Browsing: Google Home

The Google Nest app experienced a widespread outage on Friday, May 15, preventing many users from accessing their smart home devices and services.

Code for a new “Google Home Display” has appeared in the Google app, indicating a potential successor to the Nest Hub. This comes ahead of the Google Home Speaker’s Spring 2026 release, suggesting Google’s renewed focus on smart displays.

Google Home’s newest update brings significant speed improvements. Experience faster Gemini for Home, a more responsive Google Home app, quicker timers, and enhanced Nest thermostat performance.

A new Google Home update is rolling out this week, enhancing Gemini’s response speed and enabling ‘Ask Home’ functionality via voice commands. This streamlines smart home management.

Google is expanding Gemini AI upgrades for its Home devices across Europe and Asia-Pacific this week, enhancing smart home assistant capabilities.

Google’s Gemini AI is set to power new third-party smart speakers, with an early listing revealing a “Google Home Speaker.” This marks a renewed focus on dedicated smart home audio devices, leveraging advanced AI for enhanced user interaction. The move could reinvigorate the smart speaker market.

Google Home users, don’t panic! Automations are staying, but specific phone-related actions are being removed in May 2026. Learn what’s changing.

Google is set to launch new community forums for Fitbit, Google Home, and Nest users. Discover how these unified platforms will enhance support and user connection. Learn what this means for the future of your smart devices.