So you’ve decided to take your first steps towards building a smart home. The biggest hurdle ahead of you is deciding which platform you should use, and this likely depends on a few factors, like which ecosystems you’re already familiar with and comfortable using.

You have probably been greeted by the frustrating sight of your lights showing an error status in the Google Home app. Fortunately, the company is finally working on a fix for the annoying and widespread bug that causes smart lights and switches to incorrectly display as offline in its app.

Google Home has added new starters, conditions, and actions that let your automations respond to real activity like media playback and appliance status, making routines more flexible and far more useful than simple schedules.

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