Google will now let any AI agent run your smart home
TL;DR
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.
Nauti's Take
The advantage of MCP as an open standard: your preferred agent can run lights, heating and cameras without tying you to a single ecosystem. The risk is substantial, since an agent with access to door locks and the full event history is an attractive target for prompt injection and plain mistakes.
Start with low stakes devices and give agents only the permissions they actually need.
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