Smart devices, on their own, are nifty, but one-note.
First, there’sGoogle Home.
Gemini, on the other hand, is Google’slarge language modeland AI chatbot.
The new script editor for Google Home is similar.
But that wasn’t my experience.
This does, in fact, require that you give Google permission to activate Gemini on your phone.
While endlessly useful, Gemini isn’t free in some cases.
You’ll also need to join the app’spublic previewto pull up the script editor.
This was a few simple steps.
Open theGoogle Home app, go toSettings, and then click onJoin Public Preview.
To be abundantly clear, using the script editor on any day is not for the weak.
That is not the case, I found.
This automation doesn’t involve any devices, simply an out-of-the-box piece of data that Google already has.
(“What time is sunset?")
The script editor confirmed this as well, and identified the problematic line of code.
A mouseover explained why I was seeing the error so I could correct it.
Sometimes, the script editor could explain them, sometimes it could not.
Who is the script editor and “Help Me Script” for?
As I said, I’m an automation enthusiast, and I have a ton of them running.
Anything with a double dependency would use the script editor.
I can also have the fan turn on if it’s dark out.
What I can’t do is require both circumstances, unless I’m using the script editor.
