Android Device Maker Eve: Bringing the Google Home APIs into the Android Platform and Exploring Google Home Hubs and Controllable Devices

The development of Eve is helped by the tools that the teams need, which is why thegoogle home as well as other tools are important. “What has always set Eve apart is the seamless integration into the platform, without a cloud or proprietary technologies. Thanks to the Google Home APIs, we are able to give the same service to our customers on all of their devices, and we are excited to be working with them.

Smart home device maker Eve is using the APIs to bring its app to Android for the first time “and build helpful automations like lowering the blinds when the temperature drops at night.” Additionally, Google Pixel devices will use the APIs to bridge “the digital and physical worlds so that bedtime mode can not only dim your screen but can also automatically dim your bedroom lights, lower the shades and lock the front door.”

He also mentioned that an app that helps you keep your body hydrated while working out and a plan to change the house to prepare for guests by turning the lights on and adjusting the temperature are other ideas.

Yale’s users can set the lights to turn on when the front door is unlocked using the Yale Access app, according to Van der Staay. However, the company may not include a small amount of devices in V1.0 for example, cameras.

In addition, it was announced that Matter will be vastly expanding its infrastructure by turning TV sets into Home hubs and controllers. The Matter devices could be controlled from a customer’s home if the Google hub was located there.

Later this year, Chromecast with Google TV, select panel TVs with Google TV running Android 14 or higher, and some LG TVs will be upgraded to become Google Home hubs. (I’ve asked Google if they will also be Thread-capable and will update when I hear back.)

“With this update, all hubs for Google Home will be able to directly route commands from any app built with Home APIs (such as the Google Home app) to a customer’s Matter device locally, when the phone is on the same Wi-Fi network as the hub,” said Kattukaran. This means you should see “significant latency improvements using local control via a hub for Google Home,” he added.

According to the company, the app will allow Matter devices to be added, controlled and automated directly and without any proprietary connection mechanism or fragile cloud-to-cloud integrations. “For the growing range of Matter-enabled Eve devices, Eve for Android will provide advanced functionality, such as measurement of energy consumption and generation for Eve Energy solutions, autonomous heating schedules for the smart thermostat Eve Thermo or Adaptive Shading for roller blinds in the Eve Blinds Collection.”

The company says it will launch once the Google Home application programming interface are publicly released. According to Google, the first apps built on the Home APIs will come to the Play Store and App Store starting this fall.