Initially, I had used Nabu Casa's Home Assistant Cloud to power my Assistant, as it makes linking up Google Assistant and Alexa to your Home Assistant configuration incredibly easy, too.

First, if you didn't know, you can already use Gemini on Google Home for more complex searching tasks, while Google links up bits of the AI to help make Google Assistant more accurate Nest devices.

Before the end of 2025, Google will stop offering Assistant on devices capable of using Gemini, making the switch mandatory. Google is also looking to bring Gemini to all the other places you find ...