Google Home Action – Technical Requirements

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  4. Google Home Action – Technical Requirements

Information required for Google Home Actions.

  • Station Name (Invocation Name) – This is the name of your Radio Station, as it will appear in the Google Home Store and How to command the Google Assistant to play your station (max 80 characters).
  • Action description (short) – A brief description for your Action, this appears on the Google Home Stores (max 100 characters).
  • Action description (long) – A description for your Action, this appears on the App stores (max 4000 characters).

Note that the information above cannot be changed once submitted (in the control panel) without incurring a charge to re-publish the Action. Please ensure it is correct at the time of submitting it. the invocation name CANNOT be changed once submitted.

Images required for Google Action.

We require two logos from you, we will derive all the other logos required from these two. Please ensure they are of the highest quality to avoid Google store rejecting the Action.

  • First logo must be 192×192 pixels in size (square) and PNG format. This image will be the Action icon and also appear on the Google Action Stores.
  • Second logo must be 1920×1080 pixels (wxh) and PNG format. This will be the present in the Google Home stores and some Google Home Devices.

Additional information required

  • Live stream information – Your audio stream. This MUST be over HTTPS (Secure Stream). If you do not have an HTTPS stream, please ask your streaming provider.

Please note that that customers should ensure that their streaming server should be able to cope with the potential demand. Google may remove your Action if your streaming server is not available for long periods.