Google Home Finally Adds Support For Buttons (theverge.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/02/03/180213/google-home-finally-adds-support-for-buttons
- Source link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/872927/google-home-button-support-arrives
> Google Home users, your long nightmare is over. The platform has finally [1]added support for buttons . The release notes for a February 2 update state that several new starter conditions for automations are now available, including "Switch or button pressed."
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> Smart buttons are physical, programmable switches that you can press to trigger automations or control devices in your smart home, such as turning lights on or off, opening and closing shades, running a Good Night scene, or starting a robot vacuum. A great alternative to voice and app control when you want to control multiple devices, smart buttons are often wireless and generally have several ways to press them: single press, double press, and long press, meaning one button can do multiple things.
[1] https://www.theverge.com/tech/872927/google-home-button-support-arrives
there are still people working on google home?! (Score:1)
Great! So there's a non-zero chance Portuguese speakers get 'Continued Conversation' before 2030?
Just kidding... Everyone knows Google Brazil is just a law firm with a cafeteria. :/
Google+ == Google Home (Score:2)
Was the Google+ team moved to develop Google Home? It has been such a profoundly unimpressive product with little movement over the span of a decade, I can't imagine anything otherwise
A old mystery explained (Score:2)
> meaning one button can do multiple things.
At last, we know how the console buttons of Padme's ship work.
Google also announced (Score:2)
Google then announced that they'd be shuttering all Google Home products and services on July 1st, 2026 because an in-house review found that Google Home was popular and useful.
Can't wait to try out Home Assistant when I can... (Score:2)
.. Google Home has been nerfed in so many ways over the past few years, it's almost useless now save for turning my lights on and off.
- They killed the Apps SDK, and all games and custom stuff
- They killed Google Music, and 'play X from my Library", only Youtube Premium Music now or ads in between every damn track
- They killed all podcast feeds other than Youtube Music (many podcasts aren't on Youtube).
- They have borked most radio stations (used to be able to play almost any station via TuneIn)
The Enshitti
Imagine that (Score:2)
A switch on the wall that you can use to turn lights on and off. We live in truly magical times.
Re: (Score:3)
All jokes aside, this is more useful as "a button next to my bed that shuts off all the inside and outside lights, closes all the doors, activates the alarm, turns down the heat, makes sure the tv is off, and disables notifications until the morning."
I've also seen one used as "a button to hit on your way to work to shut off all the things you forgot to shut off."
A panic button next to your bed could be "turn on all the outside lights, save all the security camera footage somewhere extra, and tell me if any
Re: (Score:2)
I work with old people. When you have to get up at 2am to drain the lizard, having the light switch for your room light located on the doorframe across the room is incredibly inconvenient. Also inconvenient is tripping on stuff in the dark and breaking a hip. Being able to put a button *exactly* where it is needed to turn some lights on is a really big deal.