Rita El Khoury / Android Authority
It’s fair to say that Google Home is in an awkward place right now — and it has been for a while. Google’s smart home ecosystem was on a hot streak for a few years, but between stagnant hardware releases and mounting complaints about bugs and glitches, it’s easy to see why so many people have given up on Google Home.
That’s precisely what I did a couple of years ago, ditching all of my Google Home/Nest speakers and displays for Amazon Alexa ones. But now it’s almost October 2025, and I’m ready to go back to Google’s smart home world.
Have I lost my mind? Am I a masochist? Do I enjoy pain and suffering? I know it might seem that way, but I have my reasons. And if you also gave up on Google Home long ago, I think you might agree that this could be the year to give the platform a second (or third) chance.
What are you most looking forward to with this new chapter for Google Home? 76 votes Gemini replacing Google Assistant 74 % The redesigned Google Home app 11 % Google's new smart speaker 14 % Other (let us know in the comments) 1 %
Gemini and the new Home app could solve my biggest problems
Adam Molina / Android Authority
My primary reasons for leaving Google Home boiled down to two things: Google Assistant and the Google Home app. If you’ve used a Google Home or Google Nest device in recent years, you’ll understand my frustration with both of them all too well.
Simply put, the Google Assistant is outright bad. It has been for a while now, and it’s only gotten worse as time has gone on. Whether it’s the Assistant’s outright inability to answer questions, slow responses to simple commands, or not hearing the “Hey Google” wake word when it should, all of these issues added up to the point where I couldn’t deal with them anymore.
That’s why Google’s upcoming switch from Google Assistant to Gemini is such a big deal.
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