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How to control your Automower® with Google Assistant

There are many ways to talk to your Automower® robotic lawn mower with Google Assistant. Below you will find some examples of voice commands to help you control the mowers that are part of your Google Home devices.

First step

To control your Automower® robotic lawn mower with Google Assistant, you first need to add it as a device to your Google Home app. For information on how do this, see Add an Automower® robotic lawn mower to Google Home.

For information on what languages you can use to control your mower with Google Home, see Languages supported by Google Assistant

Activate Google Assistant

Google Assistant is ready to help when and where you need it. Just say Hey Google or OK Google and then follow up with any of the commands below to control your mower.

For more information on how to activate Google Assistant, see Use Hey Google voice searches & actions

What to call your mower

When you give commands to your mower, you can use the following names (for example):

  • Automower or mower (if you have only one mower in your Google Home)
  • The mower name, such as Hawaii as in the examples below. The mower name is specified in the Automower® Connect app, under My mowers > Mower details. We recommend that you choose a mower name that is easy to pronounce. Then it is easier for Google Assistant to pick up the command without misunderstandings.
  • All Automowers or all mowers (if you have several mowers added to your Google Home).

Commands

Start/Resume

Provided that the mower is sufficiently charged, this command will start the mower for 12 hours, overriding the schedule. After 12 hours, the mower resumes according to the schedule.

When using the command, you will be asked for the Google pin code. To set a Google pin code, open the Automower® Connect app, tap the menu icon and select Account > Google pin code and enter a four-digit code.

Example:

  • Start Automower
  • Start Hawaii
  • Start all my mowers
  • Resume mower

If someone has pressed the STOP button on your mower, Google Assistant cannot restart the mower. Instead, you have to enter the pin-code on the mower keypad and close the hatch to restart it.

Start for X hours/minutes

Resume

Resumes operation according to the schedule, for example if the mower is currently paused or parked. The command will only start the mower immediately if the mower is scheduled to run. If the mower is charging, it will start when the battery is sufficiently charged.

When using the command, you will be asked for the Google pin code. To set a Google pin code, open the Automower® Connect app, tap the menu icon and select Account > Google pin code and enter a four-digit code.

Example:

  • Resume mower

If someone has pressed the STOP button on your mower, Google Assistant cannot restart the mower. Instead, you have to enter the pin-code on the mower keypad and close the hatch to restart it.

Park

Makes your mower go back to the charging station and stay there during this mowing session.

When the next scheduled mowing session starts (for example the following day), the park command is not valid anymore and your mower will start mowing your lawn again according to schedule.

Example:

  • Park Automower
  • Dock Hawaii
  • Send the lawn mower home
  • Park all my mowers

Pause

Pauses your mower where it is until you give it a new command. When you use a pause command, you can easily restart your mower with Google Assistant or the Automower® Connect app.

If you want to pause your mower for more than 25 minutes, we recommend that you park the mower instead.

Example:

  • Pause Hawaii
  • Stop mower
  • Stop Automower

Status

Gives you a brief update on what your mower is doing right now.

Example:

  • Is Automower running?
  • What is the Hawaii battery level?

Other commands

Of course, you can ask Google Assistant any standard phrases, such as "Please repeat".

What you can ask Google Assistant

FAQ: Husqvarna Automower® and Smart Home Integration

Husqvarna Automower® models with cellular or Wi-Fi connectivity, or those equipped with the Automower® Connect Kit can connect to Google Home or Amazon Alexa.

At present, you can control your Automower® robotic lawn mower with Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa, but not with Siri.