Google Home is deepening its support for Matter, the open-source smart home connectivity standard that helps devices learn how to communicate with each other more effectively. The end game is allowing any Matter-enabled hub to control all compatible smart home devices you own. The Android platform started supporting Matter late last year, right alongside Google Home and Nest hardware. Matter support will arrive in the iOS version of the Google Home app with iOS 16.5.
We’re also getting more than 60 combined changes and additions to the various Home controllers you can use with Matter and Works With Google Home devices. Google hasn’t gone in depth regarding those, but generally, this means you can expect dedicated, adaptable controls for any properly certified device you buy.
Tablet users will see a more optimized version of the Google Home app, with improvements across all five tabs, support for landscape and portrait orientations, and compatibility for navigating the camera’s timeline view and event list in landscape mode. These updates will be available for Pixel Tablet and Android tablet users in June and an iOS update will follow later in the summer. Another exciting development is the new home panel feature on Android devices, which will provide quick, one-tap access to Google Home functions directly from the lock screen or quick settings. This feature will initially roll out to Pixel devices, including the Pixel 7a, Pixel Fold, and Pixel Tablet, next month.
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