Google is bringing smart home control to everyone in Gemini. The Google Home extension is adding a few new features to the Gemini app, besides letting you adjust your smart lighting, thermostat, speakers, and other compatible devices as long as they're connected to your Google account.
Google it first Previewed the extension last November. With it, you can use natural language to control your smart home when interacting with a Gemini, such as saying “The sun is too bright in the living room” to close your smart blinds. But now, Gemini can also make multiple requests, like “Turn on the armchair light, but dim the kitchen lamp.” You'll be able to use the Google Home extension to ask Gemini about the status of your devices, such as whether you've left your porch light on.
Additionally, Google will let you control “non-sensitive” smart home devices, like your lights, from your phone's lock screen. Other updates include the ability to adjust volume, pause, and resume media on smart speakers, displays, and TVs within the Gemini app, as well as an updated thermostat control design that matches the one inside Google Home. Gemini will also automatically open the Google Home app for security actions like the camera and locks Just linked you earlier,
The launch of the Google Home extension follows a major update to Gemini, which lets it perform more complex tasks across multiple apps. you can try integration For yourself, sign in to Gemini with the same account you use for Home and turn on the Google Home extension. It launched today but is launching “in the coming weeks.”