Anyway, it’s great: you can now say, starting with “Hey Google…” or “Ok Google…”:
“…turn off the lights in five minutes.”
“… turn on the lights at 7 AM.”
“… turn on the lights at sunset.”
“…turn off the lights at 11 PM.”
“…turn on my coffee maker at 8 AM tomorrow.”
“…turn on the light for a minute.”
“…run my sprinkler in a week at 5 PM.”
Anyway, I tried it all and it works! With a few problems:
If you say tomorrow without specifying a time, nothing happens despite the command being acknowledged
While you can cancel a scheduled action, by saying either “Hey Google, cancel my scheduled Actions,” or “… remove my [device]s’ schedule,” it this doesn’t work yet. I guess it’s coming.
The comments are all very excited for a simple way to set a sleep timer for TV, lights on and off, turning on the coffee machine… but of course, you’ll need to have your house equipped with some smart lights and smart plugs to achieve any or all of this.
And IoT devices and smart homes, eesh. That’s a whole thing in itself, as Troy Hunt (the “Have I Been Pwned” guy) detailed today: IoT Unravelled Part 1: It’s a mess… But then there’s Home Assistant. You have to be both super committed and super willing to dedicated hours and days and weeks for goals that go beyond simple on/offs with apps. It’s a maze.
