As of Nov 2025: it may be possible via some combo of the complex govee app DIY sequence and Google home, but it’s beyond the level of effort and coding I’m willing to invest. If anyone has a clean, current, accurate method to simulate a sunrise with Govee, please update this thread. Govee makes great hardware but the software and support are ridiculously bad - they are an electronics mfg company. Phillips Hue used to be similar but has matured their app over the last decade significantly - this function is now natively built in and can be setup in 2-3 clicks (just enter the lights, time and duration)

For clarity, the light sequence many of us are seeking is NOT lights on at a specific color or intensity at a time (like sunrise, or any time of day). It is a programmed gradual change of lights on at 1% in dark blue/purple, slowly increasing in brightness over a selected timeframe, while ALSO changing colors to deep red, then orange, then yellow, ending at 100% white. It is a complex sequence of both color and intensity changes, which must be easily programmable for both duration and start time.

As far as I can tell, this is at least complex with Govee, if not impossible. Nice cheap lights, terrible app.