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After kicking off the rollout a few weeks ago, Google says the Gemini for Home replacement of Assistant on smart speakers is now available within a day of opting in, at least for those in the US who can access it.<\/p>\n
Google started the Gemini for Home rollout in late October,<\/a> with wider access as of last week<\/a>. In a blog post, Google says that \u201cmillions of households\u201d now have access to Gemini for Home via smart speakers, and that the rollout is speeding up.<\/p>\n As of December 10, US users can opt in to the Gemini for Home early access program and \u201cmost\u201d<\/a> will receive an invite \u201cwithin 24 hours.\u201d <\/p>\n Google says<\/a>:<\/p>\n \tAdvertisement – scroll for more content<\/p>\n Starting today not only are we going to start sending out invitations more rapidly, but also anyone\u00a0in the US who hasn\u2019t already received an invitation to early access can\u00a0sign up<\/a>\u00a0and receive an invitation within 24 hours. We\u2019re also enabling third party speaker devices as well. It\u2019s possible that you missed your very own invitation, so if you\u2019re not sure,\u00a0check your Home settings in the Google Home app<\/a>\u00a0if you\u2019d like to get going with Gemini for Home.\u00a0<\/p>\n Also of note, Google is enabling third-party speakers in this rollout, as we reported on earlier this week.<\/a> <\/p>\n You can sign up for Gemini for Home via the Google Home app by tapping your profile picture, accessing \u201cHome Settings,\u201d and then opting in through the \u201cEarly Access\u201d section.<\/p>\n Google says <\/a>the following devices are compatible:<\/p>\n Google Nest Hub (2nd gen)<\/p>\n Google Nest Audio<\/p>\n Google Nest Mini (2nd gen)<\/p>\n Google Nest Hub Max<\/p>\n Google Nest Wifi point<\/p>\n Google Nest Hub (1st gen)<\/p>\n Google Home Max<\/p>\n Google Home Mini (1st gen)<\/p>\n Google Home<\/p>\n Third-party speakers<\/p>\n The early access period is still US only, and Google hasn\u2019t provided any updates on when that might change.<\/p>\n More on Google Home:<\/p>\n Follow Ben:\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0Threads<\/a>, Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.<\/a><\/p>\n
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