Google Assistant isn't what it used to be, and Gemini is something entirely different. Can these two coincide to fix the current state of the smart home? Chris Wedel Home Tech Editor Chris Wedel is a ...

Google Home's latest update should make your Gemini experience more reliable. Look for these other improvements and bug fixes ...

Google's Gemini can now help you create advanced automation scripts in Google Home, but it's still complicated and riddled with errors. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home ...

Google has launched 'Gemini for Home' AI chatbot to replace Google Assistant on its lineup of smart speakers, displays, and other devices. The dust is still settling after Amazon unveiled its updated ...

Google's voice assistant is getting phased out in favor of the more chatty Gemini: Here's how that could affect your smart home and Nest products. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types ...

We didn’t get a real update about Gemini on smart speakers and display at I/O 2025 last week, but Google Home recently added a new “Voice assistant experiments” setting for it. Since testing got ...

Google Assistant has, especially in the context of the smart home, been crumbling over the past couple of years. In a post this evening, Google’s lead for Home and Nest has acknowledged Assistant ...

You're probably familiar with the most common ways to trigger automations in Home Assistant. You can trigger an automation when the state of an entity changes, when you press a button, when presence ...

These Home Assistant integrations deserve more love from the community ...

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