Google Home isn’t killing automations, but phone-related actions are going away

An errant message heard by some Google Home users seemed to imply that automations were going away – which would have been crazy. Thankfully, that’s not the case, but Google Home is doing away with its phone-related actions soon.

Some users have noticed over the past couple of days that their speakers and smart displays have said:

…just so you know, phone actions and automations will no longer be available starting in the first week of May.

Obviously, that’s very concerning. Automations are a huge part of Google Home, and one that has been improved quite a lot in recent months. As such, it’d be absolutely wild for Google to pull the rug out all of the sudden, but that’s not the case.

Google confirmed in a reply to one affected user that Home automations are not going away, but certain actions are. During the first week of May – coming up quickly – Google Home will stop supporting phone-related automations. These include setting Do…