Google is the best virtual assistant for smart homes. Google Home has every accessory you need—speaker, lock, doorbell, streaming—to do it all and do it smart.

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They're great for consuming TV shows, movies, music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more, but they also have a separate role they can occupy in a smart home where the devices are linked via Google Home.

The Google Home app is a great way to automate your home, but first you need compatible devices. Here are five of the best to consider buying in 2024.

The Connectivity Standards Alliance, which Google is a part of, has been working on the Matter standard since 2019 to solve the smart home space's fragmentation issue and make it easier to use ...

A software rollout caused a small percentage of older Google Home (2016) and Google Home Mini (2017 1st gen) devices to stop working. The issue has been resolved for future updates.

Google Home now lets you set up different Favorites for each device. That means you can pin the front door as a favorite on your smartwatch, while the lounge light is pinned on Google TV.

Some spots in your house make obviously good places for a Google Home or Nest device. The kitchen (for timers), the bedroom nightstand (for alarms) and the living room (for dance parties) are ...

Adding a Matter-enabled device to Google Home is a simple process, and it should only take a few minutes from start to finish. Here's how it works.

The Google Home app for iOS is getting a major upgrade which will make it much easier to control your smart devices through convenient widgets on your iPhone or iPad's home screen. Not all iPhone ...