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  • Google has started rolling out its web view for Google Home on desktop.
  • The new experience allows users to view their Nest cameras from their computers.
  • The preview supports older Nest cameras as well and should arrive for users this week.

The smart home efforts of Google have been updated with features, redesigns, and making it easier to use. A new desktop experience for the Google Home app has already begun rolling out.

Users can access their Nest cameras from their desktop with the new web view. It sounds like it will allow users to watch full-screen views of their live feeds or switch to multi-CAM views if they want to view their property from different angles.

Users can see their camera status.

Google Home's new web view showing Nest camera feeds

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You can access the new view by navigating to home.google.com and using the account you use for your home app.

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The experience isn't available for me just yet, and the post says that it should arrive for users throughout the week. It should work for all of the Nest cameras and doorbells.

There is a new web view and a redesign of the phone app. There are some new features that have already started showing up, such as device triggering and a new "household" option.

Matter, which recently launched the Matter 1.0 spec and certification program, seems to be related to the new emphasis on improving the smart home experience. Consumers will have better control over smart home products with Matter. Other big players in the space like Apple and Amazon are also proponents of that effort.