Google Clout IoT is very complex to beginners
Rating: 4 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
I had to use Google Cloud IoT platform for building a smart home project to interact with entities, mostly Google's Nest thermometer. The third-party software was called Home Assistant, where you can connect IoT devices and automate making a smart home a lot smoother. There is a lot of integration that happens doing it this way but the functionality is very pleasing.
Pros
- Access to several services.
- Very thorough services.
- Wide range of functionality.
Cons
- Not beginner friendly.
- Needs more tutorials and walk throughs on how to get started.
- Very complicated and unless you know what you are doing you will be lost.
- Lack of material found on how to do each section / services.
Likelihood to Recommend
I consider myself very techy and found Google Cloud IoT platform very challenging to manage. The lack of tutorials and discussions to understand how each section works is very challenging. I specifically made a connection after several hours to Google Nest to third-party integration, Home Assistant. Shortly after Google Cloud upgraded to a new version breaking the connection. This was extremely frustrating. No service should take several hours to figure out, in my opinion, if it does, the platform is doing a poor job of making it easy. I'm personally very discouraged any time I ever have to use this platform. It's very hard to find answers.