Google Home opens MCP to let any AI agent control your smart home

Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home

Google Home now supports MCP, letting third-party AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT read sensor data, control devices, and build dashboards. It shifts smart home control away from Google's own assistant. Available now for Public Preview users; the post doesn't mention pricing. I'd hold off a bit—the article doesn't detail permission scopes or security guardrails yet.

Why it matters: Google Home adopting MCP to let third-party AI control devices is a landmark move for smart home platform openness. All three HKR axes hit, but the article doesn't detail permission granularity, security guardrails, or pricing — not quite dense enough for the 85 band, so 78 it...