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TL;DR Gemini’s got some new upgrades for Home users, including better recognition of device names.
Precise new appliance controls let you dial-in your oven temp from across the house.
New “expressive” lighting allows you to describe a mood and have Gemini set the colors.
Gemini’s expansion onto Google Home hasn’t been the smoothest rollout in the company’s history, but with both its AI platform and smart home ecosystems on the line, Google looks fully committed to seeing this one through. Today, Gemini for Home head Anish Kattukaran shares some of the latest improvements arriving to help enhance that experience, including some powerful new control options.
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When it comes to your smart home, Gemini’s only as useful to the extent that it’s able to actually control all that hardware — and that’s exactly why some of these new upgrades sound so important. For one, Gemini’s learning to support precision appliance controls, letting you exactly specify things like temperature or humidity levels.
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The upgrades extend to your HVAC system, too. New advanced climate controls give users the ability to dismiss system modes without having to cycle through all their options, or to hold temperature presets.
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