Google conquers more of your smart home with Logitech and WinkMarch 29, 2017 - 11:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A number of connected home devices already work with Google's smart speaker and today a few more are being added to the fold. Logitech's Harmony line and Wink's lighting gear and thermostats can now be controlled with voice commands from Google Home. "Ok Google, ask Harmony to..." can control your connected speakers, fire up a specific app on Roku, skip forward/backward on content and more for devices that work with Logitech's smart home platform, Engadget said. You can also use you voice to trigger Harmony's "Good Morning" activity that does things like set Hue lights to a warm color, adjust your thermostat and begin playing music at the same time. Logitech says its Harmony Elite, Companion and Hub smart home tech can be used with up to 270,000 devices. That's a lot of things you can now control with your voice and Google Home. Of course, Harmony devices also play nice with Amazon's Alexa. If you have a Wink smart home hub, you now have another way to control connected lights and thermostats. That included the company's light bulbs, switches, dimmers and outlets. It's now compatible with Google Home speakers, so all you'd have to do is say "Ok, Google" and follow that up with a voice command. The hub has been compatible with Amazon's Alexa assistant for quite some time -- now you can enjoy the same perks if you have a Home instead of an Echo. You can tell Google's speaker to switch Wink-connected lights on or off, or to dim or brighten them. If you want to adjust or set the temperature, simply control your thermostat by saying "Ok Google, turn up the temperature by 10 degrees" or "set the temperature to 70 degrees." You'd have to link your speaker with the hub before you can do any of that. But once that's done, you can go wild issuing one command after another, Engadget said. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |