Google has announced a number of updates to the Gemini for Home experience that include various fixes and improvements to voice controls for your smart home, addressing quite a few widespread and niche complaints.
Google’s Chief Product Officer over Home, Anish Kattukaran, announced on Twitter/X. There are quite a few fixes coming, including fixes to how Gemini for Home voice commands handle things such as turning off lights in a room and using context to better address the intent of your voice commands.
Kattukaran detailed the following updates:
Improved isolation: “Turn off the kitchen” now targets just lights, not plugs and unassigned devices
Fixed targeting: “Turn off all the lights” now only executes in your home instead of targeting more than one
Device context: Controls now understand what a device is even if that context is not in the device name
Location context: Gemini for Home now “strictly” uses your home address from the Home app
Premature cut-offs: Google has “significantly reduced” instances where Gemini cuts you off in conversation
Overall reliability: Daily commands such as notes, reminders, timers, etc have been “signicantly improved”
Better routines: Google says user-created rountines will trigger more reliably
More reliable answers and music: Updated Gemini models “improve the quality” of general questions, also better support for newly-released songs
“Live Search” for cameras: Gemini can answer questions about the current state of your home via Nest Cameras for Google Home Premium Advanced subscribers
Nest x Yale Lock support: Now generally available, rolling out starting today
New Nest Wifi Pro update: March 2026 update now rolling out with enhanced mesh performance
“When the security system is armed…”
“If the device is plugged in…”
“If the Pixel Tablet is not docked by 9pm…”
Google hasn’t updated its support page with these changes just yet, but there are a lot of tweaks and fixes here. We’ll update our coverage when the support page is updated with any further changes.
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