Google Home gets more reliable Gemini commands, faster timers, and Nest camera

• Google is rolling out another round of reliability improvements for Gemini for Home, including better handling of complex commands and faster timers, alarms, and Broadcasts.
• Older Nest cameras are receiving fixes for live streaming failures, missing event thumbnails, and other playback issues.
• The update also introduces new smart home capabilities, including Google Wallet home keys and expanded automation controls.

A smart home shouldn’t need a second invitation to turn off the bedroom lights, set a timer, or show who’s at the door. Yet those seemingly simple tasks have become recurring headaches across Google’s smart home ecosystem, especially as Gemini takes over from Assistant. Google has been steadily chipping away at these frustrations, and its latest update is another attempt to make the smart home feel smart again.

The company has published its first November Google Home update, bringing another collection of fixes and improvements for Gemini for Home, the Google Home app, and Nest cameras. It follows a similarly packed late October release that addressed everything from confused voice commands and silent alarms to camera glitches and disappearing speaker groups.