9to5google

Google Home web app can now control lights, thermostats, and more devices

After previously being limited to Cameras and Automations, the Google Home web app now lets you control other smart “Devices.” This new tab in the navigation rail was previewed in June. Visually, it ...
9to5google

Google Home app previews ‘significant’ device controller redesign, local Matter control

Outside of Gemini, work on the Google Home app continues today with “Improved device controls” in the Public Preview program. Google is “introducing significant updates designed to improve your ...
TechCrunch

Google updates its Home app with Gemini smarts

Google admits that its Google Home app for managing smart home devices has not offered the best experience, and it now aims to change that. On Wednesday, alongside new Nest devices and an upcoming ...
Android Police

Google Home app officially gains temperature scheduling for older Nest Thermostats

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
Wired

Gemini Arrives in Google Home With New Nest Cameras and a Smart Speaker

Google has spent much of this year porting its Gemini chatbot to other platforms outside of Android. It arrived on Wear OS smartwatches this summer; it's coming to Android Auto this fall; but now it's ...