Google Home gets a surprisingly useful automation upgrade

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Publish Date: 2026-07-09 00:10:00

Google is rolling out another biweekly update for Google Home and Gemini for Home, bringing a mix of new features, bug fixes, and usability improvements. This update makes Gemini’s responses on smart displays more appealing for certain queries, introduces AI-powered automation suggestions in the Google Home app, and fixes some frustrating issues.

Since launching the Early Access program for Gemini for Home in October last year, Google has been consistently rolling out new features and changes almost every week. With the latest round of improvements, Google is making Gemini’s responses on smart displays more appealing by introducing a refreshed visual design. For now, the new design will appear for weather forecasts and general knowledge queries.

Additionally, Gemini for Home should now provide more reliable and accurate sports updates. So, you can rely on it to get the latest scores, schedules, and highlights of the ongoing FIFA World Cup matches.

Continued Conversation is also getting better, with Google saying that Gemini’s responses to follow-up questions should now be more reliable.

Google Home will now suggest useful automations

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Beyond Gemini, Google is rolling out several improvements to the Google Home app. The most notable addition is Suggested automations, which will help you get started with home automation by…

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