The Android ecosystem has come a long way in empowering smart home users. With each major OS update and every new batch of app releases, controlling your lights, thermostat, security system, or even ...

Google is reportedly sending out early access invites to some users for its smart home test, Gemini for Home. The feature-rich application is expected to fully launch next year.

Samsung has updated SmartThings, its app that lets users control the company’s IoT devices, with new home automation capabilities in an apparent bid to cross-sell more of its smart home devices and ...

Google has shared the release notes for version 3.40 of the Google Home app, detailing all the new features and bug fixes.

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. The Google Home app is getting a new automation editor. As spotted by 9to5Google, Google is testing a new automation creation ...

The $499 Olis app is designed to transforming smartphones into automation cell gateways, enabling remote robot control, live video monitoring and diagnostics without additional compute investment.

Google announced Gemini for Home at the beginning of October, stating its AI features would arrive in early access before its Home Speaker launches next year. That "early access" period Google teased ...