You can quickly control compatible smart home devices like thermostats, lights, locks and cameras from your phone. You can turn them on or off and change some settings without opening an app.
Home controls work with devices that you’ve connected to the Google Home app 
- Lights
- Thermostats
- Locks
- Cameras
- Plugs
- Vacuums
- TVs
- Speakers
Important: Some of these steps only work on Android 11 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
Set up home controls
- Find the Google Home app or download it from the Play Store.
- Touch and hold the Home app
App info.
- If the app isn’t already enabled, tap Enable
.
- Connect your smart devices with the Home app. Learn more about the Google Home app.
. Control connected devices
You can control the devices and automations that you added to your Home app Favourites .
- In the bottom left of your lock screen or from Quick Settings, tap Google Home
.
- Choose the action that you want, such as:
- Turn devices on or off.
- Change brightness for lights.
- Change thermostat temperature.
- See live videos from cameras.
- Pause music or videos.
Tip: The first time that you go to the home controls panel, your phone will automatically add some devices. To add more devices, go to the home controls screen and tap More 
Add controls.
Add controls.Decide which devices are shown in the home panel
- Wake your phone and display the lock screen.
Tip: You can either press the Power button, tap the screen or lift the phone. - In the bottom left of your lock screen or from Quick Settings, tap Google Home
- Scroll down to the 'Edit' and 'Reorder' buttons.
- To remove a device, tap Edit
- To rearrange devices, tap Reorder and then tap and hold on a device tile to drag it to the desired location.
Tip: If you edit or reorder devices here, they'll also be updated on the favourites tab in the Google Home app, and vice versa.
- To remove a device, tap Edit
- Tap Save.
How Google handles your data
To connect you with your smart devices, Google collects certain information. Some of this functionality uses Google Play services. For example, Google collects:
- User interactions, crash logs and diagnostics for analytics purposes. This data is used to monitor functionality, crashes and drops in reliability, and improve your overall experience.
- Installed apps for app functionality and analytics purposes. This information can be used to show you the list of apps that you may use to connect to your smart home devices.
- Other user-generated content, such as the text that you use to name a new smart light bulb, like 'study desk light', for app functionality purposes.
- Personal identifiers, such as your Google Account identifier, for app functionality purposes. This is used to link a smart home device to a specific Google Account for use within the Google Home app and Google Assistant.
The data collected is encrypted in transit.