Google is officially bringing Gemini AI to your smart home! 🎉 From natural voice commands and contextual awareness to smarter reminders, powerful camera insights, and a redesigned Google Home app — this is the biggest upgrade yet for Nest and Google Home devices.
In this video, we break down what Gemini means for your current speakers and displays, the new AI-powered features you’ll get, and the upcoming Gemini-native speaker coming in 2026.
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Timestamps
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00:00 – Gemini comes to Google Home
00:53 – Rebuilt smart home architecture
01:16 – Natural new voice options
01:36 – Conversational, context-aware commands
02:25 – Spatial awareness in action
02:58 – Complex multi-step instructions
03:33 – Smarter reminders, lists & timers
05:17 – AI-powered camera alerts & search
06:23 – Faster, redesigned Google Home app
07:57 – Device support & new Gemini speaker
08:14 – New Gemini-native speaker (2026)
09:23 – Design, colors & audio features
10:11 – Global launch and availability
10:30 – Google Home Premium & AI Pro subscriptions
11:36 – Rollout of redesigned app & early access
12:21 – Closing thoughts: future of Gemini at home
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Is it optional or do users have to switch to Gemini? The “acknowledgement” seems to basically say I give permission now and forever for Gemini to do whatever it wants with my devices (and data).
We need Jarvis’ voice, c’mon
Man the Google Assistant declined over the years. My Hub Max almost always replies with “I don’t know, but here are some results I found on search”. Nearly every request for music gets it wrong. So bad. I’m excited to try this Gemini update
YOU HAPPY THAT NOW INSTEAD OF PROCESSING SOME REQUESTS LOCAL, GOOGLE WILL ALWAYS SEND YOUR DATA TO SERVER TO BE PROCCESSED, WHAT TO BE HAPPY ABOUT?
Once there were times when google assistant sucked so bad that even homeassistant could do better on voice assistance with the help of openai text models. Now that v2v models has been released on google home, choosing either that or home assistant is now a pain in the ass for me