Google’s Home APIs are gaining Gemini intelligence

Google is bringing Gemini intelligence to its Home APIs, allowing smart home developers and manufacturers to tap into Gemini’s AI-powered features and potentially making your smart home a lot, well, smarter. The company announced the news in a blog post during the Google I/O developers conference this week. Last summer, Google added several new Gemini-powered capabilities to its own platform, and now it’s extending those to others. This includes access to AI-powered camera analytics from Google Nest cameras and creating smart home routines using conversational language. The company also announced new triggers for automations, including date and weather. Developers with access to the APIs will be able to pull these features into their apps, meaning that, as a user, you might experience them without ever opening the Google Home app. For example, access to the AI-generated descriptions and search capabilities of Nest cameras could allow a company like ADT (which is already using Google ... Read full article.