Overview

• Gemini Live’s new visual guidance analyzes the camera view and highlights objects, with demos like suggesting coriander as a substitute for missing cumin.
• The assistant now directly accesses Google Calendar, Keep and Tasks, enabling users to create appointments, shopping lists, tasks and reminders by voice.
• Support for Messages, phone controls, Wear OS watches and Google Maps is planned to follow soon after the initial rollout.
• ‘Gemini for Home’ will replace Google Assistant on compatible Nest speakers and displays, with both free and paid tiers and an October early-access program.
• Google says smart-home requests will work as natural, multi-step, hands-free conversations without repeated wake words, and the Gemini model will get improved speech options in the coming weeks.