Gemini Integration: Google Home Rolls Out “Ask Home” (v3.41.50.3)

Google Home’s integration with Google AI “Gemini,” known as “Gemini for Home.”

While new Nest products equipped with “Gemini for Home” are scheduled to be announced on October 1, 2025 (Wednesday), it appears that an AI feature called “Ask Home,” integrated with “Gemini,” will also be rolled out to the Android version of the “Google Home” app. Various new features and changes related to “Ask Home” have been identified in the app code of the Android “Google Home” app version v3.41.50.3, released around September 23, 2025 (Tuesday).

In the Android “Google Home” app with “Gemini” integrated, an “Ask Home” search bar will be added to the app header, enabling users to ask questions and issue device control commands in natural conversation. Furthermore, “Ask Home” may also support the generation of “Routines (Automations).”

"Ask Home" Feature

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
    <data
        android:scheme="googlehome"
        android:host="askhome"
        android:pathPrefix="/summary"/>
</intent-filter>

<string name="ask_gemini_title">Ask Gemini</string>
<string name="ask_home_chat_placeholder">Ask %1$s</string>
<string name="app_header_search_bar_description">Ask about your home, %s</string>
<string name="app_header_search_bar_hint">ask about your home</string>
<string name="fsi_header_title">&lt;gemini&gt;Gemini&lt;/gemini&gt; for Home is coming soon</string>
<string name="universal_consent_gemini_title">Gemini for Home</string>

The Android “Google Home” app version v3.41.50.3 update also includes a new screen dedicated to the execution of “Routines (Automations).” This is expected to make it easier to grasp the status of routine execution and other related information.

"Ask Home" Feature

<activity
    android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.automation.execution.AutomationExecutionActivity"
    android:exported="false"/>

<string name="automation_execution_button_action_description">Start automation</string>
<string name="automation_execution_failed_snackbar_label">Couldn’t start routine</string>
<string name="automation_execution_loading_state_description">Starting</string>
<string name="automation_execution_success_state_description">Success</string>
<string name="automation_execution_success_with_disclaimer_state_description">Partial success</string>

The Android “Google Home” app version v3.41.50.3 update also indicates that “Google Nest Aware (Nest Aware),” the existing subscription-based monitoring service for Nest products, will be renamed to “Google Home Premium.”

<string name="concierge_title">Nest Aware</string>
<string name="device_settings_familiar_faces_not_subscribed_link_text">Learn about Nest Aware</string>

<string name="concierge_title">Google Home Premium</string>
<string name="concierge_v2_brand_name">Google Home Premium</string>
<string name="concierge_v2_advanced_subscription_brand_name">Google Home Premium Advanced</string>
<string name="concierge_v2_device_settings_familiar_faces_not_subscribed_link_text">Learn about Google Home Premium</string>

New items, “Public Preview” and “What’s new,” will be added to the app’s side menu. Users will be able to easily opt-in to the “Public Preview” to try out new features before their release from the Android “Google Home” app.

Additionally, it will be easier to check for new features for “Google Home” and other updates via “What’s new.”

<string name="drawer_item_public_preview">Public Preview</string>
<string name="drawer_item_whats_new">What's new</string>

The new features and changes such as “Ask Home” confirmed in the Android “Google Home” app version v3.41.50.3 update are likely to be publicly released around the time of the new Nest product announcement on October 1, 2025 (Wednesday).

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