Speaking of t'stats, my Honeywell adapts to weather conditions so as not to overshoot when warming things up in the morning. It does it internally without needing the cloud although it does access the cloud for other things. As long as the temps are reasonably close day to day, it adjusts just fine. But when it's 25 for almost a week and suddenly 45 the next morning the t'stat doesn't know what to do, so it just modifies its routine moving forward. However, it can't do anything on that particular day. That would be a primitive AI.
I asked Honeywell to allow their t'stat to read the outside temp so it could react to changes on a daily basis. They said it wasn't built to do that. I said it should have been. Sigh...
So what do I use Google home for besides HA? I occasionally ask for definitions, ask about people, ask it to play some music.
I would like to ask when the next high tide is, but Google can't help with that.
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Speaking of garage doors, I setup Google and Homeseer so I can say Close the Garage door or Open the Garage door. Great, but when I say Open the Garage door, Google Home or google on my phone says "Sure, turning on the garage door" or OK, turning off the garage door. I guess my AI capabilities need more learning.