Google Home: a preview version that lets you access features before anyone else

Google Home app coming soon preview program. In any case, the result of the APK disassembly performed by the publication shows this 9To5GoogleIn fact, it is traditional and often uses this technique to identify new features coming to applications.

Google already offers a preview program for Chromecast devices, as well as Google Nest and Google Home speakers and displays. However, this will be a version of the Google Home app. According to the extracted screenshot, this is a public preview, but a request is required to sign up. It is difficult to understand at this stage whether quotas are limited or whether all applications will be accepted.

Google Home: a preview version (and not beta) for the mobile app

This preview will allow registered users to take advantage of the latest features available to the general public. Note that Google separates preview versions from beta versions. “We do not offer any features in Preview that we do not believe are ready for use by all users.”, explains the American group on a support page. A preview would therefore be expected to be less subject to bugs and optimization issues than a beta, although it could of course include them.

Each update is deployed if the Google Home preview follows the preview of Nest and Home devices “Shortly before the official launch of the production version”. Therefore, it is a much improved version, close to the final stable release, and gives you a head start on trying out the latest features.

We don’t yet know when it will be possible to join this preview program and whether it will be available in France from launch or, as is often the case, initially exclusive to English-speaking markets.

Source : 9To5Google