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Google Home app brings battery-efficient widget, reduces gray device tiles
9to5Google • • technology
Key Points:
- Google has updated the Home app, including an optimized homescreen widget that pauses background updates when the phone is locked or the screen is off, saving battery life while ensuring immediate refresh upon unlocking.
- A previous issue with device tiles for sensors, cameras, and smoke and carbon monoxide detectors appearing grayed out has been fixed, eliminating the need to reload the screen.
- Quality improvements include smoother multi-account switching, more reliable smart device setup with fewer Wi-Fi pairing stalls, a fix for Google TV startup crashes, enhanced in-app banners, and improved smoke alarm notifications reflecting current device status.
- Camera-related fixes address live stream tile reliability on Android, smoother scrolling through camera history gaps, and faster switching to live streams on iOS devices.
- Google is also rolling out five updates to the Gemini voice assistant for Home, enhancing voice control capabilities (details on these updates were not provided).
