Shows how to control Honeywell thermostat with Google Home. So here’s how we set up the connection between Google Home and the thermostat to enable such controlling. Not too hard, although there are a few steps to run. No fear though, because we list all of them below.
![Picture of the Google Home front view, with box open. How to Control Honeywell Thermostat with Google Home.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/GoogleHomeSpeakerFrontBoxOpen_001-300x224.jpg)
How to Control Honeywell Thermostat With Google Home: Before You Start
Create a Honeywell Total Control Comfort Account
So to start, you’ll need a TCC account. If you don’t already have one, head on over to the Honeywell portal website here, and create one. But be sure to save your user Id and password. Indeed you will need these when configuring the Honeywell TCC in the Google Home app.
Now we own the Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi thermostat. Had it for a few years now. Thus we already have an account at the TCC website. So we won’t go into how to do that here. Why? Because creating an account there is easy to do by following the instructions at that site.
Get the Google Home App
Furthermore, the Google Home app is available in the App Store or Google Play. So you probably already have this if you’ve set up a Google Home before.
Set Up at Least One Google Home in your Home
We also assume that you installed your Google Home speaker. Here, we use the first Google Home speaker for this demo.
![Picture of the original Google Home sitting on desk.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/OriginalGoogleHomeSmartSpeakerFrontLeft_001-300x224.jpg)
Link your Honeywell Thermostat to your Total Connect Comfort Account
We have the Honeywell RTH9580WF WiFi thermostat set up on our TCC account. We installed it, powered it up, linked to our home WiFi network, and added to our Honeywell TCC account. Please see our Register Honeywell WiFi Thermostat RTH9580WF Online post. This gives instructions on connecting Honeywell thermostats to the internet.
![Picture of the Honeywell thermostat RTH9580WF home screen view.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/HoneywellSmartThermostatRTH9580WFFront_001-300x168.jpg)
How to Control Honeywell Thermostat With Google Home: Step by Step
1. Run the Google Home app on your Mobile Device
We use an iPad Air computer tablet in this demo. So we find this app on page four of our iPad’s Home screen. But yours may appear in a different spot, depending on how you arrange your pages.
![Screenshot of the iOS on iPad, displaying its -Home- page with the -Google Home- app highlighted.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/iOS2019HomeGoogleAppHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
Then when you run this app, the Google app Home screen appears. It shows a list of your Home devices currently active on your Google account.
![Screen shot of the Google Home app on iOS, displaying its -Home- page. Showing the -Main Menu- button. How to Control Honeywell Thermostat with Google Home.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019HomeMainMenuHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
2. Tap the Main Menu Button
So find this control at at the bottom of the Home screen. It is near the right side corner.
Then touching the Main Menu option brings up the Main Menu page. This is where you can control home group members, set up multi room groups, and, access device settings.
![Picture of the -Main Menu- page. Showing the -Settings- item.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019MainMenuSettingsHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
3. Touch the Settings Menu Item to Continue with How to Control Honeywell Thermostat With Google Home
Then find Settings near the left edge of the screen. It is near the center, a little above center, on the Main Menu page.
You then should get the Settings screen. So this page presents a list of your speakers and other linked devices. It also gives you the option to control a device. However, you currently can’t get to the option we’re after unless you scroll down the page a bit.
![Screenshot of the -Settings- page.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019SettingsTop_001-300x225.jpg)
So, swipe up to scroll down this page until you see the Add item, as shown next.
![Screenshot of the -Settings- page, showing the -Control Device- option.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019SettingsAddDeviceHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
4. Touch the Control Device, Speaker, Group, Service Item
Touching the Control Device, Speaker, Group, Service option then brings up the Add page. Here’s where you create a speaker group.
![Screenshot of the -Add- page, showing the -Set Up Device- option.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019AddSetUpDeviceHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
5. Tap the Set Up Device Item
Locate the Set Up Device option near the left edge of the screen. It’s currently the first menu item, near the top.
Touching Set Up Device brings up the Set Up page. So here, you pick what sort of device to set up. Now you can choose to set up a native Google Home device (speaker, Chromecast, Etc.). Or set up a device that works with Google, like a Honeywell Total Control Comfort thermostat.
![Screenshot of the -Set Up- page. Showing the -Have Something Already Set Up- option.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019SetUpAlreadySetUpHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
6. Touch the Have Something Already Set Up? Item to Continue with How to Control Honeywell Thermostat With Google Home
This then brings up the Control Devices list page, as shown next. This screen lists all the device brands that Google Home currently can access and control.
![Screenshot of the -Control Devices- list of devices that work with Google Home.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019AddDevicesListTop_001-300x225.jpg)
7. Find the Honeywell Total Connect Comfort Entries
So swipe up to scroll down the Control Devices list, until you see the Honeywell Total Connect Comfort items. Note that there are two versions of this ability. One for users in the USA and the other is for international users.
![Screenshot of the -Control Devices- list. Showing the US version of the Honeywell Total Control Comfort ability.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019AddDevicesListHoneywellTCCUSHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
8. Tap the Honeywell Total Connect Comfort US Ability
In this demo, since, we live in the United States, we tap the red Honeywell Total Connect Comfort US item.
