Google's Gemini lets you chat with your smart home

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Google's Gemini lets you chat with your smart home With help from the revamped Google Home app, Gemini for Home promises to be the eyes and ears of your household. "Hey Google, set bedroom lamp to 50 percent." Such stilted voice commands have been the stuff of smart home for years, but with Gemini for Home, Google is promising a smart home you can have an actual conversation with. That idea--of a smart home that understands the big picture and can act with context in mind--underpins Google's ambitious Gemini for Home plans, which it's rolling out today following months of slow buildup.