Google is rolling out another biweekly update for Google Home and Gemini for Home, bringing a mix of new features, bug fixes, and usability improvements. This update makes Gemini’s responses on smart displays more appealing for certain queries, introduces AI-powered automation suggestions in the Google Home app, and fixes some frustrating issues.
Since launching the Early Access program for Gemini for Home in October last year, Google has been consistently rolling out new features and changes almost every week. With the latest round of improvements, Google is making Gemini’s responses on smart displays more appealing by introducing a refreshed visual design. For now, the new design will appear for weather forecasts and general knowledge queries.
Additionally, Gemini for Home should now provide more reliable and accurate sports updates. So, you can rely on it to get the latest scores, schedules, and highlights of the ongoing FIFA World Cup matches.
Continued Conversation is also getting better, with Google saying that Gemini’s responses to follow-up questions should now be more reliable.
Google Home will now suggest useful automations
Beyond Gemini, Google is rolling out several improvements to the Google Home app. The most notable addition is Suggested automations, which will help you get started with home automation by surfacing ready-made routines for common tasks like home security, morning routines, and energy savings.
These suggestions will appear at the top of the Automations tab or below your existing scheduled automations. The feature will roll out to all Google Home app users over the coming weeks.
For compatible cameras, the Google Home app will now display a light button directly in the camera view, so you can easily toggle the light on or off. You can even long-press the button to adjust its brightness.
Other bug fixes and improvements rolling out as part of the latest Google Home update are as follows:
- More reliable camera live streaming: We’ve resolved a problem that could cause your camera live stream to fail to refresh or resume after unlocking your mobile device. This ensures your live feed is always instantly ready and reliable when you check in.
- Optimized camera live view: We’ve optimized the camera live view to prevent slow performance during extended viewing sessions.
- Prevent accidental lock states: We’ve corrected the status display of smart door locks to ensure they are never shown with incorrect offline icons. This gives you accurate visibility into your home’s security status.
- Face Match setup reliability: We’ve corrected an issue where the Face Match setup flow could abruptly exit during brief network interruptions. This ensures a more reliable and frustration-free setup experience.
- Flicker-free fan controls: We’ve resolved a fan control flickering issue when manually toggling your thermostat fan on and off.
- Stable favorites reordering views: We’ve resolved a crash that could occur when rotating your screen while organizing your favorite tiles. This prevents unexpected app exits while customizing your favorites layout.
- Polished Google TV previews: We’ve resolved a visual issue where offline doorbell camera previews showed an unintended black border on Google TV.
These Google Home and Gemini for Home improvements should appear on your device over the coming weeks.
