Google's $100 Gemini Home Speaker Finally Lands, With Preorders Opening June 17 Google has launched its new Home Speaker, swapping the old Google Assistant for the Gemini assistant. It costs $100, with preorders from June 17 and sales beginning June 25. Google's smart speaker lineup is getting its first major reinvention in years, and the biggest change is the brain that is doing the listening. The new Google Home Speaker ships with the Gemini assistant built in, replacing the Google Assistant that has run every one of the company's speakers and smart displays until now. Price, colors and when you can buy it The device was first teased last fall, shown off alongside a fresh batch of Nest smart home cameras and video doorbells, with Google promising a spring 2026 release. Summer is well underway, and the wait is finally over. Preorders open on June 17, and the speaker goes on sale on June 25. It is priced at $100 and comes in four finishes: Berry, Jade, Hazel and Porcelain. The Berry and Jade options are sold only in the US. Talking to Gemini feels more human If you have used any smart speaker before, the basics will feel familiar. You say "Hey, Google" to wake the assistant and then ask away. The difference is that Gemini is far better than the old Assistant at following natural speech, so you no longer have to phrase requests in a stiff, robotic way or repeat yourself to be understood. If you fumble a sentence, you can stop and reword it halfway through, exactly as you would with a person, and Gemini still grasps your intent. It also handles several instructions packed into a single sentence, and it copes with very precise asks, such as switching off every light except your bedside lamp. Follow-up questions no longer need the full back-story either. As on the older Assistant speakers, the microphone stays open for a short moment after Gemini replies so you can fire off another question without repeating the wake words. This trick, called Continued Conversation, used to work only in English, but it now covers every supported language. Ask your cameras what they saw Owners of security cameras can quiz Gemini about footage, with questions like "Did FedEx drop a package off today?" or "Did the dog eat a cookie off the counter?" You do not actually need the new speaker for this, because anyone who has switched on Gemini for an existing Google Home already has it, but having it here is a handy bonus. Voices, Gemini Live and the subscription catch There are 10 voices on offer. You can also fire up Gemini Live. While Gemini reached older speakers last fall, this Live mode is limited to newer hardware such as the Nest Audio and the Google Home Speaker. Say "Hey Google, let's talk" to start a flowing, back-and-forth chat where you never have to pause for the wake word. The catch is that Gemini Live only works for Google Home Premium subscribers, though everyone who buys the speaker gets six months of the service free. The same subscription lets you build automations using plain spoken language, keeps 30 days of event video history and sends smarter alerts from your security cameras. A higher Advanced tier adds even more. Local processing, a glowing base and the design Anish Kattukaran, chief product officer at Google Nest and Google Home, says the speaker runs local models that do a better job of isolating sound, so it filters out background noise and works out more reliably when you are actually talking to it. Another new touch is a ring of light around the base that glows onto the surface beneath, making it obvious when the speaker is listening or working through a request. These LED cues look set to become a theme for Google. Its upcoming Googlebooks platform will carry dedicated Glow Bars, and rumors suggest the next Pixel phones could get something comparable. The orb shape, similar to Amazon's latest Echo speakers and Apple's aging HomePod Mini, delivers balanced 360-degree sound. That design means you can put it anywhere in a room and still expect solid audio even from spots that are not acoustically perfect. Kattukaran says Google deliberately made it much more compact than the old Nest Audio so it is easier to find a place for it. Being a smaller unit, it will not match the sound of bigger speakers, but Google calls it a massive audio upgrade over the tiny Nest Mini, with a driver twice the size and far punchier bass. Connectivity and controls You can pair two of the speakers with Google's Google TV Streamer for something close to surround sound, although that option is not yet open to other products that look ready for it, such as TVs with Google TV built in. As before, you can still group speakers in the Google Home app and cast music or podcasts to them. The speaker supports the Thread and Matter standards, so it can act as a hub for setting up other Matter-enabled devices, and it runs Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4. On top sit capacitive touch controls, there are three far-field microphones for talking to Gemini, and crucially a hardware mute switch that physically stops Gemini from listening. Millions already on board, and a heating-up rivalry Kattukaran says that since Google opened early access to Gemini in Google Home last fall, more than 3.5 million homes across 20 countries and more than 10 languages have opted in. That flood of users brought tons of feedback and led to more than 2,500 bug fixes for Gemini and Google Home. Google is now pushing faster updates for fixes and features, and Kattukaran says most people use Gemini twice as much as they used Google Assistant, helped in part by a rough patch when several Assistant features broke during the move to Gemini. The timing matters. Apple is expected to launch a reworked smart speaker later this year, now that it appears to have cracked how to make Siri better, and with Alexa+ still rolling out to Echo devices a decade after they first appeared, the battle over the smart speaker is flaring up all over again. What this means for you • For buyers: The Google Home Speaker costs $100, with preorders from June 17 and sales from June 25, and buyers get six months of Google Home Premium free. • For everyday use: Gemini understands natural speech and several commands at once, but the hands-free Gemini Live chat needs a Google Home Premium subscription once the free period ends. Questions & Answers 1. How much does the Google Home Speaker cost and when can I buy it? It costs $100, with preorders starting June 17 and official sales beginning June 25. 2. What colors does the speaker come in? It comes in Berry, Jade, Hazel and Porcelain, though Berry and Jade are sold only in the US. 3. Do I need a subscription to use Gemini Live? Yes, Gemini Live requires a Google Home Premium subscription, but every speaker buyer gets six months of it free. 4. How many homes already use Gemini in Google Home? More than 3.5 million homes across 20 countries and more than 10 languages have opted in. https://trendkia.com/en/ai/gemini-vala-naya-google-home-speaker-a-gaya-kimata-100-dolara-aura-17-juna-se-pr-1519 TrendKia — Har trend, sabse pehle.