The app then displays the Total Connect Comfort log In screen. So it is prompting you for your TCC account login Id and password.
![Picture of the Honeywell Total Control Comfort login screen.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/GoogleHomeAppiOSHoneywellTotalConnectComfortLoginScreen_001-300x225.jpg)
9. Enter Your Honeywell Total Control Comfort Account Information to Continue with How to Control Honeywell Thermostat With Google Home
Then enter the email address and password you created your Honeywell TCC account with, in the spaces provided.
![Picture of the -Honeywell Total Control Comfort Log In- screen, with our TCC account credentials.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/GoogleHomeAppiOSHomeywellTotalConnectComfortLogInScreenEnteredCredentials_001-300x225.jpg)
10. Tap the Gray Sign In Button
So we assume here that you enter the user Id and password for a valid Honeywell TCC account. If you did, then the TCC End User License Agreement page then appears.
![Picture of the -Honeywell Total Control Comfort EULA- Screen. Showing the -I Accept- button.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/GoogleHomeAppiOSHoneywellTotalConnectComfortEULAScreenIAcceptButtonHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
11. Tap the I Accept Button
You should then see the Select the Following Thermostat page display , as shown next.
![Screenshot of the -Select Thermostat- page. Showing our choice checked, and the OK button.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019SelectThermostatOKHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
12. Touch the OK Button to Continue with How to Control Honeywell Thermostat With Google Home
Tapping OK on the Select the Following Thermostat page then brings up the Choose Device page. So here we have a single entry, which is the thermostat we want.
![Screenshot of the -Choose Device- page, showing the -Thermostat- just added. How to Control Honeywell Thermostat with Google Home.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019ChooseDeviceThermostatHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
13. Select Your Thermostat
Then, tap the thermostat shown that you want to control by tapping it.
The little circle then fills in with a blue check mark.
![Screenshot of the -Choose Device- page. Showing the thermostat we Just added marked checked, and the -Next- button.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019ChooseDeviceOursCheckedNextHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
14. Touch the Next Link
Then tapping Next takes you to the Choose a Home page. Furthermore, the Google Home app groups devices into virtual collections called homes. So these allow you to access various devices in each home grouping. This also makes it easier to find them when you have multiple device groups. Then this means that you can control smart devices at multiple locations. That is so long as you create a separate home for each place that has devices to control.
Now we created only one home in our account currently. Furthermore, we do not need another. So we won’t run through how to do that here. If you have two or more homes set up, you would choose which one to put the thermostat in.
![Screenshot of the -Choose a Home- page, showing the -Next- link.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019ChooseHomeNextHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
In this demo though, since it’s the only one, the app selects this group by default. So we can just move on to the next step.
15. Tap the Next Link
Activating the Next link then takes you to the Where is this Device? page.
![Screenshot of the -Where Is This Device- screen. How to Control Honeywell Thermostat with Google Home.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019WhereIsThisDevice_001-300x225.jpg)
So here is where you get to say in which room or area of your home you’ve installed the thermostat. Indeed they give several pre-defined choices on this screen. Furthermore you can create your own room name if you scroll down this page. There, they give you the option to create a custom room name.
16. Assign Your Thermostat a Room
For us though, since our Honeywell thermostat is in the kitchen, we just tapped Kitchen, as shown next.
![Screenshot of the -Where Is This Device- page. Showing the -Kitchen- choice checked, and the -Next- link.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019WhereIsThisDeviceKitchenCheckedNextHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
17. Touch the Next Link
Tapping Next takes us back to the Home screen. Note that now, your thermostat should show up in your the device list there. But remember that the first time we saw the Home page above, no thermostat appeared. However now, since adding it was successful, it does show.
![Screenshot of the Google Home app on iOS displaying its -Home- page. Showing the Honeywell thermostat to control.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019HomeThermostatHighlighted_001-300x225.jpg)
18. Test that Google Home can Access your Honeywell Thermostat
Finally, you can see if the Google Home app can now read your thermostat temperature. So to do that, tap its entry icon on the Home page.
![Screenshot of the device home page for a Honeywell thermostat. It reads 74 degrees F in the Google Home app, and is ready to control.](https://tomstek.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/GoogleHomeAppiOS2019DevicePageForHoneywellThermostatReading74_001-300x225.jpg)
19. Done with How to Control Honeywell Thermostat With Google Home!
Example Google Home Voice Commands for Controlling the Honeywell Thermostat
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- Okay Google, raise thermostat temperature. Raises thermostat setting by several degrees.
- Okay Google, raise thermostat temperature five degrees. Raises thermostat setting by exactly five degrees.
- Okay Google, set thermostat temperature to 74 degrees. Sets thermostat
- temperature to 74 degrees.
- Okay Google, what’s the current temperature inside? She then speaks the thermostat’s current (indoor) temperature reading.
- Okay Google, what is the current thermostat indoor humidity?
- Hey Google, lower thermostat temperature. Lowers thermostat temperature setting by several degrees.
- Hey Google, lower thermostat temperature four degrees. Lowers thermostat temperature setting by precisely four degrees.