TL;DR
- The Lenovo Smart Clock used to let users quickly and silently toggle smart lights through its touchscreen interface.
- A few weeks back, that option seems to have gone away for everyone, replaced with an on-device “nightlight” mode.
- While not yet confirmed, the timing of this change and the rise of Gemini for Home feel possibly related.
Gemini has arrived for Google Home, and that’s changing the experience for users everywhere — for better or for worse. While Gemini offers the possibility of much richer AI interactions, users have been worried about losing valued functionality along the way, like Assistant’s useful Continued Conversation mode. Google’s made a pretty strong commitment to supporting its older smart home hardware, but the question of third-party support has been less certain. Today we’re checking out what appears to be one big downgrade that’s hitting just such a third-party device.
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