{
  "id": 7873415,
  "title": "Your Google Home widgets will now eat up less of your battery life",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/your-google-home-widgets-will-now-eat-up-less-of-your-battery-life",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T20:58:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/google-home-widget-battery-efficiency-3712132/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google Home app widgets will now consume less battery when your phone's screen is turned off, according to recent updates. Several improvements are being rolled out, including smoother multi-account switching, reduced interruptions in Live Mode, and fixes for Voice Match reliability issues. Google Home Model Context Protocol (MCP) is also starting its early access rollout. While users wait for the solution to the Voice Match problem, these updates should alleviate some of the battery drain concerns.",
  "summary": "Google Home's latest release offers fixes and improvements across the board.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "Google Home gets a battery-efficient widget and camera fixes",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/google-home-gets-a-battery-efficient-widget-and-camera-fixes",
        "published": "2026-09-16T23:22:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}