The problem

Today, the Google Home app supports only one member tier: co-equal members with full administrative privileges

This tier is fantastic for partners, spouses, and trusted people, but not suitable for many residents like teens and kids...or that roommate you just met on Craigslist.

Impact on users

People just won't add certain residents. This means the connected home doesn't work for everybody:

• Roommates/kids don't benefit from presence-based automations (e.g. setting the temperature to a comfortable level when you're home).

• This also means parents tolerating inconveniences like media pollution (Cocolemon and Baby Shark in media play history)

Home app user, Google Home Reddit AMA, Oct 2023:

"Are we ever going to get the ability to control / manage access levels?”