Google’s much-anticipated TV Streamer finally launched Tuesday, and the Mountain View company synced its release with a bunch of updates to Google TV. These updates are mainly in three areas: controlling smart home devices,

The Google Home app for iOS is getting a major upgrade which will make it much easier to control your smart devices through convenient widgets on your iPhone or iPad's home screen. Not all iPhone owners are completely sold on Apple's HomeKit ecosystem,

The biggest upgrade for smart home users is the new Home panel. This smart home control panel is accessed via a tile in the quick settings panel and lets you control devices connected to Google Home. You can do things like turn lights on or off or dim / brighten, trigger a Movie Time automation, and adjust your thermostat, all from the remote.

If you’re already comfortable with Google's Chromecast, the switch to the TV Streamer will be a smooth experience as the GoogleTV interface remains the same between the two devices. It’s also going to feel a lot snappier and responsive.

One of the features from this new device, the Home Hub, is being made available to existing Google TV devices through an impending software update. The Home Hub won't be able to locally control Matter devices on other Google TV units,