Google launches new Google Home app, redesigned for Gemini

An assistant as powerful as Gemini for Home needs an app built to match. Based on your feedback, the Google Home app was rebuilt with three primary goals: Make it faster, more reliable and complete.

A faster, more reliable foundation

We heard from you that in order to deliver exciting new AI features, the app first needs to be fast and reliable — and this was our top priority. The new app now loads significantly faster — on some Android devices, over 70% faster. You’ll find less bugginess and app crashes are down by nearly 80% from just a few months ago. Plus, the app now has improved battery consumption and memory usage.

For users with cameras, live views now load 30% faster with a 40% decrease in playback failures. Camera tile previews now load instantly, and scrolling through your camera’s history is far smoother, with a more than 6x higher frame rate.

Over the year, the Google Home app received more than 100 feature and performance improvements; the entire experience is more resilient and responsive. And this will remain a focus, so you’ll see it continue to get better and better in the months to come.

Your favorite Nest devices and features, now in the Home app

You’ll find the best of the Nest app in the new unified Google Home app — no more app switching required. Support for your core Nest devices and features — including all Nest Thermostat models since 2015, smoke and CO emergency alerts for Nest Protect and passcode management for the Nest x Yale Lock — are all there.

Controlling previous generations of Nest cams and doorbells in the Home app is now smoother and faster. Higher frame rates make scanning through events feel more fluid, and adjustments to video encoding and processing help even older Nest cams load faster and more reliably.