It’s time to upgrade my old Nest Thermostat to the latest 4th-gen model, and the bundle even includes a fancy new Nest Temperature Sensor (2nd gen), all for a new low price of $219!
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With Halloween just a couple of weeks away, it’s the perfect time to make sure you’re ready for trick-or-treaters. It’s not enough just to buy candy in bulk, of course; you’ll also need to make sure your home feels appropriately spooky, and with Nest’s annual Halloween doorbell chimes now available, the hardest part is already done for you.
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Google is testing a big firmware update for the Google Home, Home Mini, Nest Mini, and Nest Audio.
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The latest Google Home app is improving support for local network control over Matter devices, including Philips Hue lights.
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Google Home is getting a fresh update with improvements to reordering your favorite devices, redesigned controls for third-party smart home devices, and some much-needed fixes for Gemini commands.
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A bug in the Google Home app has left device lists messy for some users, with no obvious way to fix it for the time being.
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Apple’s long-rumored smart home display is finally here and it begs the question – why hasn’t Google released a new Nest Hub in half a decade?
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Color LED bulbs were refusing to do their job because of a Google Home bug. Google says the fix is rolling out now.
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Smart doorbells usually center their features around their security features — person alerts, motion tracking, the works — but they also go a long way in making your front door a little more fun. Google is no stranger to seasonal doorbell chimes, and ahead of a few months packed with holidays, the company is making a big improvement to how you setup your doorbell ringtones.
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A new Google Home update has arrived with various improvements including better support for the “Find My Phone” voice command on Gemini speakers.
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Google Home is experiencing a unique bug that announces Nest Doorbell notifications in an American accent, even if your preferences are set to literally any other language/dialect.
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Besides Home MCP, Google today is also rolling out Home app (especially for the homescreen widget) and Gemini for Home voice assistant updates.
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Google today announced “Home MCP” to let your personal AI agent interact with your smart home devices via the Model Context Protocol.
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The latest Google Home update is fixing issues with alarms that some users were experiencing while also improving media and smart home voice controls in Google’s continued effort to address pain points in Gemini for Home.
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A rogue Google Home update earlier this year partially broke support for some older Chromecast streamers and other devices, but the latest update has restored it.
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Users are finding that Google Home’s longstanding skill of adding items to shopping lists with voice commands has disintegrated, but it all seems to be part of a strange bug for a number of people.
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Google Home is rolling out an update that addresses some of the most overlooked pain points for the voice assistant, like refined broadcast commands, better Spotify request recognition, and granular smart light color temperature control down to the kelvin. Don’t be shy; we all have a favorite kelvin rating.
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If your “goodnight” routine was met with silence last night, you’re not alone. Google’s Nest Hub devices were hit with a widespread outage that broke functionality entirely, but it’s all back in action this morning.
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While hit-or-miss support has been in place for years, Google Home’s latest update supposedly brings better support for third-party camera brands, including the likes of Wyze, Anker’s Eufy, and more.
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Google Home is working on a fix for broken Familiar Faces alerts on Walmart’s cheap Onn cameras that integrate similarly to Nest cameras.
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Yale’s recent app update sets the user experience on par with using Google Home or ADT’s app to control your lock. It might even be a little easier.
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Google Home today is rolling out the latest updates to Gemini for Home and the mobile app (July 23, 2026), while there’s also new Nest Cam firmware.
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Google is rolling out the first post-launch firmware update for the Home Speaker, with other devices also getting this improvement.
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Following the Google Home Speaker launch, the Gemini for Home voice assistant is improving its Nest Hub and Smart Display experience with redesigned visual responses.
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