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TL;DR
- Google TV Streamer’s house panel is now extensively accessible on older Chromecast and Google TV units.
- The house panel provides you entry to good house controls out of your TV’s fast settings panels.
- It enables you to management lights, thermostats, cameras, locks, plugs, different TVs, and audio system and even helps notifications from Nest doorbells.
Google is step by step rolling out all the brand new options it debuted with the Google TV Streamer to older Chromecast and Google TV units. The AI-generated screensaver characteristic reached customers earlier this month, and now, the Google Dwelling panel is rolling out extensively.
The brand new Google Dwelling panel on Google TV provides you entry to good house machine controls, permitting you to dim the lights, modify the thermostat, or verify your safety cameras with out reaching to your telephone. The panel additionally provides notifications to your good doorbell and allows you to management locks, plugs, different TVs, and audio system.
Google initially launched the house panel to Chromecast customers enrolled within the Google Dwelling Public Preview program earlier this month. It’s now extensively accessible on Google TV units from TCL, Hisense, Xiaomi, and extra (through 9to5Google). The Dwelling panel provides all of the good house machine controls you get on the Google TV Streamer, however you may’t map the characteristic to a devoted button.
You’ll be able to entry the house panel in your Google TV machine by way of the short settings dashboard by long-pressing the house button or navigating to the Settings menu. In case you don’t see it in your machine, you may attempt checking for updates.