You want to do more when you have a smart home. Well, you really want to do less, which is why you put devices around your house that make your life simpler. Setting up your smart home is a satisfying ...

Google Home automations are getting a lot smarter, as Google has rolled out a sizable update that expands the building blocks of automations, making routines more flexible than before. If you rely on ...

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Google Home automation routines are super useful, and now, they’re coming to the web too. As a part of the update that’s bringing the Script Editor to the Home web app, existing routines are also ...

The great thing about smart home technology isn't just that you can turn the lights off without getting out of bed, but that you don't have to turn them off at all. With Google Home, you can harness ...

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 ...

One of the widgets offered by the Google app has been a shortcut for accessing your Home Routines. In the latest Google app beta, the Routines widget is no longer available. This loss arrives right in ...

Gemini in Google Home is getting improvements and new features. Routines can be configured to start when custom “visual insights” are detected by compatible cameras. Performance of Google Home widgets ...

From turning the lights off at night to keeping my floors swept and scrubbed, I rely on these eight smart home routines to keep my household running smoothly. I’m a creature of habit, and nothing gets ...