Google Home's voice control can be used to operate and monitor GE smart appliances, the company has announced, so, for example, users can ask to have their oven put on or whether their laundry is done. The partnership uses GE's Geneva software to connect appliances including select GE refrigerators, ovens and dishwashers with the home assistant via a mobile application. In addition to its own software, GE also offers an app that allows people who use other brands of connected devices such as Philips Hue lights to interact with those devices. Meanwhile, home appliances provider Whirlpool has announced Google Home support for more than 20 of its large appliances.
Google Home's voice control can be used to operate and monitor GE smart appliances, the company has announced, so, for example, users can ask to have their oven put on or whether their laundry is done. The partnership uses GE's Geneva software to connect appliances including select GE refrigerators, ovens and dishwashers with the home assistant via a mobile application. Last autumn the Geneva software integrated with Alexa, Amazon's home assistant. Meanwhile, home appliances provider Whirlpool has announced Google Home support for more than 20 of its large appliances.