Reimagining the future of Google Home

When we built the Google Home app nearly 10 years ago, our average user had fewer than three devices. Now the average US household has 25 connected devices and it’s growing fast. While more of our devices are connected to the internet today, we’re still far from a truly smart and helpful home. Devices are hard to set up, they don’t always perform when you need them to, they don’t all work well together and there are multiple apps to navigate.

So we set out to imagine what it would take to make the smart home as simple and reliable as the light switch on your wall. We envisioned a future where your smart home is easy to navigate and reflects the unique needs of your home. Where you could control everything in one place, from any surface, and where all your compatible devices work together to be more helpful.

We believe that Matter, the new smart home connectivity standard, will help to address many of these challenges. And, we think that the Google Home app can be the single best place for you to set up, control and automate your compatible devices. Not just for your Nest devices but all your devices, including every Matter device and the 80,000+ devices that work with Google Home today.

With updates on Matter for Android and Nest devices, and a new and improved Google Home app, we’re taking a big step towards that vision. Whether you have a few smart lights or are a smart home enthusiast with dozens of connected devices, the Google Home app will improve your smart home experience. The new app will be available in Public Preview first so you can test out the latest features, share feedback and help us shape the future of Google Home.

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