How to Connect Your Roborock Robot Vacuum to Google Home
Link your robot’s account, confirm the connection and check which cleaning controls are available.
Connecting your Roborock robot vacuum to Google Home lets you start cleaning with a voice command instead of opening the Roborock app. Depending on your setup, you can also pause or stop cleaning, send the robot to its dock and check whether it is running or charging.
First, make sure the vacuum works in its own app. These instructions cover linking a Roborock account to Google Home.
What Do You Need Before Starting?
Have these items ready:
- A compatible robot that is online in the Roborock app.
- The sign-in information for the Roborock account that owns the robot.
- The Google Home app, signed in to the Google account you use for your home.
- A compatible Google smart speaker or display for voice control.
Install available updates for the apps and the robot’s firmware. Then start and stop a cleanup in the Roborock app to confirm that the robot responds.
Check compatibility for your model and country before starting if you are unsure whether Google Home is supported.
Which Service Should You Choose?
If your vacuum is registered in the Roborock app, select Roborock when linking accounts. Roborock’s U.S. setup instructions for the Roborock app show that service.
If you use Mi Home, follow the Mi Home instructions in Roborock’s Google Home connection guide. Linking a Roborock account will not bring in a robot registered only with Mi Home.
How Do You Connect Your Roborock to Google Home?
- Open the Google Home app and tap Add.
- Choose Link app or service, then Works with Google.
- Search for Roborock and select the official service.
- Sign in with the Roborock account that owns the robot.
- Approve the account link and follow the prompts to finish setup.
- Select your home and assign the vacuum to a room if prompted.
- Open Home, then All devices, and look for the vacuum.
Some app versions offer a different route: Add, Device, then Add a different way. Search for Roborock, select its app and follow the linking prompts. Google describes these options in its instructions for connecting third-party smart-home devices.
[PHOTO: Linking a Roborock account in the Google Home app]
Which Google Home Commands Can You Use?
Say “Hey Google” or “OK Google,” followed by the instruction. You do not need to say “ask Roborock” before these commands.
The table includes all nine Google Home phrases published in Roborock Store ANZ’s smart-home setup guide. That regional guide provides a fuller command list than the U.S. setup pages. Treat these as commands to test with your robot, since availability can vary by model, account region and integration.
| What You Want to Do | What to Say After “Hey Google” |
|---|---|
| Start cleaning | “Start the vacuum.” |
| Start cleaning another way | “Start vacuuming.” |
| Pause cleaning | “Pause the vacuum.” |
| Stop cleaning | “Stop the vacuum.” |
| Return to the dock | “Dock the vacuum.” |
| Return to the dock another way | “Send the vacuum home.” |
| Send the robot to charge | “Charge the vacuum.” |
| Check whether it is cleaning | “Is the vacuum running?” |
| Check whether it is charging | “Is the vacuum charging?” |
The three docking phrases request the same general action: returning the robot to its charging station. They do not turn dock maintenance features, such as mop washing or dustbin emptying, into supported voice controls.
How Can You Tell Whether Linking Worked?
Start with “Hey Google, start the vacuum.” Watch the robot or check its status in the Roborock app. Then test stopping and docking.
You can also open the vacuum’s device entry in Google Home and try any available controls. Google notes that some linked devices show their status without offering app controls, so the absence of a particular button does not by itself mean linking failed.
Confirm that each command works before adding it to an automation.
[PHOTO: The Roborock vacuum in the Google Home app]
Does Assigning a Google Home Room Enable Room Cleaning?
No. Placing the vacuum in “Kitchen” in Google Home organizes the device. It does not draw a cleaning boundary or replace the map in the Roborock app.
Create and name mapped rooms in the Roborock app, then check with Roborock whether your model and integration support targeted voice cleaning. The basic command list above does not establish room-cleaning support for every robot.
Likewise, do not assume Google Home supports suction changes or commands available through Hello Rocky, the built-in voice assistant on certain Roborock models.
What If Google Home Cannot Find or Control the Vacuum?
Try controlling the vacuum in the Roborock app first. If it does not respond there, restore its connection before troubleshooting Google Home.
If the robot works in its own app:
- Confirm that you linked the correct service and the account that owns the robot.
- Check that you are viewing the correct Google account and home.
- Say, “Hey Google, sync my devices,” then check the device list again.
- If the robot remains missing or unresponsive, open Google Home’s settings, find Works with Google, select Roborock and choose Reconnect account.
Google includes syncing and reconnecting in its troubleshooting instructions for linked smart-home devices.
If Google repeatedly misunderstands the vacuum’s name, give it a short, distinctive name in Google Home. Avoid names that sound like those of other devices.
Contact Roborock support if the service is unavailable for your model or the same linking error returns. Have the model name and exact error message ready. Use a factory reset only when Roborock’s troubleshooting instructions call for one.
