Google’s first Gemini smart home speaker detailed in leak

Google’s enigma caller talker appeared concisely successful its keynote alongside F1 operator Lando Norris.

Google announced plentifulness of caller hardware astatine this week’s Made by Google event, but halfway done we were distracted by the little quality of what appeared to beryllium a new, antecedently chartless Gemini-powered astute speaker. Now Android Headlines claims that this talker is real, and volition motorboat with caller colors and the quality to brace with a Google TV Streamer.

Android Headlines reports that it’s seen further images of the enigma speaker, which volition seemingly travel successful 4 colors: agleam red, airy green, black, and white. As seen concisely successful the keynote video, it features a airy astir the basal — alternatively than crossed the top, arsenic connected erstwhile Google speakers — and a cloth finish.

As for features, the large caller 1 is that the talker volition seemingly beryllium capable to brace with a Google TV Streamer to present spatial TV audio, a instrumentality borrowed from Apple’s HomePods, which tin link to Apple TV hardware. Hopefully it tin besides link to TVs that tally the Google TV OS. It volition seemingly besides see caller earthy dependable options, the quality to observe antithetic sounds similar solid breaking oregon a fume alarm, and afloat enactment for Matter.

Gemini volition present the smarts, alternatively than Google Assistant, which is nary surprise. The institution announced Gemini for Home this week, which volition get connected existing Nest astute speakers and displays from October this year. It volition see a paid tier and enactment for Gemini Live, though it’s not wide which features volition beryllium gated down the premium subscription.

Android Headlines calls the caller hardware the “Home Speaker,” though it’s not wide if that’s its afloat oregon last name. We besides don’t cognize erstwhile it volition beryllium released, though a motorboat alongside Gemini for Home successful the autumn seems likely. We’d expect to spot an updated astute show earlier agelong too, since Google hasn’t updated its Nest Hub enactment since 2021, and we’ve already recovered that Amazon’s caller Alexa Plus works champion connected devices with screens.