Google’s latest Assistant SDK updates make third-party speakers smarter

Google has announced a new batch of updates for its Google Assistant SDK, which lets developers create their own Google Home-like devices powered by Google’s digital assistant that makes third-party and homemade devices closer to Google’s official smart speaker.The biggest addition is support for third-party actions — essentially Google’s version of Alexa Skills for Assistant — that will let developers using the Assistant SDK directly control their hardware with Ass