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Google is rolling out Gemini for Home, a smarter AI assistant for Nest and Google Home devices. Here’s what’s new — and what to try first once your speaker gets the upgrade.

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Google’s Gemini for Home system, recently integrated with Nest Cams and other devices, is already drawing attention. Though, not for its slick smart-home control but for mis-identifications like ...

One of the widgets offered by the Google app has been a shortcut for accessing your Home Routines. In the latest Google app beta, the Routines widget is no longer available. This loss arrives right in ...

Creating an alarm on your smart speaker is common, whether you set it to wake you up in the morning or keep you on task during the day. For some, a standard alarm going off isn’t enough to get them ...

For the last week, I’ve been testing out Google Home’s powerful new automation editor and trying to see if it could perform the kind of routines I need in my smart home. I was happy to see a few ...

Google’s revamped editor for smart home automations just got a few more tools in its toolbox, including more ways to determine when routines should be triggered as well as one-time-only automations.

Smart speakers, LED lights, and video doorbells are all must-have devices to build a smart home. They can often be individually controlled using your phone via apps from the manufacturers themselves, ...

Google Home is testing a new automation editor that adds “flexibility and convenience to control your smart home with a refreshed look.” On Android, go to Google Home’s Automations tab and tap the ...

Google added Gemini integration to Google Home in 2024. While basic at first, the company has steadily improved the integration, making Gemini a better smart home assistant than Google Assistant.

Google is taking a big step toward making your smart home feel, well, smart, by baking in Gemini AI into the Home APIs that developers use to build their own apps and devices. Announced during Google ...