At Google I/O, Google announced it’s opening up APIs for its smart home platform and upgrading Chromecast and Google TV to become Matter home hubs.
Google has announced that it’s opening up API access to its Google Home smart home platform. This means that any app maker — smart home-related or not — can access the over 600 million devices connected to Google Home and tap into the Google Home automation engine to create smart solutions for their users inside their own app.
It would also allow smart home developers to build more powerful apps leveraging all the devices that can connect to Google Home, similar to how developers accessed the Nest Learning Thermostat using the Works with Nest program, until Google shut it down, citing security concerns. Van Der Staay said the new program is designed to be private and secure. “Users are always in control and need to explicitly grant access to their structure and smart home devices before an app can access it.
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