If you have a Chromecast with Google TV and have been looking longingly at Google TV Streamer and its ability to view camera feeds and adjust temperature and turn lights off and on, you can now get in on the fun. Also available is the custom AI ambient art that you can use as screensavers. You’ll first need to enable the “Public Preview” function in Google Home (which takes just a couple clicks either in the app or on the website) and wait for it to appear.
It looks like this is a server-side option — my Chromecast didn’t receive an additional system update beyond the one I got earlier this week. Once that switch has been flipped, you’ll see Google Home as an option in the notifications menu. And that gives you the same two options that are available on the Google TV Streamer: You can opt to turn
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