Gemini is officially rolling out on Google Home right now – here's how to get early access (www.techradar.com)

Google has begun rolling out early access to Gemini on Google Home, replacing Google Assistant on smart speakers and displays. The "first wave" started in the US (announcement began Oct 28, 2025) with users reporting upgrade pop-ups in the Google Home app; Google says Gemini brings a much more conversational, Gemini-model experience to home devices while preserving existing voice controls. The transition covers a wide range of legacy hardware and Google provides a 100-command starter list plus an FAQ to help with the change. If you want early access, open the Google Home app, tap your profile picture → Settings → Early Access and sign up; signup is available in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland but only US accounts are being admitted initially. Core Gemini features on Home are free, while new paid subscriptions (replacing Nest Aware) unlock advanced AI capabilities. For the AI/ML community this rollout is notable because it represents large-model conversational capabilities moving from phones and web into always-on edge devices at scale, raising questions and opportunities around latency, local vs cloud inference, feature parity, and privacy/experience trade-offs for smart-home interactions.