After launching the Google Home voice assistant speaker , the company ’s latest move , to expand and update the Weave smart home app , will bring more types of connected devices under its smart home umbrella . Weave is a communications platform for internet of things devices , which interfaces with Android and PC apps . First announced in 2015 , the platform has been expanded to work with Google Assistant — similar to Apple ’s Siri . In November , Google launched Google Home , an always - listening speaker similar to the Amazon Echo . Google is expanding the platform to include Belkin WeMo , Google , Google , Wink , TP - Link and First Alert .
After unveiling the Google Home voice assistant speaker, the company’s latest move, to expand and improve the Weave smart home platform, will bring more types of connected devices under its smart home umbrella. Weave is a communications platform for internet of things devices, which interfaces with smartphone and PC apps. First announced in 2015, the platform has been expanded to work with Google Assistant—similar to Apple’s Siri. In November, Google launched Google Home, an always-listening speaker similar to the Amazon Echo. Google is expanding the platform to include Belkin WeMo, LiFX, Honeywell, Wink, TP-Link and First Alert.