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Philips Hue to Google Home
(googlehomecentral.com)
Discussion about general home automation ideas and projects, home automation protocols like Z-wave, Zigbee, Matter, etc, and home automation software and hubs like HomeSeer, Home Assistant, OpenHAB, Homey.
The free local api is still there, and according to the company isn't going anywhere. You can probably find how to set it up online.
And.. if you're the kind of nerd that likes full control, the api is just an http based json thing. It's rather easy to use