After testing in Public Preview, Google Home for Android and iOS is now getting a “significant upgrade” to the household automation editor.

Furthermore, the update adds handy features like presence-based triggers, so automations can run when someone is home or when everyone’s away. You can now send notifications to specific people or the ...

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This all works through the Home Assistant MQTT Discovery protocol, which is implemented in the extension. It reports to a ...

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