Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home

Google is inviting third-party agents, including Claude and Open Claw, into Google Home. | Photo by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge Google is opening up its smart home to AI agents, letting tools like Claude and Open Claw access and control your connected devices and analyze your home's data using the standardized Model Context Protocol . Google Home MCP is a new integration that lets third-party AI agents control and monitor your smart home and act on your behalf.