Google is stepping up its Gemini AI rollout for smart home users, delivering access to a new Gemini-powered feature in the Google Home app.
Android users enrolled in Google Home’s Public Preview can now help test “Help me create,” a Gemini AI-infused tool that lets you create Google Home automations from natural-language prompts.
Here’s how it works: You open the Google Home app, tap the Automations tab, tap Add, then tap “Help me create.”
Next, just describe in English (yes, just English, at least for now) what you’d like the automation to do. For example, you could type (or say) “Turn off the lights at 11 p.m. every night,” “Lock all the doors when everyone’s away,” or “Set a meditation time reminder.”
Then just tap “Create,” and the Google Home app—with help from Gemini—will compose an overview of a proposed automation.
You can then rate the Gemini-created automation, ask for a do-over, or rename and save the …