Chris Thomas was a reporter at Android Police from 2022 until 2025. Google has been pushing Gemini into every corner of its ecosystem this year, and now it’s coming for smart speakers and displays.

Nothing much is mentioned regarding the Gemini switch, but a Google blog post tells us that we can expect a "new experience" for smart home devices, including speakers, TVs, and more. Many users are ...

Smarter Google Home: Expanded automation triggers, upgraded Gemini assistant, and improved camera features make Google Home more responsive to real-world conditions. Home Assistant leap: Native RF ...

It doesn't expose my private data to external servers, either ...

Google Home is making Gemini better at understanding your household, with faster commands and easier feedback also arriving ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. During CES 2025, I had a chance to check out a demo of the way Google is integrating Gemini capabilities into its smart home platform via ...

You can now order an $85 kit to convert your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant-compatible offline smart speaker.

Enter the MiciMike Home Mini Drop-in Board. It’s a drop-in replacement for the original Google Home Mini printed circuit board that fits inside the case and works with the same speaker hardware. But ...

We didn’t get a real update about Gemini on smart speakers and display at I/O 2025 last week, but Google Home recently added a new “Voice assistant experiments” setting for it. Since testing got ...

Google Home update adds Gemini AI voice assistant, smarter automation, and improved camera controls for a faster, more ...