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 ...

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 ...

Google rolled out a Home app update that improves its automations and routines for users. Automations gain a selection of "pre-defined voice assistant actions," while routines let users delete ...

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 ...

Google Home isn't exactly in the best shape right now, with tons of issues plaguing the experience. The bad news is that you'll need to deal with these problems daily if you're a frequent user, but ...

Since Google is already relaying most of Google Assistant's job to Gemini, the AI chatbot's Android app version is now given a new capability that will help users set Routines using voice commands.

Google introduced Gemini last year for Android devices, but it initially lacked support for launching Google Assistant routines. This limitation disappointed users who rely on routines to automate ...

Google Home’s mid-February update introduces pre-defined Google Home voice actions to the automation editor, making it faster and easier to build custom routines with options like announcing weather, ...

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 ...

Google Assistant Routines can now be started via the Gemini assistant, the search giant confirmed. There are still plenty of missing capabilities, though, so it’s not a full replacement just yet.

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