I’ve made no secret of my frustration with Google Home’s devices. Even as I’m waiting eagerly for Google’s Gemini Home to come replace the annoying Google Assistant, I can’t stop using my darn Nest Hub, even with all its annoying, worsening qualities.

It’s just convenient enough for me to stick with it. For years I’ve set certain morning, bedtime, and leaving-the-house routines, but I’ve had to use the IFTTT app to create of them because Google Home couldn’t often string together a bunch of actions based on a single trigger action, such as me walking through the front door when I come home.

Google’s been rolling out a new automation editor that makes it easy to create such routines right in the app. It can’t do everything yet, but it’s a step toward streamlining the Google Home process.

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