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Thank you for the music
Amazon’s voice assistant Alexa has launched a new skill, ‘Alexa, play some happy music’, for the first time. “Alexa, play some quiet music,” the new skill tells Alexa. “Alexa, play some happy music” was first added to Google Home in October and has also been added to other Alexa-powered devices including Amazon Echo and Fire…
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With the help of a new form of intelligence, Google Home will be able to answer more questions
Google has announced a new voice-enabled feature called ‘Help me create’ on the Google Home app to let users create automatic routines like turning off lights at bedtime. The feature will be available in the App Store later this month for Android users and Apple users. It will let users describe what they want to…
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The smart home will be open to everyone and the hubs will be from Google
Google announced that smart-home startup Eve will be the first company to use Google Home APIs to integrate its app into Android devices. Furthermore, it said that Google Pixel devices will also use the APIs to bridge “the digital and physical worlds so that bedtime mode can…dim screen but can also automatically dim bedroom lights,…
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The Home Depot is trying to make a smart home
Aqara has unveiled its Hub M3 router, which it claims is the first-ever Wi-Fi-enabled router in the world. It’ll also act as a Thread border router and a Matter controller for Aqara’s ecosystem. The Hub M3 will work with Aqara app or any Matter app (Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa), and has keypad, a…
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How to set up your lights
Hue Smart Home and Philips Hue Smart Home+ users can now use Matter to add Hue bulbs to their Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, or any other platform. Users can also add Hue bulbs to other platforms using Matter’s bridge technology. The bridge is used to connect third-party bulbs to the platforms they pair…
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Matter is where you can connect a thermostat to Apple Home
A guide for installing Nest thermostat and HVAC system in the Google Home app using the 2020 Smart Home Connectivity Layer (Google Home). The guide applies to a Nest thermostat, if you don’t already have one, if you aren’t already. It’ll ask for details about your system like whether it is electric or gas, forced…
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The how to start a smart home
Google Home will support Amazon’s new smart home standard, Matter, which will help improve device compatibility. Alexa is available on the Google Home app for devices like TVs and speakers. Amazon has said that it will roll out support for Matter over the next few months. Google Home can also be used on third-party devices…
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The Smart things station is a hidden smart home hub
Google Home users who have an Android phone can now use Tapo Smart Plug to connect a SmartThings station to the Google Home app. This could allow them to use SmartThings over any other smart devices, such as Google Home, Alexa or Apple’s Siri. To do so, users would have to install the Tapo app…