Google Assistant already works with Hue and other smart lights, but
functionality has been limited to turning them on and off, using them
with alarms and a few other features. Now, you can schedule lights and
other electric devices to turn on and off at specific and even general
times, as Android Police and Reddit users have noted.
The feature works via Google—s —Scheduled Actions— feature. That
allows you to say —Hey Google, turn on the lights at 7 AM,— for
example. You can set times for the current day or any other day over the
next week by saying —Hey Google, turn on my coffee maker at 8 AM
tomorrow,— or —run my sprinkler in a week at 5 PM,— for example.
Android Police found that you can even set it turn lights on or off at
sunrise or sunset, without the need to confirm an exact time. …
