How to Use Google Home to Control Your August Smart Lock
Smart locks can be useful when you need to give someone temporary access to your home and don’t want to transfer the copied key, or you just want to use your smartphone to access your dashboard instead of digging into your wallet. or a key bag.
One way you can avoid using your smart lock is by using a smart assistant like Google Home.
When you have a smart lock connected to a voice assistant such as Google, you can do things like unlock the door while you are walking up the driveway, or open the door when guests are arriving at a dinner party and you’re still busy. on the kitchen. It looks like you never have to do it – and then you have to do it and it works and it’s awesome.
For this to work, you must first configure this feature (along with a password so that a bystander cannot unlock your home through an open window). This is how it works:
1.Launch the Google Assistant app and enter it.
2. Click on the blue box icon in the upper right corner.
3. Select Settings> Home Control.
4.Click the plus sign in the lower right corner to add devices.
5. Select the House of August.
6.Log in with your August account details at
7. Set the security code if you want to use the unlock function.
8.You will now see your August locks listed under Google Assistant Devices.
Once connected, you can also ask the assistant on your phone (or whenever you like) if your door is locked or even closed, which is like the person who asks himself this question every night when I’m in bed and just about I will fall. sleeping, I can say pretty cool.
If you have both a smart lock and smart assistant device, it’s worth seeing if you can pair them together for some advanced functionality.