Gemini for Home voice assistant started rolling out towards the end of October. This is only for devices set to English on all Nest speakers and displays. The early access is only available to select accounts at the moment. However, this new Google Home workaround does not enable the LLM-powered assistant but brings access to the new Gemini voices.
Google Home trick lets you enable Gemini voices immediately
The trick shared by Reddit user Siciliano777 requires you to enter a URL (googlehome://assistant/voice/setup) into your web browser on Android or iOS. This opens the Google Home app and triggers the Gemini for Home voice assistant set-up process. In case you’re using Chrome, after pasting the URL, select the second option from the dropdown (as shown in the image below). The first apparently just performs a Google Search. If you see a “Continue to Home?” option, just tap continue.
Once you tap Continue, it will open the Google Home app and trigger the set-up. You’ll see a page that says “Get started with Gemini for Home.” The page notes that with Gemini, you can explore complex topics, brainstorm ideas, and get more done by talking with Gemini. You can ask Gemini follow-up questions, interrupt, and change the subject.
There are ten “natural-sounding” voices
Then there’s the “upgrade” screen that notes how this permanently replaces Google Assistant. You’ll have to acknowledge the disclosures. In the next screen, you have to choose one of ten “natural-sounding” voices that have realistic pacing and intonation.” There are two more steps, including response filtering and “voice access to camera history.”
This trick enables a new voice on top of the existing Google Assistant. Going to Home settings in the app will still show “Google Assistant” instead of Gemini. Though the new voices are fun, this is not the actual Gemini for Home voice assistant.
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