Nest cameras, Nest smart speakers, and Nest Hub smart displays will gain Gemini intelligence later this year as Google brings AI-powered features to Google Home and Google Assistant.
While splashy chatbots may get all the attention, generative AI has real potential to make the smart home simpler and more accessible. Amazon has already announced its plans for a smarter Alexa to power your home. Now, it’s Google’s turn to promise that it can produce a better, smarter, more helpful Google Assistant.
This could be handy when, say, my cat sneaks out after dark. I could ask it to show me the last time it spotted the cat rather than having to scroll through every video tagged with an animal to find him. Home automation made easier A new “Help me create” feature in the Google Home app lets you describe what you want to happen — such as “lock the doors and turn off the lights at bedtime” — and have it create a routine to do it automatically.
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