{"id":12137,"date":"2026-04-22T10:51:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/12137\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:51:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:51:29","slug":"google-just-gave-you-the-best-alexa-feature-for-free-but-you-have-to-turn-it-on-yourself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/12137\/","title":{"rendered":"Google just gave you the best Alexa+ feature for free\u2014but you have to turn it on yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Google has finally brought Continued Conversation to Gemini for Google Nest devices, so you can stop repeating &#8220;Hey Google&#8221; to keep the conversation going.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon charges $20 for this feature<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">While the ability to keep the conversation flowing without prompting the AI to listen has already been there through Gemini Live, the feature\u2019s arrival on Google\u2019s smart home device is more than welcome. That\u2019s largely because the rival Alexa+ offers smart AI features and seamless conversations, but at a price. You only get Continued Conversation on Alexa devices if you have Alexa+, which is either accessible through a Prime membership or by splashing out $19.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Amazon Echo Dot Max and Studio sitting on a shelf.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"fig-image-round\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/197fb19791644591371567951fb00241.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Justin Duino \/ How-To Geek<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">I\u2019ve had an Alexa Dot 4th generation since 2021, so I can vouch for how annoying it eventually gets to say \u2018Alexa\u2019 each time. There\u2019s a follow-up feature, sure, but it creates more problems rather than solves them. Moreover, it was simply a way to ask another query with little to no context retention of the current conversation. With older devices like mine having their Continued Conversation upgrades locked behind a paid subscription, Google\u2019s decision to bring Gemini Live to their smart home device for free is great for those who already have Google Nest speakers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">For those unfamiliar, Continued Conversations keeps the assistant listening for a few seconds, so that you can ask Gemini a follow-up query. The device lights will keep pulsing or glowing until the assistant stops listening for the follow-up. The new update will also improve Continued Conversations as well, with interactions flowing better, naturally, and with better context retention. The feature is now available in all supported languages and regions, not just English.<\/p>\n<p>How to set up Continued Conversation on Google Nest speakers<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Google\u2019s latest release is not a default feature rollout. It needs to be enabled for it to work on Google Nest devices. To enable Continued Conversation, go to the Google Home app. Go to Home Settings, select Gemini for Home voice assistant, and pick Continued Conversation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.googlenestcommunity.com\/t5\/Blog\/Talk-Naturally-Get-Things-Done-Faster-Continued-Conversation-arrives-on\/ba-p\/801406?utm_source=syndication\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Google;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Google&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Google<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Google has finally brought Continued Conversation to Gemini for Google Nest devices, so you can stop repeating &#8220;Hey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2408,132,1430,8864],"class_list":{"0":"post-12137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-google","8":"tag-gemini","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-google-gemini","11":"tag-google-nest"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}