Google Home’s Gemini AI can handle more complicated requests

An upgrade to Gemini 3.1 lets Google’s smart home assistant handle multiple requests in the same voice command. An upgrade to Gemini 3.1 lets Google’s smart home assistant handle multiple requests in the same voice command. Google Home users can now ask Gemini to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple tasks in a single command. Google hasupdated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, which it says will improve the smart home assistant’s ability to interpret and act on requests. The upgrade will also make Gemini for Home better at handling recurring and all-day events and allow users to “move around” upcoming events. Last month, Google also updated Gemini for Home withimprovements for understanding natural languageand identifying devices correctly. The upgrades follow reports of bugs in Google’s new smart home assistant, likeconfusing different animalsin camera footage orstruggling with accuracyin activity summaries. In addition to the Gemini upgrade, Google alsoannouncedimprovements tothe camera experience,new automation capabilities, and two public previews: Ask Home on Web and a new notification feature. Ask Home on Web will allow Google Home users tomanage their smart homefrom a computer, including searching camera history with natural language, checking on devices, and creating automations. Google is also releasing a public preview for “improved and expanded notifications” that include “quick action” buttons that can be used for device control directly in the notification. A free daily digest of the news that matters most. This is the title for the native ad