Google Home continues to renew itself, but it may not be one of the applications that receives the most new experiences compared to the others from the technology giant. He development team behind Google Home has shared some of the key features it’s working on for one of the best updates you’ll receive soon.
The arrival of The material was a very important moment for the smart home, because as smart devices from different brands are updated, as is the case with Ikea and the update of its application to create a Matter Bridge, it allows everyone to “understand each other ” easier.
Of course, Google Home is one of the main players in the connected home and that’s why the tech giant is already working on making it work offline. But this will not only be limited to making Home usable offline, but the integration of third-party devices such as sensors and cameras will be expanded.
During a Q&A on Reddit, Google’s Home & Nest team shared what they’re currently working on. One of its objectives is developing support for controlling devices without a connection an Internet.
And it is precisely to meet one of the biggest user requests from Google Home: to carry out any command, such as turning on a light, an Internet connection has always been necessary. This was mainly because the commands were sent to Google’s servers instead of going directly to devices
Offline support with Matter
To solve it, Google will introduce offline support via Matter, the open source connectivity standard for connected devices. Its main goal is to enable more local interactions and thus lay the foundations for creating better experiences; The fact that even Google Home responds more quickly to the user’s voice commands will undoubtedly be part of this.
Another of the important moments of this series of questions and answers on the social network Reddit, according to Android Authorityit’s that It seems Google has always prioritized its own Nest devices in Home instead of allowing competitors like Wyze, Eufy, and NeoCam to integrate properly.
According to the Google team, this is because quality control and security have been the main reasons for the delay in proper integration and support of third-party teams such as those mentioned.
There is another important detail regarding the upcoming updates, which is that, although there is no specific date for their arrival yet, they will arrive soon. They can be tested via the Public Preview program accessible from the mobile application: go to the settings and just at the end of everything you will find the program. Once registered, all you have to do is wait for them to be available from this access.