Google's AI-Driven Smart Home Strategy Shift with Gemini
By
David Pierce
A baker's-dozen of insight crammed into one ring.
Summary
Google is repositioning its smart home strategy around AI and Gemini, moving away from its previous pattern of launching and then abandoning products. The company acknowledges that its smart home offerings have lagged behind competitors but claims Gemini will be the key to making smart homes truly effective. The article discusses Google's shift toward multimodal input and AI integration in smart home devices, while also touching on Peloton's increasing prices and AI features.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledGoogle has a long history of building something interesting, making a lot of big promises about its future, then seemingly forgetting it exists and killing it a few months or years later.
Over the last few years, you'd be forgiven for thinking the smart home was one of those things, as Google Home and Nest products seemed to languish behind their competitors.
But Google says it's still in the game, and that Gemini is the key to making the smart home truly great.
Google's smart home plans are shifting toward AI, multimodal input, and Gemini.
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