How to use Google Home/Assistant to log Events with your voice

Here are the steps I suggest to use the Google Home integration. I've included a lot of details in case things don't go smoothly:

 

STEP 1: INVOKE TTHE EVENT LOGGER ACTION

Say, "Okay Google, talk to Event Logger."

 

You should get a message back saying, "It looks like Event Logger isn't linked to your account."
Google Home will either ask you permission to link accounts, or it will send your phone a link to click.

If you get the link option, it will lead you through a few steps to sign into your Google Account and give permission. 

(TIP: If you have more than one Google account, you want to be sure to log into the one that is associated with your EventLoggers.com account.)

 

STEP 2: LINK YOUR DEVICE TO YOUR EVENTLOGGERS.COM ACCOUNT

If Google Home can't find the Event Logger Action, you can manually search for it via the Google Assistant app by tapping the "Explore" icon in the bottom right of the Assistant app screen, then typing in "Event Logger". 

Click on "Event Logger", then "Link" and follow the steps.

If nothing happens when you click "Link", you can choose, "Send to device" and it will invoke the Event Logger Action on your chosen Google Home device to trigger the linking process.

 

STEP 3: DO SOME TESTS

Once your account is linked, do a quick test by first going to https://eventloggers.com/event-chart where Events should appear on the screen as you log them with your voice via Google Home.

Then say something like, "I drank 500 ml of tea thirty minutes ago. It was very good."

The Event should appear on the chart as a thin bar. Click/tap on the bar to ensure the details were logged correctly (Event, time, amount, rating).

You can delete the Event from that page by scrolling to the bottom and choosing "delete", then confirming.

 

If anyone is unable to get that working, please let me know where things broke down and we'll figure it out.

 

For a (not quite full) list of all the Events and their parameters that you can log via Google Home/Assistant, have a glance at the Big list of Personal Events.

 

Thank you very much for using EventLoggers.com,

Dean