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 Entities that have not been explicitly assigned to rooms but have been placed in Home Assistant areas will return room hints to Google with the devices in those areas.
 
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+Some devices, such as `scene` or `script`, must be assigned to an `area` before other members of a shared Google Home Household can use them. This is because household members in a shared Google Home will not be able to view devices that are not assigned to a room _unless_ they were the user who linked the service to Google Home. This issue isn't immediately apparent because `script` and `scene` devices aren't visible in the main Google Home dashboard.
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 ### Climate Operation Modes
 
 There is not an exact 1-1 match between Home Assistant and Google Assistant for the available operation modes.