Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests

Google Home users can now ask Gemini to perform more complex tasks in multiple steps and combine multiple tasks into a single command. Google has updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant’s ability to interpret and respond to requests. The upgrade will also allow Gemini for Home to better handle recurring and all-day events and allow users to “move” through upcoming events.

In addition to the Gemini upgrade, Google also announced improvements to the camera experience, new automation capabilities, and two public previews: Ask Home on Web and a new notification feature. Ask Home on Web will allow Google Home users to manage their smart home from a computer, including searching camera history in natural language, checking devices and creating automations. Google is also releasing a public preview of “enhanced and expanded notifications” which include “quick action” buttons that can be used to control the device directly within the notification.