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TL;DR
- Google Home says you can now play recently recorded camera clips more reliably, helping avoid “video not available” errors.
- The update adds new Google Home automation starters and conditions, including humidity levels and robot vacuum docking.
- You can now trigger more detailed actions in automations, such as setting smart lights to specific colors or temperatures.
New features are all well and good, but most Google Home users would just settle for the basics working smoothly. Against that backdrop, Google’s latest Home app update isn’t anything monumental, but it does tackle a frustration many camera owners will instantly recognize, and brings a bunch of extra automations and starters for the smart home power users.
In a new Google Home changelog today, the company says it has improved “close-to-live playback” for cameras in the Google Home app. That means the app should now be much better at playing back clips that were recorded moments ago, reducing those all-too-familiar “Video not available” errors when you tap a notification or open a recent event.