Smart homes work better without Big Tech in the loop.

The oldest devices in my Google Home ecosystem are pushing a decade old, and Gemini made the hardware worth using again.

Google's new speaker is a modest update, but the question is whether Gemini is a good smart home assistant.

Google Assistant has, especially in the context of the smart home, been crumbling over the past couple of years. In a post this evening, Google’s lead for Home and Nest has acknowledged Assistant ...

Arriving six years after Google's last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot.

If you use a Google or Nest speaker at home, you would be happy to know that Google Home has added seven new features that ...

Google Bard is now Gemini, and with that rebrand, it’s also now the default assistant app on Android. But, if you were in the habit of using Google Assistant for home controls, Gemini can only replace ...

Google’s first new smart speaker in six years is here and once again leads its competitors—now with paywalled features.