Seems like a great opportunity to refresh your smart home application.
Essential information
- Google outlined what Home app users can anticipate from an early March update that introduces new automation triggers and conditions for security and beyond.
- The Nest and Yale Smart Lock collaboration broadens this month as Google provides users with the capability to view lock history, receive alerts, and monitor battery levels.
- Google has also released a comprehensive list of enhancements/fixes for its Gemini for Home voice assistance early access trial, including one that refines its “targeting” of smart home devices.
Google Home has kicked off March with a flurry of activity, as news emerges about a significant update focused on several important areas.
This week, Anish Kattukaran, chief product officer for Google Home, took to X to share some platform updates (via 9to5Google). A brief thread on social media spotlighted an enhancement to how Gemini “targets” a user’s smart home devices, starting with commands at the room level.