Google May Finally Launch A New Home Speaker After 5 Years - Here's The Clue

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Made by Google video pinch F1 driver Lando Norris interacting pinch Gemini done an chartless speaker.

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Google teased an chartless speaker astatine past week's event.
Speaker whitethorn brace pinch Google TV Streamer, much devices due.
No announcement yet, first smart speaker since 2020.

The 2025 Made by Google event featured immoderate well-known stars and highly anticipated devices, but 1 infinitesimal caught my oculus much than others. An overproduced video showed Formula 1 driver Lando Norris connected a cozy sofa talking to Gemini, showcasing what nan sound adjunct pinch generative AI tin do to switch Google Assistant. To his right, a metallic broadside array held a azygous thing: an chartless smart speaker done which Norris communicated pinch Gemini.

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I instantly searched Google to find retired if location were immoderate leaks for a caller smart speaker I had missed, yet I couldn't find anything. Google vanished its Pixel 10 motorboat arena without truthful overmuch arsenic a mention of a caller speaker. The information speaker's quality successful nan video was handled for illustration a glitch aliases a gaffe of nan tongue, pinch nary 1 addressing its unexpected presence.

Gemini-powered Google Home speaker

Days later, reports confirmed that Google plans to merchandise what sources telephone a Google Home Speaker, powered by Gemini alternatively of Assistant. The speaker will reportedly activity overmuch for illustration a Nest speaker, of which Google hasn't released a caller exemplary successful 5 years, pinch immoderate updated features.

In nan video, nan caller speaker looks for illustration a somewhat flattened Echo Dot, pinch a set on nan guidelines that lit up bluish erstwhile Norris interacted pinch Gemini. Like an Echo speaker, it appears to beryllium covered successful fabric, and sources opportunity it will beryllium disposable successful 4 colors: white, agleam red, ray green, and black.

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The Home Speaker will reportedly support Matter and tin beryllium paired pinch a Google TV Streamer to enactment arsenic an outer audio output. In nan aforesaid way, you tin brace a HomePod aliases HomePod mini pinch nan Apple TV 4K, and brace 2 of these speakers for richer stereo sound.

Google Home Speaker, leaked photos from Android Headlines

Like nan Apple and Amazon smart speakers, nan caller Google speaker is said to characteristic sound discovery for fume alarms and solid breaking, truthful it tin notify you if it hears these sounds. Echo speakers only do this if you salary for Alexa Emergency Assist aliases a Ring subscription, but nan HomePod includes it pinch nan speaker. It's unclear whether this type of sound discovery connected nan caller Google speaker will require a subscription.

Gemini for Home rolling retired this fall

Google besides announced Gemini for Home, officially replacing Google Assistant successful Google Home. This update is expected to rotation retired successful an early entree shape successful October, truthful nan smart speaker could beryllium announced astir that time, unless Google decides to hold until nan spring. In its property release, Google indicated that Gemini for Home will person a free and a paid tier, though it didn't specify what each would include.

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According to nan aforesaid source, different caller smart location devices are coming soon. Google is reportedly readying a caller Nest Indoor Cam, Nest Outdoor Cam, and Nest Doorbell. Each will characteristic Daily Summaries, which usage Gemini to recap nan day's events successful nan Google Home app. The cameras will support 2K solution and will beryllium disposable successful aggregate colors.

Google has been slow to merchandise caller smart location devices successful caller years, chiefly because galore of its products are future-proof and still activity good years later. This prompted rumors that Google whitethorn person been doing distant pinch nan Nest marque altogether, though these leaks look to dispel those. If nan smart speaker is launched this year, it'd beryllium nan first 1 to travel retired since nan Nest Audio successful precocious 2020.