The AI Smart Home is Finally Here: Gemini Powers Up Google Home | Made by Google Podcast S8E6

About this episode

The episode discusses the transformative updates in Google Home powered by Gemini, featuring insights from Anish Kattukaran.

In this episode of the Made by Google Podcast, we're stepping into the Gemini era of the smart home. Join our host, Rachid Finge, as he talks with Anish Kattukaran, Senior Director of Product Management for Google's home team, about the massive new updates coming to Google Home. Discover how Gemini is transforming your smart home, upgrading your existing speakers, displays, cameras, and doorbells with more natural and conversational AI. Learn about the beautifully redesigned Google Home app, which is now faster, simpler, and finally brings all your Nest devices into one place. Anish also shares exciting news about the new Google Home Premium subscription and a whole new portfolio of hardware, including the new Google Home speaker and our best-ever Nest cameras. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Rachid Finge

Guest: Anish Kattukaran

Topics covered

• smart home
• AI
• Google Home
• product updates
• technology

Keywords

• Gemini
• smart home
• Google Home app
• AI updates
• Nest devices
• Google Home Premium
• hardware portfolio

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google

Products: Google Home, Nest, Google Home Premium, Google Home speaker, Nest cameras

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