already weak to begin with, with how clunky and limited it was, but to have it removed completely is not appreciated. Thanks.
2 Likes
Has there been any updates upon this issue??
I agree, Amazonās smart speakers immediately respond to Weatherflow inquiries. I donāt understand why Google backpedaled in removing communication with Tempest and their smart speakers. Itās a valuable feature that should be strengthened, not weakened.
1 Like