Both Amazon and Apple are playing it safe when it comes to allowing generative AI on their respective smart speakers. On the other hand, you can already chat with Google’s Gemini AI on a Nest device, and Google has now detailed how you can get in on the test.
The whole “there’s Gemini in my Nest!” hubbub began earlier this month, when some Nest speaker users began noticing that Google Assistant was speaking in two different voices: the standard Assistant voice, and a deeper, more loquacious voice that most suspected was powered by Gemini.
Google has now confirmed that it’s testing Gemini on certain Nest devices, and (as spotted by 9to5Google), it’s even published a support page detailing how you, too, can give Gemini a spin on your Nest speaker.
Here’s what you’ll need to do:
Checked off all the steps? Now it’s time to give Gemini on your Nest speakers a whirl.
In its support document, Google notes that Gemini will …