{"id":364836,"date":"2025-08-22T14:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/364836\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T14:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:23:10","slug":"googles-first-gemini-smart-home-speaker-detailed-in-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/364836\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s first Gemini smart home speaker detailed in leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidheadlines.com\/google-home-speaker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Android Headlines reports<\/a> that it\u2019s seen additional images of the mystery speaker, which will apparently come in four colors: bright red, light green, black, and white. As seen briefly in the keynote video, it features a light around the base \u2014 rather than across the top, as on previous Google speakers \u2014 and a fabric finish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">As for features, the big new one is that the speaker will apparently be able to pair with a <a href=\"https:\/\/go.skimresources.com\/?id=1025X1701640&amp;xs=1&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dgoogle%2Btv%2Bstreameer%2Breview%2Bthe%2Bverge%26oq%3Dgoogle%2Btv%2Bstreameer%2Breview%2Bthe%2Bverge%26gs_lcrp%3DEgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRhA0gEINjA3NWowajSoAgCwAgE%26sourceid%3Dchrome%26ie%3DUTF-8\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google TV Streamer<\/a> to deliver spatial TV audio, a trick borrowed from Apple\u2019s HomePods, which can connect to Apple TV hardware. Hopefully it can also connect to TVs that run the Google TV OS. It will apparently also include new natural voice options, the ability to detect unusual sounds like glass breaking or a smoke alarm, and full support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/23390726\/matter-smart-home-faq-questions-answers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Gemini will deliver the smarts, rather than Google Assistant, which is no surprise. The company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/762370\/google-announces-gemini-for-home-nest-smart-speakers-voice-assistant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced Gemini for Home<\/a> this week, which will arrive on existing Nest smart speakers and displays from October this year. It will include a paid tier and support for Gemini Live, though it\u2019s not clear which features will be gated behind the premium subscription.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">Android Headlines calls the new hardware the \u201cHome Speaker,\u201d though it\u2019s not clear if that\u2019s its full or final name. We also don\u2019t know when it will be released, though a launch alongside Gemini for Home in the fall seems likely. We\u2019d expect to see an updated smart display before long too, since Google <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/5\/8\/23688662\/google-nest-hub-interface-io-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hasn\u2019t updated its Nest Hub line since 2021<\/a>, and we\u2019ve already found that Amazon\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/hands-on\/710035\/amazon-alexa-plus-ai-agent-features-hands-on\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexa Plus works best on devices with screens<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Android Headlines reports that it\u2019s seen additional images of the mystery speaker, which will apparently come in four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[323,867,6402,14677,12,11142,326,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-364836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-google","10":"tag-google-assistant","11":"tag-matter","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-smart-home","14":"tag-tech","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115072873585321891","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=364836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}