Google expands Gemini for Home to Nest cameras and speaker

Google is rolling its Gemini generative AI across its smart home products and introducing new hardware, starting an early access rollout this month and promising broader availability into early 2026. The company said Gemini for Home will replace the legacy Google Assistant on speakers and displays and add new AI features to Nest cameras, doorbells and the redesigned Google Home app. New wired Nest cameras and a wired Nest Doorbell are available now, while a compact Google Home Speaker built for Gemini is due in spring 2026.

Gemini for Home is designed to make interactions more conversational and context aware. The assistant can keep track of followup questions, generate richer camera alerts that describe events in natural language, summarize hours of footage with a feature called Home Brief, and let users search video history with plain questions through Ask Home. A Gemini Live mode enables continuous back and forth conversation without repeating the wake phrase for each turn. Google said basic Gemini features will be available to all users, while more advanced capabilities will be gated behind a new Google Home Premium subscription.

The company has also announced a refreshed...