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TL;DR Google Home’s latest updates include new features for older cameras and an overhauled in-app UI.
New automations help control devices like robotic vacuums and your entertainment system.
Users enrolled in Home’s Public Preview can also check out Ask Home on the web.
April showers don’t just bring May flowers — apparently they also bring us some of Google’s latest upgrades to Home! We just got an early peek at a few of these late last month, and now Google’s sharing the rest of these new Home improvements, including the arrival of Gemini 3.1, a new camera interface, expanded automation support, and some new management solutions.
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We first caught wind of the new camera experience incoming last week, and Google now goes on to highlight specific improvements when it comes to features like face detection, better support for older cameras, and a more useful event history.
We’re also getting zoomed-in, animated previews that show you the important action straight away, event filtering options, and event descriptions right on your timeline.
Automations make your smart home truly feel “smart,” pulling off complex tasks in response to specific triggers. Google keeps making these better and more powerful, and it’s continuing to do that now with the introduction of some new starters, conditions, and actions. Here are the highlights: Security & Access Control Arm and disarm: Arm security systems, check if the security system is armed Door lock monitoring: Checking specific states like locked, unlocked, jammed, forced open, or ajar. Binary sensors: Detecting simple true/false states such as contact/no contact, leak/no leak, or freeze/no freeze.
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