As part of Gemini for Home, there will be a redesign of the Google Home app and here’s a quick look at it.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application that Google uploaded to the Play Store. When we decompile these files (called APKs, in the case of Android apps), we’re able to see various lines of code within that hint at possible future features. Keep in mind that Google may or may not ever ship these features, and our interpretation of what they are may be imperfect. We’ll try to enable those that are closer to being finished, however, to show you how they’ll look in case that they do ship. With that in mind, read on.
Google Home 3.41 contains the above image where we see the 2K Nest Cam and “Google Home Speaker” flanking this “redesigned app.”
A redesigned app so you can ‘Ask Home’
Control your home in a brand new way. Just describe what you want to automate, or ask to search your video and home history*
That bar at the top is presumably for “Ask Home,” which sounds like a conversational chatbot for controlling your smart home. This harkens back to how an earlier version of the Google Home app had an Assistant FAB (floating action button) in the bottom bar.
Old vs. new
However, that was the same Google Assistant available system-wide. Ask Home, while certainly powered by similar models, looks to be independent of Android’s Gemini assistant. (The Gemini app today invokes the @Google Home app/extension.)
The Home/Away switcher looks to be housed in the field, while the ‘plus’ might replace a FAB to quickly add new devices and Routines.
The Categories for Cameras, Lighting, and Wifi look to have been shrunken down a great deal. Otherwise, the device Tiles and live feeds look the same. It remains to be seen how this redesign will change the Google Home bottom bar/layout.
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