Chromecast functionality is coming to LG smart TVs starting this year, both at home and in hotels and healthcare settings, alongside support for Google Home.
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An issue prevented people from using many of the features of the “Automations” tab in the Google Home app.
Update: This particular issue has now been resolved, but you’ll need to sign in to your Google Account again.
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The Amazon Alexa app is getting a long-awaited redesign, and the new look is nearly identical to the Google Home app.
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Google today detailed the new Winter 2023 features for Android. A number of them are for Wear OS, like the Google Home app adding support for manually setting Home/Away.
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Besides adding support for the first-get Nest Cam Outdoor, the Google Home Public Preview program is adding the ability to create custom video clips and AI-powered garage door detection.
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Following the Indoor variant in August, the Google Home Preview Program is now rolling out support for the Nest Cam Outdoor (1st gen).
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IKEA is expanding its lineup of smart home products with three new sensors, all under $10 each. The new sensors look for motion, water, and window activity and work with Google Home, though it lacks Matter support.
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The Google Home app is adding a small but handy search feature to quickly find what Wi-Fi devices are on your network.
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Tapo has a robust lineup of smart cameras carrying in price, but the newest one might be the best deal of them all with 2K resolution and indoor/outdoor capability.
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Google yesterday recapped recent Home app launches while teasing the ability to “see more data from sensors” that might already be rolling out.
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The generative AI-powered “Help me script” feature for the Google Home Script Editor is now beginning to roll out for those enrolled in the Preview Program.
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Last week, the Google Home team kicked off a Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), and the first set of responses touch upon homescreen widgets and expanded Wear OS camera notification support.
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Just last month, Google was forced to limit Nest and Home devices to one Speaker Group in response to the Sonos lawsuit. The underlying patent has now been ruled invalid by a US judge.
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The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro haven’t launched yet, but Google has already teased new AI functionality for upcoming Feature Drops.
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The Google Home product team is hosting a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) session and wants to know: “What are the features most important to you that you would like to see next?”
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The Made by Google event is overflowing with new products and features, as usual. One of those is the addition of new quality-of-life features in Google Home, like simplified notifications with generative AI.
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Back in June, the Google Home Script Editor launched to let users build more advanced automations, and it’s soon getting a “help me script” feature powered by generative AI.
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The Nest app is slowly on its way out, as Google puts all of its smart home efforts into the Google Home app. And now, you can bring old Nest Cam units into the Google Home app with a simple transfer process – here’s how it works.
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A curious and restrictive change to Google Home makes it so that newer Nest devices can now only be placed in one speaker group at a time.
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SwitchBot is doing something we’ve been waiting for a company to do ever since robot mops started taking the market by storm. The SwitchBot S10 robot vacuum/mop hooks up directly to a water line, which means that you never have to manually refill or empty a disgusting water basin again.
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The Google Home script editor that launched in Public Preview this June is getting its first update across four areas today.
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Following last week’s first-gen Nest Cam Indoor update, Google is boosting the Home app’s automation capabilities with a ton of new starters and actions. This is rolling out starting today for all users without needing to be enrolled in the Preview Program.
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It’s been over two years since the Google Home app took over the Nest experience, and we’re still far from the point of feature parity. Soon, though, another major hurdle will be passed as the Google Home app is getting support for manually creating Nest Cam clips.
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As promised, the first-generation Nest Cam Indoor launched in 2015 is now supported by the Google Home app, starting in the Public Preview.
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