Google is opening Home to third party developers

Google Home is about to get a lot more useful. The company is opening its voice-enabled Assistant to developers who can start creating "actions" for the device. Early partners will include media companies like NBC News, Buzzfeed and NPR, as well as consumer apps like Quora, Genius and Todoist. SEE ALSO: Google's data centers, offices will use 100% renewable energy in 2017 The idea is similar to the "skills" developers create for Amazon's Echo line: companies can create "Conversation Actions" tha