The Google Home Speaker Is Getting A Gemini-driven Refresh

Google announced a activity of hardware updates today, including giving immoderate emotion to nan Google Home Speaker. We saw a teaser for nan revamped smart speaker past month, truthful nan announcement isn't a surprise, but it does supply immoderate specifics astir what's coming to nan company's smart location efforts.

This caller Google Home Speaker puts nan Gemini AI adjunct beforehand and center, arsenic is nan lawsuit pinch truthful overmuch Google hardware these days. The ray ringing will besides flash different colors to show erstwhile nan AI exemplary is listening, processing aliases responding. If you person a Google Home Premium subscription, you'll besides beryllium capable to usage nan Home to entree Gemini Live. The blog station promises "more earthy conversations" pinch this model, which it says has civilization processing to support nan demands of moving an AI assistant.

Google is besides bringing 360-degree audio to nan Home Speaker. The upcoming loop will beryllium capable to link a brace of Home Speakers to nan Google TV Streamer, allowing for a surround-sound location theatre setup. The Home will still beryllium capable to link to different Google Nest speakers arsenic well. And for nan privacy-minded, there's a beingness fastener to toggle nan microphone off.

The caller speaker won't beryllium disposable until outpouring 2026 and will unit for $99. It has 4 colour options: porcelain, hazel, jade and berry. The Google Home Speaker will beryllium disposable successful nan US, Canada, UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

The announcement follows basking connected nan heels of Amazon's autumn hardware event, which besides had immoderate large updates for smart speakers centered connected its ain Alexa+ AI assistant, including a marque caller shape facet called nan Echo Dot Max.