Smart home devices are so common that it's challenging to find things that aren't connected or smart. With numerous products and brands, managing our smart homes and integrating devices from different ...

First, ensure the Google Home and Google Assistant apps have all necessary permissions. Routines require access to your phone ...

For the last week, I’ve been testing out Google Home’s powerful new automation editor and trying to see if it could perform the kind of routines I need in my smart home. I was happy to see a few ...

Pixel owners on Android 16 are having edge-to-edge issues with the Routines creator and editor in the Google Home app. When creating or editing Routines in the Automations tab, some interface elements ...

For the past several weeks, the Google Home app’s Routines creator and editor had an edge-to-edge bug on Android 16, and a fix is now here. As of Google Home 3.37, various buttons at the top and ...

Smart speakers, LED lights, and video doorbells are all must-have devices to build a smart home. They can often be individually controlled using your phone via apps from the manufacturers themselves, ...

Open the Google Home app to the Automations tab, and tap Create > Personal. Tap Add starter to define what should prompt the Routine to run. Since you want to change the alarm sound, choose At a ...

Gemini replaces Assistant in your smart home, as Google redesigns the Home app and launches a new generation of Nest devices.

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