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I have a Facebook Messenger chatbot, which is part of a broader platform, which also includes Google Assistant Action.

In some cases, I want my users to switch from Messenger app to Google Assistant app (both on iOS and Android), so they can speak to my Action.

As far I understood, it's not possible to "push" a message (or "wake up" an Action) to a user through GA Action, so I'd like to forward a user from Messenger to Google Assistant app using some kind of deeplinking. At least - just to launch the app, at best – launch it with forwarded parameters, like "user_id" or a message to be sent to GA on user's behalf.

How do I do it?

How do I know Google Assistant app's deep link "scheme://" for iOS and Android?

Prisoner
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You can use the web link that your Action on Google get once it's been published. For example: https://assistant.google.com/services/a/id/66888e9b751b325a/

When the user click on this link (Android or iOS) - It will open the assistant and will start the action.

As for user_id and other authentication methods - At the moment it's not possible.

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  • Awesome, thanks! It is exactly what I need. Hope they will add some kind of parameters/payloads to these links soon. – Igor Lyubimov Oct 24 '17 at 17:55
  • Actually, I found a problem. – Igor Lyubimov Oct 24 '17 at 23:59
  • If a user does not have installed Google Assistant app, this link opens just an Action's page, with no instructions on how to use it or how to install Google Assistant application. I hope that they will improve it in the future. – Igor Lyubimov Oct 25 '17 at 00:30