Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home
See our ethics statement.Google is inviting third-party agents, including Claude and Open Claw, into Google Home. It will also allow your agent to interact with you via voice, for example, by sending an audio message over your Google Home speaker when it has finished a task. You can also have your agent create a custom dashboard to control your Google Home.Google Home smart speakers will still be controlled by Gemini for Home, but with MCP enabled third-party AI agents will be able to send voice messages to you through them.
- ▪See our ethics statement.Google is inviting third-party agents, including Claude and Open Claw, into Google Home.
- ▪It will also allow your agent to interact with you via voice, for example, by sending an audio message over your Google Home speaker when it has finished a task.
- ▪You can also have your agent create a custom dashboard to control your Google Home.Google Home smart speakers will still be controlled by Gemini for Home, but with MCP enabled third-party AI agents will be able to send voice messages to you
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- ▪ Your AI agents can now control your Google Home devices — TechCrunch
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