The biggest upgrade for smart home users is the new Home panel. This smart home control panel is accessed via a tile in the quick settings panel and lets you control devices connected to Google Home. You can do things like turn lights on or off or dim / brighten, trigger a Movie Time automation, and adjust your thermostat, all from the remote.

Ahead of the launch of Google TV Streamer, the company’s new set-top streaming box, the tech giant is also bringing new updates to all Google TV devices. New updates are coming to all Google TV devices,

Finally, a set-top box from Google that isn't just a dongle hanging off the back of the TV. I love the Chromecast with Google TV streaming dongle. I have several throughout my home, including a budget Chromecast HD in the family room where my kid binge-watches Bluey.

Doubling as a smart home hub, the new streaming device comes with Google TV Freeplay and a Sports Page. You can buy it now.

As part of its Google TV Streamer launch today, Google is bringing key feature from that device to Google TVs from Hisense, TCL and others.

We’ve entered a new era for Google in the streaming video platform. And smart home platform. And in the battle for the major players — that includes Amazon, Roku, and Apple — to keep customers within a single ecosystem while supporting all the accessories and doodads that we use every day.

Google has announced a massive Google TV update that brings three new Google TV Streamer features to all devices.

The Google TV Streamer is double the price of the Chromecast with Google TV 4K, which it replaces, and $70 more than the Chromecast with Google TV HD. Before you throw that kind of money at a streaming box,