A homeowner tests Google's Gemini AI with Nest cameras for home surveillance, finding it mostly accurate but often misleading or overly interpretative, raising privacy and security concerns about AI's role in monitoring personal spaces.
Google has begun rolling out Gemini for Home in the US in early access, allowing users to replace Google Assistant on compatible devices, with access requiring a request and a paid subscription for certain features.
Google is rolling out its new Gemini for Home assistant in the US, which will replace Google Assistant on Nest devices, offering more complex task handling and a conversational tone. Users can request early access via the Google Home app, but once upgraded, they cannot revert to the old Assistant. Some features require a paid Google Home Premium subscription.
Google has begun early access testing of Gemini for Home, offering new AI-powered smart home features like video search and automation to select users, with some features like Ask Home only working in the app and not yet on speakers, and camera enhancements needing manual activation. The rollout includes existing Google smart devices and aims to enhance home safety and convenience before the full launch of the new Home Speaker next year.
Google has launched Gemini for Home, enhancing smart speakers and displays with advanced AI, improved voice interactions, and a redesigned Home app that offers faster performance, new automation features, and better camera integration, all rolling out globally on Android and iOS.
Google announced 'Gemini for Home' at Made by Google 2025, a new AI-powered smart speaker that offers advanced reasoning, nuanced command handling, and conversational search capabilities, aiming to replace Google Assistant on Nest devices with both free and paid versions starting in October.