Gemini for Home is that whole new voice assistant, and it could be one of the most significant changes for Google Home since the launch of its first smart display more than six years ago.

Huge news this afternoon, on top of the Pixel 10 announcement and Android 16 QPR2 Beta 1 release, Google has confirmed that Gemini is coming to replace Google Assistant on the company’s lineup of smart speakers and displays.

We already knew that Google Assistant was soon to be replaced by a “new experience powered by Gemini.” Now we know what that new experience will be called, and when it’s arriving. Gemini for Home is the name of the new Gemini-powered voice assistant for Google smart speakers and displays,

Google on Wednesday announced its new lineup of Pixel phones and other gear at an event hosted by Jimmy Fallon.

Google is set to introduce Gemini for Home, a new voice assistant powered by Gemini AI, replacing Google Assistant on Nest smart speakers and displays.

Today, you can launch Gemini on Wear OS with the “Hey Google” hotword, long-press of the side button, and tapping the watch face complication or Tile. The new gesture lets you just raise your wrist and start talking. This even works if you have disabled tilt-to-wake.

The move by Google and Oracle signals a future in which AI is no longer locked to a single provider’s platform.

To nobody’s surprise, there’s a new Tensor G5 chip, with a 35% faster CPU, powering everything. The Pixel 10 comes with 12GB of RAM standard and two storage options (128GB and 256GB). And for the first time on any Pixel phone, there’s built-in Satellite SOS, which works more or less the same as it does on newer iPhones.

Google Docs will now let you generate an audio version of your documents using AI. In a post announcing the rollout, Google says you can customize Gemini’s AI audio output with different voices and playback speeds.