Google Home is rolling out its new ‘Home Brief’ widget

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Key Points of This Article

• The v4.1.55.1 update for the Google Home app for Android was rolled out around Thursday, October 23, 2025.
• Analysis of the in-app code confirmed references to the rollout of a new “Home Brief” widget.
• It appears that the new “Home Brief” widget will be rolled out in conjunction with the official launch of “Gemini for Home.”

The v4.1.55.1 update for the Android version of Google’s smart home service app, “Google Home,” began rolling out around Thursday, October 23, 2025.

An analysis of the in-app code of this Android “Google Home” app v4.1.55.1 update confirmed that it contains many new features to be rolled out in the future, including enhanced integration with sensors such as air quality, water leak, and rain sensors, as well as references to the Google AI “Gemini” integration feature, “Gemini for Home.” Among these findings, we also confirmed mentions of the rollout of a new “Home Brief” widget.

The “Google Home” app for Android currently offers a “Favorites” widget, but it appears that a new “Home Brief” widget will also be rolled out to coincide with the official launch of “Gemini for Home.”

A5: The “Google Home Premium” membership allows access to additional features such as the conversational AI “Gemini Live,” generating “Routines” through conversations in “Ask Home,” and for “Gemini for Home” compatible smart cameras, features like AI event descriptions, AI notifications, the “Home Brief,” and searching for video clips through conversations in “Ask Home.”

<activity android:theme="@style/TransparentDialogTheme" android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.appwidget.actionexecutionsheet.ActionExecutionSheetActivity" android:exported="false" android:excludeFromRecents="true" android:launchMode="singleInstance"/>
        <receiver android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.appwidget.enabler.WidgetEnablerReceiver" android:exported="false">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MY_PACKAGE_REPLACED"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>
        <receiver android:label="@string/widget_home_title" android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.appwidget.favorites.FavoritesWidgetReceiver" android:enabled="@bool/is_favorites_widget_enabled" android:exported="false">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE"/>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.LOCALE_CHANGED"/>
            </intent-filter>
            <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/favorites_widget_info"/>
        </receiver>
        <activity android:theme="@style/Widget.Glance.AppWidget.CallbackTrampoline" android:name="androidx.glance.appwidget.action.InvisibleActionTrampolineActivity" android:enabled="true" android:exported="false" android:taskAffinity="" android:launchMode="singleInstance" android:noHistory="true"/>
        <activity android:theme="@style/TransparentDialogTheme" android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.appwidget.feedbackdialog.FeedbackDialogActivity" android:exported="false" android:excludeFromRecents="true" android:launchMode="singleInstance"/>
        <receiver android:label="@string/home_summary_widget_title" android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.appwidget.homesummary.HomeSummaryWidgetReceiver" android:enabled="false" android:exported="false">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE"/>
                <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_DELETED"/>
                <action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_ENABLED"/>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.LOCALE_CHANGED"/>
            </intent-filter>
            <meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider" android:resource="@xml/home_summary_widget_info"/>
        </receiver>
        <receiver android:label="Widget Pin Broadcast Receiver" android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.appwidget.pinner.WidgetPinBroadcastReceiver" android:enabled="true" android:exported="false">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="com.google.android.apps.chromecast.app.WIDGET_PINNED"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

<string name="appwidget_setup_change_account_default_description">Change the home</string>
    <string name="appwidget_setup_change_account_title">Choose home</string>
    <string name="home_summary_widget_description">Check in on your home at a glance</string>
    <string name="home_summary_widget_title">Home summary</string>
    <string name="widget_home_title">Google Home</string>

Incidentally, the “Home Brief” is a key feature of the new generation of “Google Home,” which has been revamped with the integration of Google AI “Gemini.” It is a function that summarizes and displays the day’s smart home service activities. However, since this will be a feature for members of the “Google Home Premium” subscription service, it is expected that the new “Home Brief” widget will also be available to “Google Home Premium” members.

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