Google updates its Home app with Gemini smarts

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News Summary

  • Google unveils a new version of its Google Home app for managing smart home devices.
  • The app now has just three tabs for simplicity’s sake: Home, Activity, and Automation.
  • In addition, the app now supports Nest thermostats from 2015 onward, including their schedules, energy history, and hot water boost features.
  • It also supports Nest cameras and doorbells (including migrating their history), Nest Protects for smoke and CO alerts, and passcode management for the Nest x Yale Locks.
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 Go [+6398 chars]

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