Fact · Voice and AI
Home Assistant says that, to use Google Assistant without Home Assistant Cloud, your configuration has to be reachable from outside with a hostname and an SSL certificate.
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“your Home Assistant configuration has to be externally accessible with a hostname and SSL certificate”
Google Assistant integration, Home Assistant, 2026, Manual setup, Prerequisites.
Open the original- What it measures
- The page says the manual route requires a bit more setup than most, because Google requires Assistant apps to be set up in a particular way.
- What it does not show
- The page does not give a step-by-step guide to opening ports or setting up a Google Cloud project here. Follow the full manual section before you start.