Introducing Gemini for Home
Google is pulling back the curtain on Gemini for Home, a major leap in making smart homes more capable and easier to control. Gemini for Home is a specialized version of Google’s most advanced AI, designed to replace the traditional assistant across screens, speakers, and integrated devices. It’s built to understand the flow of daily life in a household, engage in natural conversations, and support collaboration among multiple users—delivering smarter interactions without the friction.
In practice, Gemini for Home aims to keep context from room to room, so asking a question in the kitchen doesn’t require resetting the conversation when you move to the living room. The system is designed to support shared family routines, resuming where conversations left off, and coordinating actions across devices to simplify everyday tasks.
A redesigned Google Home app: your central hub
Alongside Gemini for Home, Google is reinventing the Google Home app into a single, streamlined control center. The rebuilt app is faster, more reliable, and provides full access to camera feeds, thermostats, door locks, and legacy devices—all through an uncluttered interface that makes automations and home visibility easier than ever. By consolidating control in one place, users can monitor activity, adjust settings, and orchestrate routines with minimal taps.
One of the core goals is a more intuitive user experience: you can set up rooms, create routines that span devices, and receive clear, actionable insights about what’s happening at home. The app becomes the connective tissue that binds Gemini-powered intelligence to everyday devices, helping households run more smoothly.
New hardware: cameras, doorbells, and the Home Speaker
Google is expanding its hardware lineup to match Gemini for Home’s ambitions. New and upgraded cameras and doorbells deliver higher image quality, enabling Gemini to interpret and analyze what’s happening around the home with greater accuracy. Alongside this, the Google Home Speaker is introduced as the first audio device built specifically for Gemini, designed to offer more natural, fluid conversations with the AI rather than stilted, voice-only interactions.
To broaden the ecosystem, Google is partnering with external manufacturers to offer a wider range of form factors, price points, and design options. This expansion ensures Gemini-powered experiences can fit a variety of homes—from compact urban apartments to larger, multi-room setups.
Gemini features behind a premium door: Google Home Premium
Access to the most advanced Gemini features is anchored in a new subscription tier called Google Home Premium. This service unlocks the full potential of Gemini across compatible devices in the home. For users who already subscribe to Google AI Pro or Ultra, the premium features are included at no extra cost, making the upgrade to a future-ready, helpful home seamless and affordable.
What this means for users
- Context-aware assistance that flows naturally across screens and speakers, reducing friction in daily routines.
- Multi-user understanding so families can interact with Gemini in a more human, collaborative way.
- Unified control of cameras, locks, thermostats, and other smart home devices through a single app.
- Higher-quality video from cameras enhances Gemini’s ability to monitor and respond to events.
- A growing ecosystem of hardware partners broadens options for every home and budget.
Looking ahead
As Gemini for Home rolls out, privacy and control remain central to Google’s approach. Users will be able to tailor what Gemini can see and know about each room and person, ensuring that the home remains both intelligent and respectful of boundaries. With the Home app acting as the central hub, managing routines, automations, and notifications becomes more intuitive than ever.
