Google has hosted a virtual event for smart home developers on July 8 in lieu of its canceled Google I / O conference, the company announced, vowing to cover “new and future features for smart home developers and users.” The online event Powered by “Hey Google” Smart Home Summit, as the event is called catchy, includes a 45-minute keynote, a series of developer sessions, and a panel with Google and other companies in the smart home industry.
The presentation, which will be presented by Google’s director of product management for the smart home ecosystem, Michele Turner, will discuss the new features of the Google smart home API along with its benefits for developers and users. Though developer-centric, Google’s previous I / O keynotes have introduced new smart home products and services. Google says it will use the summit to “share our recent smart home product initiatives.”
Google’s smart home division has been busy since the 2019 Nest rebranding. Last year, the company launched the Nest Mini smart speaker, the Nest Wifi mesh router, a new smart display called the Nest Nest Max. Earlier this year, it also renewed its Nest Aware subscription for its smart home security cameras and announced a number of improvements for the Google Assistant.
Registration for the Google Smart Home Summit is free, and you can register here.
