Google Home gets upgraded Gemini voice assistant and new camera controls
Google’s smart home ecosystem is getting its biggest update since the AI-fueled 2025 revamp.
TL;DR
- Google Home voice assistant upgraded to Gemini 3.1 for improved understanding of complex, multi-step commands.
- Camera feed navigation enhanced with higher frame rate scrubbing, 10-second skip buttons, and new swipe controls.
- AI event labeling streamlined for simpler and more accurate descriptions, reducing misidentification.
- Familiar Faces recognition improved with feedback buttons and automatic ignoring of blurry images for better accuracy.
- New automation options introduced, covering security, appliances, lighting, climate, and media control.
- Ask Home chatbot expanding to the Home web interface for conversational camera history checks and automation creation (preview feature).
- Paying subscribers gain access to Ask Home for creating automations and receive AI-generated descriptions for older Nest cameras.