Google announced a whole bunch of products this week, including two new Home speakers. But among the announcements were also a handful of new things the Home speaker is capable of doing — some of which are handy, and some of which could be pretty powerful improvements. In case you missed them, here are the highlights:

Quickly control your home

You can already say “good morning” to the Google Home to get info on traffic, the weather, and the latest news. But Google is planning to amp this feature up quite a bit. It’ll let Home owners build “routines” around the “good morning” command, as well as a new “good night” command. So soon, you’ll be able to set the Home up to trigger a bunch of smart home devices when it hears those phrases —…

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