If you've ever faced the problem of internet disconnection with Google's smart home technology, you'll be pleased to know that a solution is on the wayIn a Reddit AMA, Google They confirmed that they are working on it

Usually, smart home technology without Internet is more or less useless Commands from a smartphone or tablet must first go through the company's servers, no matter how close the device is in the real world No Internet connection means no access to the server and therefore no commands can be sent

Offline mode corrects this critical oversight, enabling the local control option when the home Internet is disconnected Unfortunately, Google Home users will have to wait a while before this feature is actually available

Apparently Google is focusing on "routing more interactions locally for reliability and latency benefits" with the Matter smart home standard Once a "significant portion of traffic" is running locally, users will be able to do things "completely offline" This makes sense After all, you can't have an offline mode without a local connection to control it

Other revelations at the AMA include that Google has plans to integrate the older generation Nest camera, which is currently incompatible with Google Home One of the developers claims that this hardware is so old that updating the firmware is a "significant technical challenge"

Work is also underway to add support for third-party hardware such as Wyze and eufy However, it seems that adding support for non-Google hardware will take time due to security and quality control So if you are waiting for it, you are in for another uncertain wait

Of course, we don't expect third-party hardware to be integrated into the offline mode anytime soon This is so that devices can be used even if the Internet is down