Google's speakers and displays add local control of smart home devices, starting with Hue, TP-Link, more

For years we've dreamed of the smart home, but when we anticipated it, we didn't really picture a dozen hubs littered all over our house that do nothing but control only one type of device. Sadly, that's the truth we've come to. But Google seems to be taking the first steps to remedy this situation, starting with opening local control of smart devices to all developers and smart home manufacturers.

With the new Local Home SDK, devs can make use of the Google Home speakers' and Nest Displays' built-in radios (Bluetooth and WiFi, possibly also Thread where applicable) to communicate directly with their devices.

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