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Sådan kan de nye muligheder bruges

Google har listet en række eksempler på brugen af de nye muligheder, til inspiration.

Nye aktiveringsfunktioner

• Open/Close: When the window is opened, turn off the thermostat.
• Device is charging / plugged in: When your EV is charging, it could automatically start playing music or downloading updates.
• Temperature: When the temperature inside rises above 80 degrees, open the window and turn on the fan.
• Volume is muted: When you mute your music, it could automatically turn off the speakers or start a timer.
• Device is docked / undocked: Commonly found on mops, mowers and vacuums. For example: When the vacuum docks, broadcast to the home vacuuming is finished.
• Device is paused: When you pause your TV show, it could automatically dim the lights or turn on the fireplace.
• Lock is jammed: If your door lock is jammed, broadcast to the home the lock is jammed and pulse a light.
• Humidity Percentage: When humidity drops below 40%, turn on the humidifier.
• Occupancy Sensing: When someone is detected in a certain zone or room, turn on the light.

Nye handlinger

• Light effects: From pulse lights, to wake/sleep and even color loop. Here are some examples to try:
• Pulse: Provide visual feedback. When the doorbell is pressed, pulse my bedroom light.
• Wake/Sleep: When I dismiss my alarm, slowly wake the lights over a one hour time period.
• Color Loop: When I say “Party Time”, Color Loop lights for 30 mins.
• Open or Close device: Windows, doors, or blinds are a breeze to open or close with these actions: At 7 AM, open the blinds. At 10 PM close the blinds.
• Dock device: Now you can set an action to dock a device like, vacuums, mops or mowers: At 5 PM, dock the vacuum cleaner.
• Set Humidity: You can set the humidity in your home depending on the temperature. These actions could help improve air quality: If the humidity in my house is too low, turn on the humidifier.
• Pause/Unpause device: Simply pause or unpause devices such as your TV, music player, and video game. You can even control appliances like the vacuums, sprinklers, dishwasher, washer and dryer: When the doorbell rings, pause my robot vacuum. 
• Timer: Start, pause, resume, or cancel timers for tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and running errands.
• Volume Mute: Mute or unmute devices such as your phone, TV, and music player when you need a moment of silence: Mute the TV at 9 PM when the kids are going to bed.
• Reboot device: Quickly reboot devices like your routers, game consoles, laptop, and TV. This action could help fix problems or improve performance: Schedule a Reboot device on my router every first of the month. 
• Run software update: Run software update (like on your WiFi Router): Help your devices improve security and performance with this action to run software updates: Set a schedule for software updates.