Google Home MCP makes the $20 plan the gatekeeper for rival AI agents
Google Home is opening its device and event-history layer to MCP agents, but early access is limited to U.S. Premium Advanced subscribers.
Connected home hardware and the protocols underneath it: Matter, Thread, Zigbee, local automation, sensors, energy management. The recurring question is whether it still works when the vendor's cloud goes away.
Another smart plug with a new model number is not, by itself, a story.
Google Home is opening its device and event-history layer to MCP agents, but early access is limited to U.S. Premium Advanced subscribers.