Google Home is an incredibly useful piece of hardware that allows users to control connected aspects of their home with their voice.
The £129 speaker originally launched in November 2016 with owners able to search the web, play music and get local information via speech.
However, one of the device’s most useful features is its ability to create routines.
This allows lights to be turned on or off, or home temperatures to be adjusted with a command.
The tech giant initially split routines into six categories: good morning, bedtime, leaving home, I’m home, commuting to work and commuting home.
Google Home’s handy functionality meant owners could choose to turn their phone off silent as soon as they woke up or even adjust its volume.
The tech giant also allowed for custom routines to be created and for several wishes to be granted at once with one voice command.
But now Google has given smart speaker lovers the ability to schedule routines for specific times, greatly increasing the usefulness of the device when users are not able to give a direct voice command.
The new functionality means Google Home could turn off lights in your home, assuming they are compatible with the smart speaker, after you have gone to bed.
Droid Life said it spotted Home owners discussing the silently-released new feature on Reddit.
It then tested the feature for itself and noticed it was able to choose and time and day for specific routines.
Users can make use of the new feature by going into the settings menu on the Google Home app and pressing the “+” button.
This will create a new routine and take you to a menu featuring an option to “choose a time for this routine”.
This allows the user to put in the command they want to trigger the routine or the time and days it should occur on.
After Google Home completes a routine it will let the user know by pushing a notification to their phone.
Unfortunately, the tech giant’s smart speaker is only available to offer routine functions in the US.
Express.co.uk has asked Google when and if routines will be coming to UK users and if they should expect to see scheduling functionality with it.