Gemini for Home: New Nest cameras and home speakers for the new smart home

As part of the Google Home reorganisation, the company announces new hardware: New cameras now, smart speaker not until 2026.

Google Home Speaker in Porcelain.

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Oct 1, 2025 at 9:20 pm CEST

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Andreas Floemer

Almost everything is new in Google Home: the company is integrating Gemini into its smart home platform and offering support for many existing devices. But Google also has new hardware products for the updated Home system, with only the cameras appearing now, while the smart speaker with 360-degree sound that was already teased at the Pixel event will not be launched until next year.

Smart Nest cameras for indoors and outdoors

Google is now offering two new, wired Nest cameras. With 2K (2560 × 1440 pixels) and HDR support at 30 fps, they deliver the highest resolution of the Nest camera series to date and should deliver better quality than their predecessors in poor lighting conditions. In addition, the picture angle of 152 degrees is wider than with the older camera models, and Google also claims six hours of video recording with ten-second clips for events.

Bidler of the new Nest Cams — The new Nest Cams for indoors and outdoors.

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Events can be viewed on all devices in the Google Home ecosystem. In addition to the Google Home web view, smartphones and tablets, the company also supports insights via the WearOS Home app on smartwatches.

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The new AI-based platform also provides detailed alerts with AI descriptions (on subscription) and "intelligent alerts", which can differentiate between people, animals, vehicles and parcel deliveries, according to the company. For a monthly fee, the new cameras can also distinguish between familiar faces, recognise whether the garage is open and act as a smoke or CO2 detector.

Screenshot - Overview of the new camera features — Overview of the new camera features – Some require a subscription.

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The Nest outdoor camera (wired, 2nd gen) costs 150 Euro, while Google charges just under 100 euros for the indoor camera (wired, 3rd gen).

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New Google Home Speaker not coming until 2026

Google is not planning to launch the next generation of its Home speaker until next spring. The spherical speaker has already been shown without comment at the Pixel 10 event; according to Google, it is designed for the new Gemini AI assistant and will be available in four different colours: "Jade", "Berry", "Hazel" and "Porcelain".

Google Home speaker colours — The new Google Home Speaker is available in four different, sometimes bright colours.

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According to Google, it will emit 360-degree sound and can function as a stereo speaker in a double pack. The speaker can also be integrated into a home cinema setup. A light ring indicates when Gemini is active.

According to Google, the new home speaker will cost just under 100 euros, the same price as the Nest Audio Speaker from 2020.