Google Home's Gemini 3.1 handles multi-step voice commands
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- Google updated Gemini for Home to Gemini 3.1, enabling the smart home assistant to complete more complex, multi-step tasks and combine multiple requests in a single voice command.
- The Gemini 3.1 upgrade improves handling of recurring and all-day events and allows users to "move around" upcoming events, Google said.
- Google's announcement follows last month's Gemini for Home improvements to natural language understanding and device identification, and comes amid reports of bugs including the assistant confusing different animals in camera footage and struggling with accuracy in activity summaries.
- Google announced new camera experience improvements and new automation capabilities alongside the Gemini upgrade.
- Google is launching two public previews: Ask Home on Web, which lets users manage their smart home from a computer including searching camera history with natural language, checking devices, and creating automations; and an improved notifications feature with "quick action" buttons for device control directly in the notification.
Why it matters: For Google Home users, the Gemini 3.1 upgrade means the assistant can now juggle multi-step voice commands and manage recurring events, directly addressing prior complaints about bugs in device identification and activity summaries. The rollout of Ask Home on Web and improved quick-action notifications expands smart home control beyond voice speakers and mobile, giving users more entry points to manage devices.
