New Home App Design
The refreshed Home app adopts a simpler three‑tab layout, making navigation more intuitive for users. Central to the redesign is the Ask Home bar, which allows owners to type natural‑language questions about their household, such as whether a particular person has arrived home or if a package has been delivered.
Gemini AI Integration
Google’s Gemini generative AI powers a suite of new features. Intelligent alerts, long part of the Home experience, now benefit from Gemini’s ability to detect familiar faces, packages, and other events. The Ask Home bar, when enabled, provides conversational interactions, offering AI‑generated event descriptions and notifications. A new "Home Brief" summarizes key activities, and AI notifications keep users informed of notable happenings.
Subscription Plans and Pricing
The update retains existing subscription pricing. The $10 Standard tier—formerly known as the base Nest plan—includes 30 days of video event history, Gemini automation features, and the established intelligent alerts. The $20 Advanced tier, previously the higher Nest plan, adds the Ask Home conversational feature, AI notifications, AI event descriptions, the Home Brief, 60 days of video history, and ten days of continuous 24/7 video playback. Users already subscribed to Google AI Pro receive Home Standard at no extra cost, and those on the $250‑per‑month AI Ultra plan obtain Home Advanced for free.
Free User Experience
Free users continue to have access to saved video event history, now expanded from three to six hours. Without a Gemini Home subscription, the persistent Ask Home bar becomes a quick‑search tool that surfaces devices and settings across the app. This ensures that even non‑subscribers benefit from an improved navigation experience.
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