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TL;DR Google confirms that Gemini access on smart speakers and displays kicks off at 12:30pm Eastern time today, October 28.
Initial availability is just for those in Early Access, and will expand to others in the weeks to come.
This initial phase will only be for Google Home users in the US.
Gemini is arriving for Google Home, replacing Assistant as the voice interface we’ll be using to communicate going forward. Earlier this month we saw Google start updating the Home app with Gemini, and ever since we’ve been looking forward to Gemini coming to Google’s smart speakers and screens. Interested users have been able to register for early access, with promises that we’d get our first taste by the end of the month. And today, that’s finally happening.
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Google Home head Anish Kattukaran shares the initial timetable over on X:
Do you say “Hey Google” to a speaker or smart display in your home? Excited to share that the first wave of early access rollout for the Gemini for Home voice assistant starts today at 9:30am PST in the US! — Anish Kattukaran (@AnishKattukaran) October 28, 2025
We get a little more detail in an update to a post of Kattukaran’s from the Nest community forums earlier this month: Initial availability is only for those who have registered for Early Access. You’ll need version 4.1 of the Google Home app, and this is only for users in the US for now — that could change in 2026, though.
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