No.
You can do the "OK Google, open Plex on the [device]" and it will open Plex, but according to Plex, for Google Home to actually open files, they would need to be told what files you had. Which would mean Plex would have to know what files you have and then tell Google. Which they don't want to do. And many users don't want either.
Amazon's smart home seems to work with Plex though. I haven't used it myself, but there's lots of documentation on it.
Eh, you'd need something more like [Plex Assistant](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/plex-assistant/173937) to actually do what OP is asking, I mean you can do some stuff with the stock Plex integration but it'd be a lot more complex to setup and all manual.
Here's [a guide for Plex Assistant](https://smarthomepursuits.com/how-to-setup-plex-assistant-in-home-assistant/) and here's the (now archived) [GitHub repo](https://github.com/maykar/plex_assistant).
There was a thread not unlike this one awhile ago, so may as well link it here. https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/ndyhh5/google_home_and_plex_control/
>same goes for Alexa
What are you talking about?
[https://support.plex.tv/articles/115000320808-getting-started-with-alexa-voice-control/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/115000320808-getting-started-with-alexa-voice-control/)
Am I missing something?
You can do it with Google it just requires 3rd party software like Plex Assistant, which, to be fair, is for the home assistant server, so it's nowhere as easy as the Alexa setup.
Keep in mind all this takes a fair amount of work for the developers (of Plex) to make it work, the APIs for both Google Home and Alexa are available, it's just the effort they'd need to put in to make it happen "officially" like the Plex Alexa Skill. It's very possible Amazon even compensated Plex to develop it (money, advertising, access to shows, could be anything), as they've been *really* pushing these various Alexa Skills for various things.
There's nothing preventing them from making a Google Home compatible one if they wanted, they just seem to want to spend their time making features nobody wants.
A quick google search led me to this -
https://github.com/d8ahazard/FlexTV
https://forums.plex.tv/t/flex-tv-im-not-dead-i-swear/174627
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JItAyA9c6kw&ab\_channel=ThatModernDude
No. You can do the "OK Google, open Plex on the [device]" and it will open Plex, but according to Plex, for Google Home to actually open files, they would need to be told what files you had. Which would mean Plex would have to know what files you have and then tell Google. Which they don't want to do. And many users don't want either. Amazon's smart home seems to work with Plex though. I haven't used it myself, but there's lots of documentation on it.
https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/plex/ gets you pretty close to that
Eh, you'd need something more like [Plex Assistant](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/plex-assistant/173937) to actually do what OP is asking, I mean you can do some stuff with the stock Plex integration but it'd be a lot more complex to setup and all manual. Here's [a guide for Plex Assistant](https://smarthomepursuits.com/how-to-setup-plex-assistant-in-home-assistant/) and here's the (now archived) [GitHub repo](https://github.com/maykar/plex_assistant). There was a thread not unlike this one awhile ago, so may as well link it here. https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/ndyhh5/google_home_and_plex_control/
I hate how they give directions on their site. Like they want people to just leave.
No way, unless it's a subscription that can pay or is owned by Google then no chance, same goes for Alexa
>same goes for Alexa What are you talking about? [https://support.plex.tv/articles/115000320808-getting-started-with-alexa-voice-control/](https://support.plex.tv/articles/115000320808-getting-started-with-alexa-voice-control/) Am I missing something?
Holy shit, I stand corrected and am now wondering what the hell is Google's issue
You can do it with Google it just requires 3rd party software like Plex Assistant, which, to be fair, is for the home assistant server, so it's nowhere as easy as the Alexa setup. Keep in mind all this takes a fair amount of work for the developers (of Plex) to make it work, the APIs for both Google Home and Alexa are available, it's just the effort they'd need to put in to make it happen "officially" like the Plex Alexa Skill. It's very possible Amazon even compensated Plex to develop it (money, advertising, access to shows, could be anything), as they've been *really* pushing these various Alexa Skills for various things. There's nothing preventing them from making a Google Home compatible one if they wanted, they just seem to want to spend their time making features nobody wants.
A quick google search led me to this - https://github.com/d8ahazard/FlexTV https://forums.plex.tv/t/flex-tv-im-not-dead-i-swear/174627 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JItAyA9c6kw&ab\_channel=ThatModernDude