Is Google’s New Smart Speaker a Game-Changer?

Discover Google’s brand-new Google Home smart speaker powered by Gemini AI, replacing Google Assistant with next-level conversational capabilities. We dive into its new design, audio upgrades, subscription model, and why this release is bigger than Google admits. In this episode, Steven Scott and Shaun Preece explore Google’s unexpected launch of its first Gemini-powered smart speaker. They trace the evolution from the original Google Home in 2016/2017 to the Nest Audio in 2020, and now to this new AI-driven device shipping on 25 June 2026. The conversation covers the speaker’s mushroom-like form factor, 360-degree single-driver audio, and the in...