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TL;DR
- Google TV Streamer’s residence panel is now broadly obtainable on older Chromecast and Google TV gadgets.
- The house panel provides you entry to good residence controls out of your TV’s fast settings panels.
- It permits you to management lights, thermostats, cameras, locks, plugs, different TVs, and audio system and even helps notifications from Nest doorbells.
Google is steadily rolling out all the brand new options it debuted with the Google TV Streamer to older Chromecast and Google TV gadgets. The AI-generated screensaver characteristic reached customers earlier this month, and now, the Google Residence panel is rolling out broadly.
The brand new Google Residence panel on Google TV provides you entry to good residence gadget controls, permitting you to dim the lights, modify the thermostat, or examine your safety cameras with out reaching to your telephone. The panel additionally presents 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 Residence Public Preview program earlier this month. It’s now broadly obtainable on Google TV gadgets from TCL, Hisense, Xiaomi, and extra (by way of 9to5Google). The Residence panel presents all of the good residence gadget 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 gadget via the fast settings dashboard by long-pressing the house button or navigating to the Settings menu. In the event you don’t see it in your gadget, you may attempt checking for updates.