{"id":148210,"date":"2022-12-04T23:08:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-04T23:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-home-routines-disappear-for-some-as-redesign-arrives\/"},"modified":"2022-12-04T23:08:06","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T23:08:06","slug":"google-home-routines-disappear-for-some-as-redesign-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-home-routines-disappear-for-some-as-redesign-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Home routines disappear for some as redesign arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"
As the Google Home ramps up preview testing for its big redesign, Google is making more tweaks to the UI, but also apparently breaking existing Assistant routines for some users.<\/p>\n
Over the past several days, the Google Home app has rolled out a new interface for adding smart home devices to routines. Where the app previously allowed users to adjust on or off settings through a single page with drop-down settings for each light or switch in their home, the new page allows for routines to control other aspects of each device.<\/p>\n
A deeper menu now allows for changes to color, brightness, and more depending on the device being controlled, where the older interface could only control on\/off settings.<\/p>\n
It’s certainly an improvement towards Google’s goal of more powerful automations, but it comes at a cost. It now takes significantly longer to add smart home devices to a routine. Having the Assistant turn off all of your lights, for example, now needs to be done by adding an individual step in the routine for every single device<\/em>. An alternative if you want to turn off all<\/em> lights would be to add a custom Assistant command saying \u201cturn off all the lights.\u201d <\/p>\n