Accessing Google Home Settings from a Computer Without Needing an Android Emulator

Over my time away from all things dial-tone I have refreshed my love of all things home automation and or smart home. The majority of my posts going forward will be around the dreaded IOT and cheap $4 sensors that I seem to buy too many of off Temu and simliar sites. Okay I will also be focused on the various ecosystems I have worked on which include Home Assistant, Samsung SmartThings, Google Home, Aqara, Govee, Switchbot. How to trunk, lol, i mean integreate them, how and where to get devices registered along with any other things that allegedly make my home smarter.

Anyway, first technical post in a few years. Incoming!

Recently, someone on the SmartHome Reddit forum was asking if you could access Google Home Settings from your computer? You got the typcial answers of “No, Google apparently isn’t that advanced.” the somewhat more helpful, “Yup, need to run an Adroid emulator like Bluestacks and you can do it then.” I then dropped in with ,”why emulate when you can just access those settings from the Web?” In case you aren’t aware, you can access just about all of the Google Home Settings from a PC\MAC without having to use an Android emulator like Bluestack or something simliar. All you need to do is go to the url for that setting which you can find in the table below

You will quickly see that these are web views streteched to fit a monitor vs optimized for a mobile app so don’t expect the most fluid UX. Still, if you prefer the app version of automation creation to Script Editor you can get the same experience from your machine vs on your cell.

SETTING	LINK	STATUS (SUMMER 2025)
Accounts	https://assistant.google.com/settings/productivity	Feature Parity
Assignable Reminders	https://assistant.google.com/settings/assignablereminders	Depreciated
Calendar	https://assistant.google.com/settings/calendar	Feature Parity
Continuing Coversations	https://assistant.google.com/settings/continuedconversation	Feature Parity
Daily updates – Feeds	https://assistant.google.com/onboarding/subscription	Depreciated
Diet	https://assistant.google.com/settings/diet	Feature Parity
Family Bell	https://assistant.google.com/settings/bellschedule	Depreciated
Finance	https://assistant.google.com/settings/finance	Partial Functionality
Music	https://assistant.google.com/settings/music	Feature Parity
News	https://assistant.google.com/settings/news/narrative	Feature Parity
Notes & Lists	https://assistant.google.com/settings/notesandlists	Feature Parity
Overall Settings	https://assistant.google.com/settings	Feature Parity
Photos	https://assistant.google.com/settings/photos	Feature Parity
Podcasts	https://assistant.google.com/settings/podcast	Feature Parity
Radio	https://assistant.google.com/settings/audio	Feature Parity
Reminders	https://assistant.google.com/reminders/mainview	Depreciated
Routines – Automations	https://assistant.google.com/settings/routines	Feature Parity
Snapshot	https://assistant.google.com/settings/zerostate	Partial Functionality
Wellness	https://assistant.google.com/settings/wellness	Feature Parity