Overview
- Google delivered a consolidated update that bundles at least 15 stability and quality-of-life fixes across the Google Home app and the Gemini for Home voice experience.
- Home widgets were optimized to pause background updates and polling when a phone’s screen is off, locked, or showing a screensaver to reduce battery drain on phones and connected cameras.
- Camera and app fixes target live-stream tile reliability, smoother timeline scrolling across recording gaps, and faster switches to live streams on iOS, plus more reliable device tile statuses and smoother multi-account switching.
- Gemini for Home received targeted voice-assistant fixes to cut unnecessary follow-up prompts, restore TV streaming from smart displays, reduce Live Mode interruptions and broadcast errors, and improve playlist handling.
- Google began an early-access rollout of the Model Context Protocol, which lets agents that support MCP tools access device state and event history for queries like checking camera footage or device usage, and Google says wider availability and integration remain limited and under development while privacy and permission details are finalized.