Alternatives to Google Home

Google's app for connecting, controlling and automating smart home devices, with a web version and Gemini voice assistant. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Google Home

    Google's app for connecting, controlling and automating smart home devices, with a web version and Gemini voice assistant.

    FreemiumProprietaryAndroidiOSWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Google Home.

  • Apple Home

    Apple's Home app for pairing and controlling HomeKit smart home accessories across Apple devices.

    FreeProprietarymacOSiOS

    Apple Home controls HomeKit accessories for free on Apple devices only, with no Android or web version, and full features need a HomePod or Apple TV as a hub.

  • Home Assistant

    A home automation server that talks to smart devices on your own network instead of through their clouds.

    FreemiumOpen sourceSelf-hostedAndroidiOSWeb

    Home Assistant is an open-source server you host yourself, controlling devices locally without a cloud account, but you must install, update and back it up yourself.

  • openHAB

    Automate home devices from different manufacturers through one local server.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxWindowsmacOSSelf-hosted

    openHAB is a free, open-source local server for devices from different makers, with rules for schedules and sensors, though device support depends on available bindings.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.