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reviews4 hours ago•25 min saved

Six-Year Wait, Modest Upgrade: Google's Home Speaker Falls Short

After waiting six years for a Google-made smart speaker, the Home Speaker is compact, loud, and sports Gemini with Thread/Matter support, but it isn’t a meaningful upgrade over the Nest Audio. It also suffers from an integrated power cable, audio downgrades versus the Nest Audio, and Gemini features that can be gated behind a Premium subscription, leaving it as a solid option mainly for existing Google Home users rather than a must-have upgrade amid strong competition from Amazon and Apple.

via Android Authority|

#gemini #google #google-home

technology14 days ago•1 min saved

Google shutters two older Nest speakers as it reshapes its smart-home lineup

Google has ended production of the Nest Mini and Nest Audio as part of refining its smart-home lineup. Both launched in 2019, and Google will continue to support them with patches and customer service, while a new $100 Google Home Speaker featuring Gemini AI is entering the market.

via Mashable|

#gemini #google #nest

technology15 days ago•1 min saved

Google Retires Nest Home Mini and Nest Audio as Gemini Speaker Debuts

Google is discontinuing the Nest Home Mini and Nest Audio as it rolls out a new Google Home speaker and expands its Gemini-powered strategy; existing devices will remain supported with updates and customer care, while production has ended.

via Engadget|

#google #nest #nest-audio

technology15 days ago•7 min saved

Gemini era begins with Google's Home Speaker, but Nest Audio users feel sidelined

Google's Home Speaker debuts as the centerpiece of a Gemini-powered smart-home push, offering exclusive software features and a stereo-pair setup with the Google TV Streamer for spatial audio, but it isn’t a direct Nest Audio replacement, leaving Nest Audio owners with fewer upgrade paths and potential sound-quality tradeoffs.

via Android Authority|

#gemini #google #google-tv-streamer

technology8 months ago•1 min saved

Google Gemini Enhances Smart Home Lighting and Voice Features

Google has updated the LED light behavior on its Nest Audio, Mini, and Home Mini devices with the Gemini for Home voice assistant, introducing a rainbow gradient for Nest Audio when detecting the hotword, while other devices retain their existing light patterns. The update is rolling out to devices in the US with firmware version 3.77.x.

via 9to5Google|

#google #home-mini #led-lights