Google Home and Alexa+ pushed me to abandon cloud voice assistants ...

The oldest devices in my Google Home ecosystem are pushing a decade old, and Gemini made the hardware worth using again.

Arriving six years after Google's last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot.

Google's new speaker is a modest update, but the question is whether Gemini is a good smart home assistant.

Google's first Gemini-powered speaker goes head-to-head with the classic Assistant-powered Nest Mini, and only one speaker ...

Google Assistant has, especially in the context of the smart home, been crumbling over the past couple of years. In a post this evening, Google’s lead for Home and Nest has acknowledged Assistant ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Google is re-entering the smart speaker market with its new Google Home Speaker, available ...

We didn’t get a real update about Gemini on smart speakers and display at I/O 2025 last week, but Google Home recently added a new “Voice assistant experiments” setting for it. Since testing got ...

Google Assistant is evolving into Gemini, bringing powerful new AI capabilities but also discontinuing some favorite features. If you use Google Assistant to set timers, play music or control your ...

Google’s first new smart speaker in six years is here and once again leads its competitors—now with paywalled features.

While the hardware on Google's first smart speaker in six years is solid and sometimes fun, Gemini for Home is still ...

Google Home is changing right now and a lot of that has to do with Gemini. We’ve had access to the next-gen assistant since ...