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Smart assistants like Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri have been in a position to deal with house automation duties for years. In a brand new replace, nevertheless, it now seems like no less than Google’s digital helper has not too long ago been studying a brand new trick.
Spotted by Android Police and Reddit, Google seems to have added further performance to Assistant when controlling internet-connected lights. As against solely having the ability to have the lights go on or off instantly, you can now say “Hey Google, turn on the lights in 5 minutes” or “Hey Google, turn on the lights at 7 a.m.”
A Google Developer web page means that the performance can deal with extra than simply lights, with the positioning itemizing an choice to ask the Assistant to “turn on my coffee maker at 8 a.m. tomorrow” and “run my sprinkler in a week at 5 p.m.”
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Android Police notes that in case you are asking for it to do one thing tomorrow you’ll nonetheless must specify a precise time, with there additionally being no clear option to cancel upcoming requests. For the latter no less than you can all the time simply inform the Assistant to cease or flip off the lights as you’d usually do.
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