You will be able to turn on a light bulb or the thermostat without internet access

The technology giant continues to improve Google Home and after knowing that connected devices can be used to alert or detect the presence of someone in the smart home, the full local control of Matter devices to the Google Home ecosystem.

Using Google Home is wonderful, but when the internet connection is lost Everything in the house stops working and the simple command to turn off a light bulb or turn it on becomes something simply useless.

This experience is going to be a thing of the past with this new update that will allow users to Nest, speakers, Chromecasts and Google TV devices running Android 14 and above can control Matter devices directly and without the need for them to be connected to the internet.

Is part of Google’s larger Home Runtime integration which is included in the smart home platform. Not only will they be operational without internet, but, according to The Vergeresponse times and privacy have been improved when controlling the light bulb, thermostat, or Nest speaker.

This new experience will ensure that even those connected devices that were left without internet and even they were forced to be rebootedwork perfectly as one of the greatest achievements and will totally change the user experience in your home.

They are one of those improvements that are totally noticeable on a day-to-day basis and that many have personally suffered when for whatever reason there is no internet connection. Local control changes everything and commands for Matter-compatible lights, thermostats, and other devices will execute commands directly through their compatible hubs, such as Apple’s HomeKit or IKEA’s Dirigera.

According to Android Policethese changes have been confirmed by Jeannie Zhangproduct manager of Google Home, as well as another novelty for companies to better integrate their devices into the Google Home ecosystem. The goal, according to Zhang, is to offer more stability in users’ personalized configurations.

Are several APIs to link Matter devices fasteryou can create automations and personalized experiences and access to 600 million devices to control cloud and Matter connections.

Finally, according to Android Police, the Google Home app receives the dynamic theme of the color of Material YouGoogle’s design language that it has been integrating into many of its apps for years.