Google is back this week updating all of its Google Home-related products, from the app and Gemini for Home to the hardware it still supports. On the hardware side, we see updates for the Chromecast with Google TV, Nest Wi-Fi And Nest Wi-Fi Proand his Nest And Google Home Speakers.
These updates all feature several changes that do everything from bringing new Android security fixes to Google Home Platform updates and improved streaming performance. These look big.
In the streaming department, Google is offering updates to the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) and Chromecast with Google TV (HD). These updates bring the August Android security patch, fix numerous bugs and improve connectivity, media streaming and display performance.
For Nest WiFi and WiFi Pro devices, Google is doing things like improving mesh network resiliency and node configuration, tweaking mesh RSSI and client steering performance, and rolling out Google Home Platform updates with comprehensive security improvements.
Finally, for the Nest and Google Home speakers, Google says it has improved streaming performance across all of its speakers, adjusted the speaker pair’s volume (both at bass and minimum volume), improved local discovery in the Google Home app for speakers, fixed a Bluetooth audio streaming bug, fixed WiFi 7 issues, and more.
The list of changes is significant and can be viewed in full below.
As a reminder, you cannot manually update most of these devices. You can try doing this on your Chromecast with Google TV devices, but Nest and Google Home speakers usually update automatically behind the scenes.
Google TV Streamers
Software updates for Chromecast with Google TV (4K) and Chromecast with Google TV (HD):
- Android security patch level upgrade until August 2026
- Improvements to connectivity, media streaming, and display performance
- General bug fixes and system stability improvements
Nest Wi-Fi
- Nest Wifi router (2019) and Nest Wifi hotspot
- Improved mesh network resiliency and DNS fallback improvements
- Other stability and security vulnerability fixes
- Nest Wifi Pro
- Networking: Enabled automatic failover to ISP DNS when public DNS is blocked. Improved reliability of node configuration.
- Platform and Wireless: Optimized RSSI and client control performance, and improved stability of wpa_supplicant and DHCP clients.
- Ecosystem and security: Google Home Platform updates and comprehensive security enhancements.
Nest and Google Home speakers
- Audio playback: Improved streaming performance on Nest Audio, Google Home, and Google Home Mini for smoother audio playback.
- Adjusting the volume of the pair of speakers: Improved audio quality by reducing boomy bass and ensuring minimum volume levels remain clearly audible.
- Local network discovery: Improved, faster, and more reliable local device discovery in the Google Home app for Google Home Speaker, Google Nest Audio, and Google Nest Mini.
- Bluetooth audio streaming on resume: Fixed a bug where Bluetooth audio streaming from a laptop or connected device would automatically pause after receiving a “resume” voice command.
- Wi-Fi 7 Router Compatibility: Fixed setup and connection failures preventing smart speakers from connecting to Wi-Fi 7 hotspots using WPA3 security.
- Visibility of speaker groups and stereo pairs: Fixed an issue where stereo pairs and speaker groups could unexpectedly disappear or become undetectable in the Google Home app.
- Google Meet voice call controls: Fixed an issue preventing users from ending Google Meet calls using voice commands.
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