The Alarm.com smart home service received support for the Google Home connected speaker, allowing users to manage Internet of Things (IoT) devices around their households with voice commands. The functionality is powered by the Google Assistant and was added to the IoT management platform through a server-side switch earlier this week. The creators of the popular home control solution developed support for the Google Home as a third-party action for the Google Assistant and have said that their new software provides consumers with the ability to issue voice commands to their security systems, thermostats, lights, and other platforms that are already a part of the Alarm.com ecosystem. The functionality seemingly doesn’t extend to the smartphone version of the Google Assistant though it may support handsets in the future. Read more…
