Google started taking pre-orders for its redesigned $100 Home speaker that features 360-degree audio, a recycled-fabric shell in four colors and Gemini as the default voice assistant. A Google Home Premium subscription is reportedly required to unlock Gemini Live, advanced automation and AI-generated home summaries.
The speaker shifts to 360-degree audio in a compact design.
Gemini becomes the primary assistant replacing Google Assistant.
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Google is beginning to roll out Personal Intelligence in Gemini to Android Auto today, with cars that have Google built-in following in the next few months. The feature is off by default and lets Gemini use data from apps like Gmail and Calendar to answer driving requests.
Google made Gemini 4 Argon available worldwide on October 13 for Pro and Ultra subscribers as well as API users. The move includes Pro access not mentioned in earlier plans and adds openings for new partners plus researchers.
Google says it is launching a Knowledge Work layout in Antigravity for research, documents, and other non-code work, on the same agent as the coding interface.
AMD said 5th Gen EPYC processors are powering the host infrastructure for Google Cloud TPU 8tx. A market report said the shares rose 13.3% on Monday.
