But Google Home, at last, launches on Monday here, and after testing it out for almost a week, it’s easy to see how smart speakers are bound to be huge over the next few years.

A few Google Home users are hearing a new voice coming from their Nest smart speakers, and it sure sounds like the new Gemini-enhanced Google Assistant. By Ben Patterson ...

What I Like About the Google Nest Audio I've never used a smart home gadget prior to Google Nest Audio. I never saw a need for it in my small space and figured it would be too complicated to program.

Four smart speaker models, from left to right: Amazon's Echo, Google's Google Home, Apple's upcoming HomePod, and Harman Kardon's upcoming Invoke, powered by Microsoft's Cortana voice-recognition ...

Just think of the popularity of Siri, Cortana, or Google Now on smart phones. Increasingly, smart speakers like the Amazon Echo or Google Home bring smart home services under one hub.

Google has slowly started rolling out a Gemini-powered Google Assistant to some Google Home users on select Nest smart speakers. The company first teased a smarter Google Assistant for the home in ...

Google's smart displays could use a refresh, too, and I'm still heartbroken Google discontinued the excellent Google Home Max. Google could use this new Gemini integration as an excuse to launch ...

The Google Nest Mini costs $49 compared to Amazon’s Echo Dot’s price of $49.99, the larger Google Audio and Amazon Echo both cost $79.99, and the Nest Hub Max costs $229 while the Echo Show 10 ...

Google clearly doesn't think that Gemini is fit for the purpose of smart home devices, of which there is plenty of evidence. However, Gemini is capable of much more than Google Assistant.