Overview
- Google has begun rolling out March updates to Gemini for Home and the Home app, improving device and room targeting, enforcing home address context, reducing premature cut‑offs, and upgrading answers and music playback with newer Gemini models.
- New Live Search lets Gemini describe what Nest cameras see in real time, enabling queries like asking if a car is in the driveway.
- Live Search is limited to Google Home Premium subscribers, with reports differing on pricing between $20 per month ($200 yearly) for an Advanced plan and $10 per month ($100 yearly), and official support pages were not yet fully updated.
- Support for the Nest x Yale Lock entered general availability with passcode management, activity history, real‑time notifications, and expanded settings, rolling out gradually in the Google Home app.
- The Home app added new automation starters and conditions such as security system armed, device plugged in, and device docked, and a March update for Nest Wifi Pro is rolling out to enhance mesh performance.