The new Google Home web view starts rolling out for an enhanced desktop experience

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What you need to know

  • Google has started rolling out its web view for Google Home on desktop.
  • The new experience allows users to view their Nest cameras from their computers.
  • The preview supports older Nest cameras as well and should arrive for users this week.

Google Home's new web view showing Nest camera feeds

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To access the new view, navigate to home.google.com and sign into the account you use for your Google Home app.

The experience isn't available for me just yet, and the blog post notes that it should arrive for users throughout the week. It should also work for all of Google's Nest cameras and doorbells, including the latest Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen).

The new web view was recently teased alongside the upcoming Google Home app redesign that will massively overhaul the smartphone experience. So far, we've already started seeing some new features show up, such as device triggers and a new "household" option for routines.

Google's new emphasis on improving the smart home experience seems to coincide with Matter, which recently launched the Matter 1.0 spec and certification program. Matter is set to give consumers better control over smart home products, no matter (pun intended) what ecosystem they use. Google is a huge proponent of that effort, alongside other big players in the space like Samsung, Apple, and Amazon.

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