Google finally fixes the Google Home app with a huge redesign

• The new Google Home app redesign is now available to for users who want to test it out in a public preview.
• A brand-new UI is completely customizable and includes helpful new tabs for getting to important areas, like automation, more quickly.
• Google is implementing Matter Fast Pair, making Google Home available in Wear OS and the web, and migrating important Nest camera features from the Nest app.

The last time a complete redesign of the Google Home app was done, it was met with a mixed reaction. Some users liked the simplicity and clarity of the elements, but others were annoyed by the way it organized information and oversimplified tasks.

The new redesign of the Home app should check most of the right boxes, even if you were in one of the two camps. You can sign up for the public preview to try it out.

The newUI takes some design from the previous rebuild and gets rid of all the white space. Depending on what's most important to you, the grid of controls can be rearranged and reassembled. The best smart home devices can be grouped by room, category, or by something more arbitrary like "cat", which can be found in the new tab.

If you open the app, you'll be able to see live camera streams and lightbulb controls on the main page. A brand new cameraUI that features better timeline scrubbing, event management, and more is one of the new features that will be coming to the Nest cam app over to the Home app.

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Important sections are put front and center by the new navigation bar. No more looking through rows of icons to figure out where routines have moved to, everything will be organized into neat, logical sections that are one tap away.

Support for more devices than ever before is one of the things automation is getting a huge upgrade for. A new script editor that adds more than 100 new features and capabilities to the already powerful automation routines is one of the features that is being worked on by the company. The goal is to bring everything under one roof, eliminating the need for third-party apps.

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New devices that support the Matter protocol will be able to quickly pair with the new Google Home app. That means no more getting every manufacturer's app, setting up an account, linking it with that app, and then trying to link it with a home appliance. You're done if you just tap on the screen. Billions ofAndroid devices are instantly able to pair with Matter devices as of this latest update because this is happening all through the Home app.

You'll be able to use Google Home on more screens than just your phone. Although limited to Wear OS 3, a new Wear OS Google Home app is coming soon, and can be accessed online from any device via the Google Home website.