Key Highlights
- The update adds new Google Home automation starters and conditions, including humidity levels and robot vacuum docking.
- You can now trigger more detailed actions in automations, such as setting smart lights to specific colors or temperatures.
- New features are all well and good, but most Google Home users would just settle for the basics working smoothly.
- Against that backdrop, Google’s latest Home app update isn’t anything monumental, but it does tackle a frustration many camera owners will instantly recognize, and brings a bunch of extra automations and starters for the smart home power users.
- What feature do you want Google to add to the Home app?236 votesCustomizable tiles and dashboard19%More powerful routines22%Device groups, not just rooms9%Support for more security cam brands13%Better scene integration4%Proper logs and device history3%All of the above25%Something else (tell us in the comments)2%Google Home is perfect as is for me.3% In a new Google Home changelog today, the company says it has improved “close-to-live playback” for cameras in the Google Home app.
