Overview
- Google announced a broad Google Home update Tuesday that expands automations, refreshes Nest Cam controls, and upgrades the voice assistant on eligible devices.
- Automation support now covers more device types with specific actions like arming security systems, checking door lock states, reading binary sensors, starting or pausing appliances, docking robot vacuums, and handling smart switch press events.
- Nest Cam in the Home app gains a redesigned player, faster scrubbing, 10‑second skip controls, event filters, and zoomed, animated previews, with some AI descriptions and advanced features tied to a Google Home Premium subscription and select benefits reaching older Nest models.
- Gemini for Home moves to the Gemini 3.1 model in Early Access, enabling one spoken request to combine tasks and improving handling of complex or recurring items like lists, calendars, and multi‑step device commands.
- Public Preview adds Ask Home on the web to search camera history and build automations from a computer, plus new Quick Action buttons in notifications and automatic switching to the right home for people who manage multiple properties.