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Gemini support on Google Home and Nest speakers has been a long time coming. The feature has been in preview testing for some lucky US users with specific voices for months now, but Google just announced the exact date when it’ll start showing up for real: October 1.
Although this will still be an early access, I can’t wait to get my proverbial hands on it because I’m sick of Google Assistant’s glitches. The inconsistency, frequent bugs, and silly downgrades have taken the joy out of using a “smart” speaker, to a point where I find myself arguing with it more often than using it. Gemini, however, has been a lot more interesting to use on my Pixel phones and watches, and I can’t help but think that this will be a huge upgrade for everyone. Here’s why.
Are you looking forward to Gemini on your Google Home devices? 4584 votes Yes, very much. 63 % No, I'm happy with Assistant. 6 % I just want things to work, be it with Assistant or Gemini 31 %
Gemini should understand more complex commands
Joe Maring / Android Authority
When it launched more than a decade ago, Google Assistant’s natural language processing seemed way ahead of the curve. Unfortunately, it has only degraded since them. Sometimes it understands when I ask “will it rain tomorrow?” but doesn’t get “at what time will it rain tomorrow?” Sometimes, “raise the speed on the bedroom fan” works, but “set the bedroom fan speed to four” tells me the fan doesn’t support speed settings. Frustrating.
Google promises that Gemini’s better natural language processing will avoid these discrepancies. I’d like to be able to ask, “When will it rain next weekend?” “Does Real Madrid have any game in October?” or “Turn off all lights except the garden,” and still get my answers. Gemini can handle these on my phone, so it should do that on my smart speaker too.
Gemini analyzes my data better
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