{"id":60126,"date":"2022-08-29T23:32:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-home-app-rolling-out-redesigned-controls\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T23:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:32:56","slug":"google-home-app-rolling-out-redesigned-controls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-home-app-rolling-out-redesigned-controls\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Home app rolling out redesigned controls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Ahead of a \u201cnext generation design,\u201d the Google Home app is rolling out a redesign of \u201ccontrols for popular smart home devices.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The changes are meant to provide \u201ceasier control,\u201d and Google said fans, air purifiers, vacuum cleaners, blinds, TVs, and other \u201cpopular smart home devices\u201d would benefit.  The company is presumably referring to the page you get after selecting a device in the Home feed. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear whether changes will be purely cosmetic or whether there will also be functionality enhancements.  Cameras are curiously not mentioned nor are Smart Displays or speakers.  Meanwhile, it&#8217;s not clear if the improvements are only for dedicated, Google Home-compatible televisions or whether Chromecast-connected screens will also benefit.<\/p>\n<p>This redesign of Google Home device controls is rolling out with version 2.57 of Google Home, which is widely available on iOS but still rolling out for Android.  However, there&#8217;s likely a server-side component to availability as we haven&#8217;t spotted any changes even after updating.<\/p>\n<p>The current design for vacuums and fans are below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\">\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\">\n<figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\">\n<figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img title=\"Google Home app rolling out redesigned controls for TVs, fans, vacuums, and more\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Google-Home-controls-redesign-fan.jpeg?strip=info&amp;w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Google-Home-controls-redesign-fan.jpeg?strip=info&amp;w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Google-Home-controls-redesign-fan.jpeg?strip=info&amp;w=904&amp;ssl=1 904w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"2316\" data-id=\"522373\" src=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=522373\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/08\/Google-Home-controls-redesign-fan.jpeg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=400\" data-width=\"904\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The last visual updates to Google Home introduced interactive device toggles in the main grid.  You can quickly take certain actions (play\/pause, volume, on\/off, and brightness) with a tap or slide.  The \u201cHome Feed\u201d tab was similarly revamped with a compact list to show more \u201crecent and relevant updates.\u201d  Tablet optimizations are also supposed to be coming.<\/p>\n<p>If this control redesign is already rolling out, it does suggest that the next-gen UI could be more focused on the homescreens rather than anything deeper, though many hope there are bigger app architecture and performance changes in store.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve started rolling out redesigned controls for popular smart home devices in the Google Home app to give you easier control of your \ud83c\udfe0!<\/p>\n<p>Check out the updates for fans, air purifiers, vacuum cleaners, TVs, and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Made By Google (@madebygoogle) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/madebygoogle\/status\/1564344405821120514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 id=\"h-more-on-google-home\">More on Google Home:<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ad-disclaimer-container\">\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\"><em>FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.<\/em> more.<\/p>\n<p><!-- post ad --><\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i>Check out 9to5Google on YouTube for more news:<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!-- youtube embed --><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container\" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pixel 6a display can RUN at 90Hz?!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/euaeOChxkqE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of a \u201cnext generation design,\u201d the Google Home app is rolling out a redesign of \u201ccontrols for popular smart home devices.\u201d The changes are meant to provide \u201ceasier control,\u201d and Google said fans, air purifiers, vacuum cleaners, blinds, TVs, and other \u201cpopular smart home devices\u201d would benefit. The company is presumably referring to the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/google-home-app-rolling-out-redesigned-controls\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Google Home app rolling out redesigned controls<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28164,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gmail-rolls-out-its-latest-material-you-redesign-and-search-improvements-to-all-users-techcrunch\/","url_meta":{"origin":60126,"position":0},"title":"Gmail rolls out its latest Material You redesign and search improvements to all users \u2013 TechCrunch","date":"July 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"If you feel like you've seen a lot of \u201cGmail redesign roll out\u201d posts in the last few months, it's not just you: Google has been teasing and testing features for new, integrated-view quick access to apps like Chat and Meet since the start of the year. 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