Google Home to Receive Boost from Generative Artificial Intelligence

This week, Google has launched powerful assistant features on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro, but for smart home enthusiasts, the abundance of generative AI updates in the Google Home app is undoubtedly more exciting.

Now, the Google Home app will have built-in generative AI, allowing users to ask questions like "Did any strangers come to my door yesterday?" and receive natural language responses through the Home app, just like a personal security guard.

In addition, the four AI-driven photo and video features on Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro make us envious.

However, unlike a security guard, this feature is more like a personal assistant, possibly powered by Assistant with Bard. This change is Google's latest update to its virtual assistant, giving it generative AI capabilities from Bard, an AI chatbot powered by Google's large language model PaLM 2.

Google has also introduced a summary feature for user smart home activities. This feature allows users to quickly view their recent history and ask Google Home questions like how many packages they received or how many people were detected.

The "Help me script" feature is another way generative AI enters Google Home. This feature, combined with the Script Editor currently in preview, allows users to write and edit code to create more custom functionalities.

"Help me script" will use generative AI to create code, just like ChatGPT and Bard. Describe in natural language what you want the code to do, and "Help me script" will generate the code you need to input into the Script Editor.

By writing code to create specific automation functionalities that are not available by default in the Google Home app, users can create routines such as "When the doorbell rings, flash lights in the office and notify through the speaker."