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Google Launches Gemini for Home to Replace Assistant and Overhaul Smart Homes

Advanced capabilities now sit behind a new Google Home Premium subscription.

Overview

  • Early Access begins today via the Google Home app, with a wider rollout next year and support for most Nest and Google Home speakers and displays released over the past decade.
  • A redesigned Google Home app debuts with Ask Home video search, Home Brief summaries of household activity, natural‑language automation tools, and faster, more reliable camera performance.
  • New Nest Cam Indoor ($99), Nest Cam Outdoor ($149) and Nest Doorbell ($179) are available now with 2K HDR, wider and taller fields of view, improved low‑light sensors, encrypted video, and six hours of included event history.
  • Google is partnering with Walmart to sell lower‑cost onn‑branded Gemini‑compatible cameras and a wired doorbell starting today, controllable in the Google Home app.
  • Gemini Live enables continuous voice conversations for paying subscribers on newer speakers only and currently cannot perform smart‑home actions, while a Gemini‑optimized Google Home Speaker ships in spring 2026 for $99.