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Fall 2024
Google Home Update
Get an early look at Gemini capabilities coming to Google Home. This AI upgrade will help you search and understand your camera feed in a snap,3,4 and build personalized automations with just a few words.1,2 With all this and more, Google is unlocking new ways to help at home.
Experience your smart home like never before
Get an early look at Gemini coming to Google Home Public Preview in the US, and later in more regions.
AI descriptions & Search camera history
Know more. Scroll less.
In a sea of camera notifications, it’s easy to miss something important. With Gemini capabilities coming soon to the Google Home app, your camera will soon be able to understand what it sees. It’ll also create captions for your clips, making it easier to search. Just type “Was the FedEx truck seen today?” and Gemini will find the exact clip.1,2
Help me create
Automate home automations
With Gemini capabilities coming soon to the Google Home app, you’ll be able to create custom automations for your smart devices with just a few words.1 Choose Help Me Create in the Automations tab and say something like “Open the blinds at sunrise.” Then Gemini will build it out for you.2
Your smart home at your fingertips
Google Home, always in view
Turn your tablet into an always-on control panel
Your Pixel Tablet makes it even easier to access and control your smart home devices with a new home panel screensaver.1 Plus, you can share pics right from the digital photo frame, and choose from stylish new clock designs that match your style.
Favorites widget for Google Home
Control your home from your home screen
Get quick access to your smart home from your Android phones and tablets with the Google Home widget. Turn off lights, adjust your thermostat, and more with fewer taps straight from your home screen.1
Improvements and more capabilities for your favorite smart home features
The right access for the right people
Share your smart home with confidence
Give your kids, roommates, or guests limited access to your smart home. Coming soon to the Google Home app, you can adjust their level of control, and they can adjust things like the lights or temperature.1,2
Nest Camera and Doorbell feeds
It’s all on your wrist
Get notifications from your Nest Cam or Nest Doorbell, then see the camera feed on your Pixel watch with the Google Home app.1,2,3
The home panel on Google TV
All play. No pause.
The best seat in the house is a little cozier with the home panel now available on the Google TV Streamer.1 Control your lights, thermostats, cameras, and more – all while you stream.2 Just point, click, and chill.
More from the Fall 2024 Google Home Update
Explore even more features coming in this release
See the full list of features in this update in the post link below over on the Google Nest Community Blog.
Get inspired
Explore how Google Home brings more comfort, safety and convenience to your everyday life.
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Availability limited to select users. Requires Public Preview enrollment and compatible smart home devices. Available first in US English. See support.google.com/googlenest/answer/12494697 for more details.
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Home Automations require additional enrollment and setup, and depend on working internet, Wi-Fi and service availability from Google and third parties that manufacture devices included in the Automations. Requires compatible smart devices (sold separately).
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Available first on Pixel Watch 3. See Control your Nest Camera with your watch - Google Pixel Watch Help for additional details.
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Only available on Nest Cam (outdoor or indoor, battery), Nest Cam with floodlight, Nest Cam (indoor, wired, 2nd gen), Nest Doorbell (battery), Nest Doorbell (wired, 2nd gen), and 1st-gen Nest Cams that have been transferred to the Home app.