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Google has announced a few more updates to Google Home including Spanish language support for Gemini and more.

Google is back with a second big update to Gemini for Home this month that notably improves the voice assistant.

Recent updates to Google Home have delivered a handy new feature for Nest Cam owners which allows you to ask questions and get answers based on Google’s AI watching your home in real-time.

The latest updates have finally delivered full support for the Nest x Yale Lock within the Google Home app, bringing the incredibly popular smart lock into the modern era of Google’s smart home efforts.

Google Home is rolling out more updates to address ongoing issues with voice commands, with the latest fixes apparently making everything “snappier” and less prone to errors.

Google has announced a number of updates to the Gemini for Home experience that include various fixes and improvements to voice controls for your smart home, addressing quite a few widespread and niche complaints.

Real-time Find Hub location sharing is coming to Google Messages for a more integrated experience on Android.

For the third update in a row, Google Home is improving automations. Google has a trio of new features and changes with the February 17, 2026 release notes.

Now Playing is one of the Pixel’s oldest features and Google is getting ready to give it a big app “upgrade.” 

When the Android desktop interface leaked last month, there was a Gemini icon in the status bar. We now know a bit more about that persistent access.

The Google Home experience brings a lot to the table, but it’s also infamously overlooked some features that have taken years to address. As more updates continue to improve on what Google Home can do, what do you want to see next?

IKEA’s smart home tech gets a lot of the basics – including price – right, but Matter connectivity issues are a downer on the whole experience, including some problems with the newfound button compatibility in Google Home that isn’t working right for some.

It’s been clear for a while that Google is working to let Gemini control your Android phone, and we now have some details on how this “screen automation” will work.

Google Home is finally addressing one of its biggest shortcomings in automations, with support now rolling out for smart buttons that can control other devices in your home.

Back in 2021, Nest Hub picked up an update that made it easy to access select functions via touch with a selection of “apps,” but they’ve vanished over the past year or so.

If you’ve opened the Google Home app in the past few weeks, you’ve probably been greeted with an “offline” status for your lights. Google is finally acknowledging the problem, with a fix coming eventually.

Gemini Live today is still based on 2.5 Flash, but big upgrades are coming according to the latest beta version of the Google app.

Currently, tapping on a Smart Reply in Google Messages immediately sends the suggestion, but the latest beta reveals an upcoming “Tap to Edit” preference that will make for a nice quality-of-life improvement.

At the moment, Gemini’s “Computer Use” efforts are focused on desktop web as seen by the Gemini Agent available for AI Ultra subscribers. Availability on Android seems inevitable, with 16 QPR3 Beta 2 preparing for that with a new “Screen automation” permission.

The Google Home app is expanding what you can do with automations, with a new update adding support for more automation triggers and actions including robot vacuums.

IKEA took to CES for the first time ever this year in an effort to show off its new smart home tech, which continues to get better and better, but there’s one big asterisk for Google Home users based on early user impressions.