Google snuck a new smart speaker into its big Pixel event

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Over the previous a number of months, the query surrounding Google’s subsequent good units hasn’t been when they may arrive, but when they may arrive.

In any case, Google’s been slowly however steadily discontinuing older good merchandise (the Nest Defend, the Nest x Yale Lock) whereas leaving their replacements to 3rd events. At time identical time, its getting old line of Nest good audio system and shows has been languishing.

However Google has beforehand hinted that new Google Dwelling good units are on faucet for later this 12 months, and in the course of the firm’s large Made by Google occasion right now, we could have gotten a glimpse of 1.

Throughout some pre-recorded banter between Milwaukee Bucks participant Giannis Antetokounmpo and F1 driver Lando Norris, the digicam panned over to disclose a small, barely squished sphere with a grey exterior and a telltale mild ring encircling its slim base.

That sphere was clearly a sensible speaker housing Gemini, with Norris chatting with the assistant in its Gemini Reside mode.

The speaker solely appeared in passing and was by no means talked about straight in the course of the presentation, nevertheless it appears prone to be the primary new Google good speaker because the Nest Audio debuted in 2020. I hesitate to name it a brand new Nest speaker, as I’m not totally certain Google will stick to the Nest branding on this new age of Gemini. (That’s only a guess on my half.)

Talking of Gemini, word that Alexa-like mild ring changing the 4 pulsing LEDs that used to characterize Google Assistant. Google did simply inform us that Google Assistant will quickly get replaced by Gemini on its current and forthcoming good units, so maybe the sunshine ring on the brand new speaker visually calls out the altering of the voice-assistant guard. (After all, the 4 LEDs will stay on Google’s older Nest audio system.)

So, when will we discover out extra about this mysterious new speaker? If Google holds a fall Made for Google occasion because it has previously, the brand new speaker would possibly formally break cowl then. Keep tuned.