Google’s First Gemini Smart Speaker Detailed In Leak

Google held its yearly Made by Google showcase this week, during which it unveiled nan latest Pixel phones and various caller AI features. What it didn’t denote is simply a Gemini-powered smart location speaker, but it mightiness person snuck 1 into nan position arsenic an easter egg.

As spotted by The Verge, astir 15 minutes into nan stream, connected a array adjacent to F1 driver Lando Norris during a Gemini demonstration, you tin intelligibly spot what looks a batch for illustration a smart speaker. The fabric-wrapped instrumentality we spot successful nan video is achromatic pinch a ray astir its base, and it looks much for illustration an upside down HomePod mini than immoderate of Google's different speakers. According to Android Headlines, it’s called nan Google Home Speaker, and is unsurprisingly powered by Gemini.

Android Headlines claims to person seen much images of nan as-yet unannounced smart speaker, which it says will besides beryllium disposable successful red, ray greenish and black. It adds that Google’s Gemini Live AI adjunct will beryllium a baked-in characteristic for sound conversations, though without a surface aliases camera there’s nary ocular constituent here. There could besides beryllium caller earthy sound options connected nan speaker, arsenic good arsenic modular features for illustration media power and smart location automations. It tin reportedly besides observe different sounds for illustration breaking solid aliases fume alarms and tin nonstop an alert to your telephone aliases tablet if this happens.

According to nan Android Headlines report, nan Home Speaker tin brace pinch a Google TV Streamer and double arsenic an further situation sound speaker, overmuch for illustration nan HomePod does pinch Apple TV. It functions arsenic a smart hub too, pinch support for Matter. Google announced Gemini for Home this week, which will gradually switch Google Assistant connected nan company’s existing smart devices, pinch free and paid tiers offered to users.

What nan leak doesn’t incorporate is simply a motorboat day for this mysterious speaker. But fixed that Google was seemingly happy capable to person 1 sitting location successful its astir important keynote of nan year, nan smart money would beryllium connected an charismatic uncover beautiful soon. Engadget reached retired to Google for comment, but nan institution said it had thing to stock astatine this time.