Google Launches Intelligent Home HomeAPI Platform
TapTechNews on May 17th reported that Google launched its intelligent home HomeAPI platform yesterday. This platform consists of multiple APIs and is claimed to be built based on the Matter protocol, enabling third-party app developers to access devices that support the Matter standard, while also making relevant devices compatible with Google's Home platform ecosystem of 'over 600 million users'.
Google stated that developers can use relevant APIs to create unified standards, cross-platform apps based on Google's intelligent home 'automation engine', and consumers only need to use one App to manage various intelligent home devices.
TapTechNews noticed that Google used a series of API demonstrations in the press release. For example, the 'CommissioningAPI' allows users to set Matter devices through the Google Home app, third-party apps, or Android's built-in 'FastPair' function; Google also mentioned that their recently launched 'Nest smart thermostat device' precisely called the 'DeviceAPI' and 'StructureAPI', thereby allowing communication with other Matter smart bulbs to achieve 'lights on when the temperature changes'.
Google also introduced a previously provided AutomationAPI, which allows third-party apps/users to call Google's Home platform's automation engine to set automated home scenarios. For example, it can determine whether the user is 'at home' (home) or in the 'away' (away) state through the user's mobile phone GPS data, and then configure that when the user 'leaves' the family, the air conditioner and lights can be automatically turned off, monitoring can be turned on, and the door lock can be automatically locked, similar to the current Mi Home App and Apple HomeKit.
In addition, Google also announced that it will upgrade the Google Home hub (GoogleHub) function later this year and launch a Home runtime library, allowing devices that support GoogleTV (such as Chromecast, GoogleTV devices running Android 14 or above, LG smart TVs, etc.) to serve as the control hub of Google's intelligent home.
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