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Google Home Spring 2025 Update

Discover easier controls, automations, and more

Google Home is now more helpful than ever, with device-specific Favorites, more convenient smart home controls, easier automations, faster-loading camera footage, and much more.
Key takeaways
Upgrades to Favorites
Nest Cam updates
Automation improvements
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Public Preview

Be the first to explore what’s new

Try what’s next—get a first look at some of the latest features from Google Home.

Public Preview

Be the first to explore what’s new

Try what’s next—get a first look at some of the latest features from Google Home.

Google Home panel on TV
Google Home panel on TV
Google Home panel on TV
Google Home panel on TV

New ways to personalize your Favorites

Your Favorites tab just got a big upgrade.

Different favorites for different devices
Surface specific Favorites

Different favorites for different devices

Now you can customize your Favorites on your phone, tablet, and watch. Create one set of go-to Favorites on your watch and a different set for the devices you check the most from your phone. Coming soon to Public Preview.

Surface specific Favorites

Different favorites for different devices

Now you can customize your Favorites on your phone, tablet, and watch. Create one set of go-to Favorites on your watch and a different set for the devices you check the most from your phone. Coming soon to Public Preview.

More devices. More controls.
Expand your Favorites

More devices. More controls.

Add new tiles to your Favorites tab in the Google Home app for quick access to indoor temps, lighting, WiFi, and more.

Expand your Favorites

More devices. More controls.

Add new tiles to your Favorites tab in the Google Home app for quick access to indoor temps, lighting, WiFi, and more.

Google Nest upgrades

More to see with Nest Cam

Skip to the good part

Skip to the good part

Jump forward or back 10 seconds in your timeline by double tapping the side of your video.

Skip to the good part

Jump forward or back 10 seconds in your timeline by double tapping the side of your video.

Scroll through quickly

Scroll through quickly

Video history loads faster and smoother so you can effortlessly scrub through your camera events.

Scroll through quickly

Video history loads faster and smoother so you can effortlessly scrub through your camera events.

Automations. Now even easier.
Automation

Automations. Now even easier.

Create automations in fewer steps directly in the Google Home app, with new starters and conditions that let you get even more specific. Available in Public Preview on Android.

Automation

Automations. Now even easier.

Create automations in fewer steps directly in the Google Home app, with new starters and conditions that let you get even more specific. Available in Public Preview on Android.

Smarter Home and Away routines
Home and away automations

Smarter Home and Away routines

It’s now possible for your media devices to be part of presence sensing for your Home and Away routines. So if you’re playing music or watching a show, your devices can signal to the Google Home app that you’re home, making your routines more helpful.

Home and away automations

Smarter Home and Away routines

It’s now possible for your media devices to be part of presence sensing for your Home and Away routines. So if you’re playing music or watching a show, your devices can signal to the Google Home app that you’re home, making your routines more helpful.

Image of Google Home camera feed in corner of TV screen
Image of Google Home camera feed in corner of TV screen
Image of Google Home camera feed in corner of TV screen
Image of Google Home camera feed in corner of TV screen
Google TV Picture in Picture

Your home in view

Available in Public Preview. Keep an eye on your camera while you’re watching TV, with picture-in-picture from your Google TV Streamer home panel. See who’s at your door, or check in on the backyard without having to pause what you’re watching or switch screens.

Control from your browser
Google Home for Web

Control from your browser

Now more of the devices you control on your Google Home app are available on Google Home for web. Adjust your lights, set the temperature, control media, and more – right from your browser., Coming soon to Public Preview.

Google Home for Web

Control from your browser

Now more of the devices you control on your Google Home app are available on Google Home for web. Adjust your lights, set the temperature, control media, and more – right from your browser., Coming soon to Public Preview.

Image of woman using Google Pixel phone and Google Home app
Image of woman using Google Pixel phone and Google Home app
Image of woman using Google Pixel phone and Google Home app
Image of woman using Google Pixel phone and Google Home app

More features coming soon

See the full list of features in this update over on the Google Nest Community Blog.

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