Security cameras are now being used at homes as a way of monitoring the home when the owners are not around. Blink and Google Home are two very popular Smart Home Automation products that many people use. One thing that users wonder is if I can integrate my Blink cameras into Google Home. This enables you to get the Blink camera feeds and look at them with the use of your voice.

We will discuss how Blink and Google Home are used if both devices can be connected, and how the integration can be accomplished.

What is Blink?

Blink is an Amazon brand that sells the Best Security Cameras at fairly attractive prices and is simple to install. Blink provides wireless security cameras for both indoor and outdoor use which are powered by AA batteries or external power.

Some key features of Blink cameras include: 

  • HD video
  • Motion detection alerts
  • Live view from your smartphone:
  • Two-way audio
  • Night vision
  • Cloud storage options

You can have several cameras installed in and around your home, and monitor the feeds through the Blink application, using your smartphone or tablet. One drawback is that at the time of this writing, Blink does not support continuous video recording – you can only watch the live stream or videos that were recorded due to motion detection.

What is Google Home?

Google Home is Google’s smart speakers and smart displays line that incorporates Google Assistant. Some of the most popular Google Home devices include: 

  • Google Home
  • Google Home Mini
  • Google Home Hub
  • Google Nest Hub Max

Google Home also supports voice commands in controlling various home smart devices and services. You can tell Google Assistant to do a lot of things like playing some music answering questions or turning smart lights on and off among other things.

Google Home does need setup though as you have to link it to your Google account and your home WiFi. Once activated though, the speakers are always in a listening mode for the wake phrases (“OK Google” or “Hey Google”).

Can Blink Be Integrated with Google Home?

To our knowledge, Blink cameras do not have direct compatibility with Google Home or Google Assistant at the moment. That means that there is no option to link Blink feeds and or to arm/disarm your system with voice commands.

Blink and Google Home are very effective when used on their own and have impressive smart home capabilities. But there are a few options if you want to connect your Blink system with Google Home: 

Use a Smart Display:

Google Nest Hub Max lets you see your security camera feeds with just a voice command. While you cannot natively integrate Blink, the Hub Max does support several other camera manufacturers including Nest and Wyze via the Google Home app.

With one of these brands, you could swap out your Blink cameras and be able to view camera feeds on your Hub Max. For example, to watch the backyard camera, one only needs to say: “Hey Google, show me the [backyard camera].”

Add a third-party service:

Blink recently released a new API that will enable other services to link Blink with other smart products such as Google Home.

One is Home Assistant which is an open-source home automation software that can be utilized to interconnect Blink and Google Home. This is somewhat more complicated and involves having the Home Assistant service running on something like a Raspberry Pi.

Therefore, for those who are more tech-savvy, some applications can integrate Blink and Google Home to make the camera streams appear on smart screens by using voice commands. However, there is currently no ‘Works with Google Home’ integration from Blink.

Would You Expect an Official Integration Down the Line?

This cannot occur since Blink is owned by Amazon and Google Home is owned by Google. These brands consider each other as rivals in the smart home industry.

Nevertheless, with Blink’s new API, there is an indication that it is willing to cooperate with third-party services for the sake of its customers. Thus, although the official Google Home integration may never appear, convenient services that link the two should be released shortly.

The simplest approach is to search for freshly released automation tools and services that utilize Blink’s API to interact with Google products. Or switch to Nest or Wyze cameras which are compatible with Google displays and speakers right out of the box.

In the coming days, there will be more integration possibilities for people who would like to link Blink and Google Home for additional smart security and comfort. However, native integration direct from Blink or Google is unlikely to occur soon because of competition.

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