Also, home automation has become a norm rather than an exception in recent times. All you need to do any of this is an automation app. Google Play Store has several automation apps for Android.

Google will soon unlock Android Auto to new categories of apps, including tools aimed at EVs, so fingers crossed for home automation software to make its way to the platform too.

Learn how you can create different settings profiles for your Android smartphone and trigger them using apps or NFC tags.

If you’re both an Android and home automation junky, Control4 finally has you covered with the launch of the Control4 MyHome app for Android tablets and phones.

Archos has revealed a new connected home system which will hook up your security, appliances, and even your dog to a smart ecosystem, all controlled by a new 7-inch "Home Gateway" Android tablet ...

Stringify app home, things, and flows But still, for a first release, I was able to add my Wink Hub (and thus all the gadgets connected to it), create a couple of flows, and activate a few ...

The smart home is on the rise, however there aren’t yet many ways to make smart home devices work together. Yonomi changes that.

App Inventor is a latest visual programming platform for developing mobile applications for Android-based smart phones.

The Android Crestron Home Automation app will be released this Spring or early Summer. You can use your smartphone to control everything from lights, sprinklers, security and surveillance systems ...

Android @ Home will consist of a series of open source libraries which developers will be able to use to create home automation apps on the Android platform. Any device plugged into an Android ...

We call this vision Android@Home." And with that, Google kicked off a demonstration of what promised to be its grand foray into home automation.

Communication between the two is handled by Google Talk, an instant messaging application — but the commands are home screen shortcuts and don’t need to be typed into the Google Talk app.