Google secretly revealed this Gemini good speaker at its Pixel 10 occasion

Google’s cringe-worthy, Jimmy Fallon-hosted Pixel 10 reveal event featured quite a lot of machine reveals, together with the Pixel 10, the Pixel 10 Pro/Pro XL, Pixel 10 Pro Fold, Pixel Watch 4, and extra, however one machine class was mysteriously absent: good audio system.

For those who missed it, I do not blame you because the still-unannounced Gemini-powered good speaker solely confirmed up briefly throughout a section that includes F1 driver Lando Norris in the direction of the start of the keynote. It appears to be like kind of like a Nest Wifi Pro, however a bit extra stout, and there appears to be a light-weight ring working round its base as a substitute of dotted lights throughout the highest like with the Nest Audio. You possibly can see it sitting beside Norris on a aspect desk at about 15:57 in Google’s keynote.

In keeping with Android Headlines, the speaker is an actual product that can launch in a number of completely different colours and pair with Google’s TV Streamer for spatial TV audio, just like Apple’s HomePods and the Apple TV. Google may need forgotten to tug the good speaker from this sketch, or possibly it left it in for hardcore followers — who is aware of?

We do not know rather a lot about this mysterious good house speaker but

One factor is for certain — it will be powered by Gemini

The important thing draw with the brand new speaker is that it is reportedly powered by Gemini and never Google Assistant, giving it extra pure, conversational voice choices and the power to detect seems like a smoke alarm or glass breaking. It additionally reportedly helps good house connectivity protocol Matter. Earlier this week, Google introduced Gemini for Home is coming to present Nest good audio system and shows in October.

It is unclear what Google’s new Gemini-powered good speaker will probably be known as, however Android Headlines refers to it because the “Residence Speaker.” We additionally do not know when will probably be launched, however my finest guess is that we’ll see it launch in October alongside Gemini for Residence.

Given Google hasn’t up to date its Nest Hub line since 2021, the tech big is lengthy overdue for a brand new good speaker, particularly given the problems Google Assistant and the Google Home app have experienced over the previous few months with regard to third-party machine assist.

As a Google good house machine person, I am very to see what Gemini brings to the tech big’s good house ecosystem. Given how unhealthy Google Assistant has develop into, Gemini positively cannot make the Nest Audio audio system I’ve all through my house any worse.