(Credit: Will Greenwald)
Google’s biggest smart home announcement today might be all about Gemini coming to virtually every device the company has put out in the last decade, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t new hardware coming, too. Google just revealed four new Google Home devices: three Nest cameras and a smart speaker.
Nest Goes 2K
(Credit: Will Greenwald)The third-gen wired Nest Cam Indoor, second-gen wired Nest Cam Outdoor, and third-gen Nest Doorbell are exactly what they sound like: Updated versions of the last wired Nest Cam Indoor, wired Nest Cam Outdoor, and Nest Doorbell.
The two security cameras boast 2K (2,560 by 1,440) resolution, a significant upgrade over the 1080p video (1,920 by 1,080) of the Nest Cams they replace. The new Nest Doorbell also features what Google calls 2K resolution, but in a square 2,048-by-2,048 orientation, which is a significant leap over the previous Nest Doorbell’s 960-by-1,280 resolution.
They also feature wider fields of view: The Nest Cams’ lenses cover 152 degrees, up from 135 degrees on the second-generation Nest Cam Indoor and 130 degrees on the first-generation Nest Cam Outdoor, and the new Nest Doorbell’s lens can see 166 degrees, up from its predecessor’s 145 degrees.
According to Google, all three devices have better night vision than the previous models, with 120% more sensitivity to light. That should mean they can provide color views for longer before having to switch to monochrome, infrared-illuminated night vision due to low light.
The three new Nest devices start shipping today. The Nest Cam Indoor will retail for $99.99, the Nest Cam Outdoor for $149.99, and the Nest Doorbell for $179.99.
A New Smart Speaker for Next Year
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Google also announced a new smart speaker, the obviously named Google Home Speaker. The $99.99 device replaces the Nest Audio and boasts a vertically firing driver that sounds consistent no matter where you're standing. You can also pair two Google Home Speakers with a Google TV Streamer to enjoy stereo sound on your TV, a feature similar to but much simpler than the Alexa Home Theater configurations Amazon announced yesterday for its Fire TV sticks and Echo speakers.
We won’t hear anything from the Google Home Speaker for a while; it doesn’t come out until spring 2026. Google didn’t announce any other smart speakers or new smart displays. This makes some measure of sense, since the announcement of Gemini AI emphasizes that it will work on virtually every Nest and Google device made since the 2015 Nest Cam. The big news is the AI platform, and the new hardware is almost an afterthought.
Want Cheaper Cameras With Gemini? Try Onn.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Outside of Google-made products, though, the company announced two other third-party devices. Walmart’s onn brand is also launching its own budget-priced onn Indoor Cam Wired ($22.96) and onn Video Doorbell Wired ($48.96). They’re lower-end home security products with 1080p resolutions, but they have access to the same Gemini for Home features the Nest cameras and doorbell have, with a Google Home Premium subscription. They come out today, along with the Nest devices.
This isn’t the first time Walmart has made a budget-priced, Google-powered smart home device. The Onn 4K Pro media streamer utilizes Google TV and features a hands-free Google Assistant, filling the $50 Google TV streamer-shaped hole left by the Chromecast and previously left empty by the twice-as-expensive Google TV Streamer. That’s why it earned our Editors’ Choice for media streamers. The hands-free Google Assistant will become hands-free Gemini in the future with an update planned later this year or early next year.