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Google Home tests access tiers for everyone in your smart home


A new feature for co-managing your smart device setups.

By Jess Weatherbed, a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Members can manage basic device controls like viewing live security camera feeds, and adjusting personal settings like voice and face match assistant features. Those you invite don’t need to be enrolled in public preview themselves, but will need to be running the latest version of the Google Home app.

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