Overview
- Google opened a much larger set of starters, conditions, and actions to all Home users across security, appliances, lighting, media, and device health, with AI surfaces like Ask Home to pick them up later.
- New controls cover arming or checking security systems, monitoring door locks and simple sensors, starting or pausing washers and coffee makers, docking robot vacuums, and reacting to smart switch presses.
- Nest Cam now shows a redesigned event player with zoomed previews, quicker timeline scrubbing, 10‑second skips, and event filters such as Package seen.
- Some camera upgrades require a Google Home Premium subscription, while older pre‑2021 Nest models still gain Gemini event descriptions and zoomed‑in previews.
- Ask Home is coming to the web in Public Preview for camera history, device access, and automation creation, and Gemini 3.1 in the app improves voice handling of complex, multi‑step requests.