Google Assistant Can Now Schedule Smart Home Commands to Control Lights and Others at a Specific Time

Google is rolling out a new update for Google Assistant that will enable users to control and adjust smart home hardware at a specific time. With the latest Scheduled Actions feature, users can specify a duration to Assistant with commands such as, “Hey Google, turn on the lights in five minutes,” to control smart home appliances. Google, in a post on developers’ support page also highlights that commands can be scheduled for the current day or another day, that is, within the next seven day period. At the moment, the Assistant feature works with limited to smart home commands, and Google is yet to share details over its availability.

Notably, end users can cancel scheduled Actions with commands such as, “Hey Google, cancel my scheduled Actions” or “Hey Google, remove my ‘devices’ schedule.” Google will return a list of the user’s scheduled Actions and prompts them to specify the one they want to be cancelled.

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