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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.<\/p>\n
Google\u2019s Chief Product Officer over Home, Anish Kattukaran, announced on Twitter\/X<\/a>. 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.<\/p>\n Kattukaran detailed the following updates:<\/p>\n Improved isolation:<\/a> \u201cTurn off the kitchen\u201d now targets just lights, not plugs and unassigned devices<\/p>\n Fixed targeting:<\/a> \u201cTurn off all the lights\u201d now only executes in your home instead of targeting more than one<\/p>\n Device context:<\/a> Controls now understand what a device is even if that context is not in the device name<\/p>\n Location context:<\/a> Gemini for Home now \u201cstrictly\u201d uses your home address from the Home app<\/p>\n Premature cut-offs:<\/a> Google has \u201csignificantly reduced\u201d instances where Gemini cuts you off in conversation<\/p>\n Overall reliability:<\/a> Daily commands such as notes, reminders, timers, etc have been \u201csignicantly improved\u201d<\/p>\n Better routines:<\/a> Google says user-created rountines will trigger more reliably<\/p>\n More reliable answers and music:<\/a> Updated Gemini models \u201cimprove the quality\u201d of general questions, also better support for newly-released songs<\/p>\n \u201cLive Search\u201d for cameras:<\/a> Gemini can answer questions about the current state of your home via Nest Cameras for Google Home Premium Advanced subscribers<\/p>\n Nest x Yale Lock support:<\/a> Now generally available, rolling out starting today<\/p>\n New Nest Wifi Pro update:<\/a> March 2026 update now rolling out with enhanced mesh performance<\/p>\n More automation starters<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cWhen the security system is armed\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf the device is plugged in\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf the Pixel Tablet is not docked by 9pm\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n Google hasn\u2019t updated its support page<\/a> with these changes just yet, but there are a lot of tweaks and fixes here. We\u2019ll update our coverage when the support page is updated with any further changes.<\/p>\n \tAdvertisement – scroll for more content<\/p>\n More on Google Home:<\/p>\n Follow Ben:\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>,\u00a0Threads<\/a>, Bluesky<\/a>, and\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.<\/a><\/p>\n
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