Google has announced that it’s opening up API access to its Google Home smart home platform. This means that any app maker — smart home-related or not — can access the over 600 million devices connected to Google Home and tap into the Google Home automation engine to create smart solutions for their users inside their own app.

With Google's Home APIs, device makers and mobile app developers can create smart home solutions for iOS and Android.

Google announced that it will be upgrading its hubs so that other devices can become smart home hubs for Google Home later this year.

Smart homes are pretty great but nobody wants to have to keep picking up their phone just to be able to turn the lights on. Smart displays are a great way to make sure that you always have a quick and easy way to interact with your smart devices and accessories,

Google is announcing the launch of Home APIs, giving developers access to more than 600 million devices with Matter or Works with Google support. This enables developers -- whether they're smart home device makers or mobile app developers -- to create smart home solutions for iOS and Android with Google Home integrations and automations.

As part of Google I/O 2024, Google has announced a slew of upgrades coming to its digital services. These include some pretty big upgrades for all smart home and Google TV users, with the latter in particular potentially getting an upgrade to their TV that makes it double-up as a Google Home hub.

The Chromecast with Google TV and other TVs will soon feature support for acting as a Google Home hub for Matter devices.