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Big Google Home update lets Gemini describe live camera feeds

Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform that fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies. There's also one noteworthy new addition: the introduction of "Live Search" for your cameras. So, instead of Gemini only knowing about things that have alrea...

Big Google Home update lets Gemini describe live camera feeds
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‘Live Search’ can describe what your cameras see, not just what they’ve seen. | Image: Google

Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform that fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies. There's also one noteworthy new addition: the introduction of "Live Search" for your cameras.

So, instead of Gemini only knowing about things that have already happened, it now understands what it sees in your live camera feeds. That means you can ask things like, "Hey Google, is there a car in the driveway?"

Gemini for Home is now also using updated models. A change that should improve the quality and accuracy of answers to general questions, and help with playback of newly-released songs.

Gemini …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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