Google Assistant Smart-Home Starter Kit. Grant Clauser. Grant Clauser is an editor who has written about audio, video, and smart-home technology for more than 20 years. Save.

The Google Home app has become a much better control center for your smart home in the past few months, but you still couldn't set up most gadgets with it. Hopefully, this kit will start to change ...

Google’s ADT partnership finally has a new home security product to show for it. ADT Self Setup is a new DIY home security system that works with Nest cameras, smart displays, and thermostats ...

You’ll often find Google Home compatibility alongside other platforms, particularly Alexa, so there’s flexibility to switch sides further down the line without having to re-buy all your hardware.

Google. If you think the smart home isn't quite smart enough, Google is now offering the tools to do something about it. The Google AIY Vision Kit gives you all the pieces you'd need to build your ...

Google's AIY Projects program — a combination of DIY (do it yourself) and AI (artificial intelligence) — have announced a revamped set of build-it-yourself kits, aiming to bring computer ...

Vivint’s smart home starter kits now include two Google Home Minis. What’s it all cost? Vivint’s systems are simpler than the high-end offerings from providers like Control4 and Savant, who ...

If you were getting the impression that Google's focus on Pixel phones and AI models meant that the company was ignoring its Nest smart home kit, think again: Google says "more helpful home ...