This year, Google is shaking up home automation once again with a complete overhaul of its Google Home application. Far from just offering a simple facelift, the California giant has chosen to deeply integrate Gemini, its new artificial intelligence, transforming the management of the connected home. Rather than launching yet another application, Google is capitalizing on its installed base to offer millions of users a smoother, faster, and smarter experience on Android and iOS.
The heart of this evolution? A strong centralization that connects, for the first time, all Google and Nest devices within a single interface. The old boundaries between the world of the famous thermostat, sensors, or cameras and recent products fade away, offering seamless control. The arrival of Gemini is not just about replacing Google Assistant: it redefines how to interact with one’s habitat by relying on improved contextual understanding and impressively natural voices.
In brief:
• Completely redesigned Google Home application, modernization rather than new creation.
• Integration of Gemini, the new revolutionary artificial intelligence from Google.
• Unified interface: centralized management of all Google and Nest products, old and new.
• Boosted performance: 70% faster loading on Android, accelerated camera video streams, greatly reduced incidents.
• Advanced features: visual recognition, contextual notifications, simplified routines, voice bar Ask Home.
• Gradual rollout on Android, iOS, and new devices (cameras, doorbells, speakers, displays).
• Model change: new Google Home Premium subscription with cutting-edge AI services (replacing Nest Aware).
The ambition is clear: to abolish past fragmentation, boost speed, enhance reliability, and set new standards in the smart home arena. With the removal of numerous bugs, reduced loading times (up to 70% faster on Android), instant navigation becomes a reality. And for the first time, artificial intelligence allows through the Ask Home module to control the home, routines, and security, simply by voice. This renewal positions Google as the conductor of a coherent home automation ecosystem, where performance and intelligence combine daily.
New Google Home Application: Total Overhaul and Integration of Gemini, the New Revolutionary AI
One must truly measure the impact of the transformation made by Google on its Google Home application. Instead of further fragmenting its offer, the company has chosen to modernize its main application in order to bring together its entire home automation universe, from the first Nest sensors to the latest generation of smart cameras. The completely revised interface now offers three clear access points: “ Home ” to control all devices and get a summarized view, “ Activity ” to explore the event log (locked doors, detected movements…), and “ Automations ” to customize or create sophisticated routines in just a few gestures.
The renovation goes far beyond aesthetics. Behind the scenes, Google has focused its efforts on optimizing resources: the new code reduces battery consumption and improves memory management, crucial aspects when every second counts for remote control or video surveillance. Loading times are reduced by 70% on Android in particular, and crashes have dropped dramatically: by up to 80%, according to internal statistics shared. The cameras also benefit from an improvement: their video streams start 30% faster, and the history now allows for almost instant scrolling thanks to a sixfold increase in framerate. For the user, this translates into smooth interactions, whether checking what Robin is doing in the garden or looking at the status of their thermostats.
But the real revolution is Gemini. This artificial intelligence replaces Google Assistant and meets the challenge of contextual understanding. Now, asking to activate a routine or query the history of the connected home is done effortlessly, even in the flow of a natural conversation. Voice exchanges adopt ten new ultra-realistic voices, abolishing the previous roboticization, while the continuity of dialogue ensures you won’t have to repeat your commands. The integration of Gemini is therefore not just a simple refresh, but a generational leap that revolutionizes the relationship with home automation, making interactions more human and intuitive.
Concrete Benefits: Boosted Performance, Unified Interface, and Advanced Features Thanks to Gemini on Google Home
The new Google Home application doesn’t just shine for its ergonomics; it imposes a leap in performance rarely seen in the home automation ecosystem. To illustrate this progress, let’s take the example of Robin, a busy parent who must juggle security and family comfort. Every morning, the Google Home application delivers the Home Brief, a summary of the past night: door openings, movements captured by the cameras, any anomalies signaled by notifications. Thanks to the speed of the new system, everything appears instantly, allowing for prompt reactions to even the slightest alerts.
The centralization of all devices (including older Nest modules, thermostats, smoke detectors, smart locks, and cameras) marks a turning point. Gone is the technical fragmentation that pushed users to juggle multiple apps and separate interfaces. The uniqueness of the experience facilitates the creation of routines: for example, launching the “ Return Home ” scenario deactivates the alarm, adjusts the temperature, and turns on ambient lighting in a single voice gesture, thanks to Gemini and the Ask Home tool. It doesn’t get more intuitive than this.
The integration of Gemini also transforms security. Cameras equipped with visual AI recognition now allow for contextual identification of events. Instead of a simple generic notification, the application describes the situation with unprecedented precision: “ Robin is walking with flowers ”, for example. This level of customization increases relevance and avoids the saturation of unnecessary alerts. Moreover, the user can voice-query the status of their devices, receive daily summaries, or create automations, all driven by Gemini’s contextual intelligence. Thus, we witness the emergence of a home where reliability, speed, and simplicity truly enhance the user experience.
Google Home Premium: New Subscriptions, Exclusive AI Features, and Availability of Gemini on All Your Connected Devices
Beyond the technical advancements, Google is evolving its business model with the introduction of the new Google Home Premium subscription. This service, which gradually replaces the Nest Aware offering in the United States, thereby expands the array of AI features available to demanding users. Two levels are proposed: Standard for essential features (extended video history, intelligent alerts based on Gemini recognition), and Advanced, which includes additional options such as the Gemini Live function, allowing interactions without the need for an activation keyword, or the generation of detailed analysis reports on household habits.
Early feedback from the U.S. indicates a positive perception, particularly around summarization capabilities, intelligent searching in voice history, and the extreme simplification of routine creation. However, prices (in the U.S.) start at $12 monthly for the Standard plan, a figure that increases for the Advanced version. Google has yet to specify the terms or exact pricing structure for Europe. This wait is causing impatience, but the forthcoming arrival of Gemini on all screens, speakers, cameras, and doorbells marketed in recent years (and even some older models) promises to generalize AI usage on a large scale.
By unifying platforms and devices through the same application, Google clearly aims to eliminate the last barriers to the mass adoption of smart home automation. The Google Home application, powered by Gemini, thus positions itself as an engine of innovation, valuing speed, functional richness, and contextual intelligence as new standards for managing the connected home. For all home automation enthusiasts, the real revolution begins now!
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