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Telstra announces Google Home compatibility for its Smart Home accessories
The telco giant has welcomed Google into its Smart Home play. The new collaboration allows users to control their Telstra Smart Home devices using their Google Home by issuing commands such as “OK Google, turn off the iron” and “OK Google turn off the hallway lights”.
Customers with a Telstra Smart Home kit and a Google Home will be able to ask Google to turn their lights on when they come home with their arms full of groceries or use a smart plug to turn off the iron before they run out the door by simply asking their Google Home.
The ability to control Telstra Smart Home using your voice opens up great opportunities for older customers with mobility issues who will now be able to turn appliances and lights on and off without needing to move around their house, wait for help or use their smartphone.
Telstra are taking advantage of this partnership further with the inclusion of a free Google Home in the new “Our smartest home internet bundle”. This new bundle offers 1000GB of data, a Telstra TV, a Telstra Smart Home Starter Kit (of your choice), a smart plug and a Google Home for $124 per month over 24 months. Alternatively, Google Home can be purchased outright for AU$199.
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