Building, testing, and deploying smart home devices for Google Home

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Google provides a full pipeline: a public Google Home Developer Center and a Developer Console (preview in June), a Google Home Device SDK that abstracts Thread and Wi‑Fi connectivity, and a VS Code extension that shows realtime cloud logs and issues scripted Assistant commands. A container lets a virtual device run Matter Wi‑Fi/thread firmware locally and commission into Google Home. Testing includes an automated Google Home test suite, field trials, CSA Matter certification linkage, OTA image/channel/rule management, and Home-and-Away intelligence used by millions.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 9:48Build
3. 10:52Commissioning
4. 11:44Google Home Extension for Visual Studio Code
5. 13:29Google Home Test Suite
6. 14:18Field Trial
7. 16:07Launch

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