Google has upgraded its Gemini app with a Google Home extension. It allows Android users to communicate with Gemini more naturally while making it easier to customise and control your smart home devices. This Gemini upgrade is available in Google Home Public Preview but it doesn’t support all smart devices yet.

Given up on trying to get Google Assistant to dim the lights or pull your drapes? If you’re an Android user, now’s your chance to give Gemini a spin with your smart home. Google has just released an extension for the Gemini app that allows Google’s LLM to take charge of a wide range of smart gadgets,

The extension in Gemini doesn’t support all smart devices, however. As Google notes, it will link you to the Google Home app for controls related to security devices, including cameras, locks, gates, and doors. It also can’t execute routines.

Google Gemini Extensions are starting to arrive for Home, Messages, Phone, and even WhatsApp. Home’s Gemini Extension supports natural-language control of your devices. You’ll need to register for Home’s Public Preview to get early access.

You'll be able to ask Gemini to make changes to your Home in natural language, and the Gemini extension will replace the Google Assistant.

Gmail on the Web in Google Workspace is getting Gemini AI. A new “Help Me Write” feature, and older "Refine My Draft" is available.

Smart homes have gotten more intelligent over the years, but we still haven't quite reached the same level as old sci-fi movies where people could talk directly to a house AI. Fortunately, if Google plays its cards right,