Google Gemini Home Speaker lands June 25 for $99.99

Google’s new Gemini Home Speaker ships June 25 for $99.99.

Google will start selling its first new smart speaker in six years on June 25, with the Google Gemini Home Speaker priced at $99.99 and available for preorder now. The device is the first Google audio product built around Gemini for Home, and it doubles as a smart-home hub with subscription-gated AI features.

What changed

The speaker moves Google Home from fixed voice commands toward a more conversational assistant. Gemini for Home can handle corrections mid-command, follow-up questions, and combined requests, such as changing lights and music at the same time.

Google also tied the launch to its subscription model. Buyers get six months of Google Home Premium and three months of YouTube Premium after activation, but the more advanced Gemini features sit behind Home Premium once the trial ends.

• Basic Gemini for Home functions include quick answers, media control, timers, and standard smart-home commands.
• Home Premium Standard costs $10 per month or $100 per year.
• Home Premium Advanced costs $20 per month or $200 per year.
• Premium unlocks Gemini Live, AI camera notifications, camera-history search, Home Brief summaries, and advanced automation.

Why it matters

The device is not just a speaker. It is also a hub for Matter devices, Thread 1.3 border-router support, Google TV Streamer integration, and stereo pairing, which makes it more useful for homes already built around Google hardware.

Google says the delay helped cut smart-home and media command latency by up to 40%, while also fixing more than 2,500 reported issues and shipping more than 50 improvements. That matters because voice assistants are now competing on response quality, not just features.

The hardware details reinforce the smart-home pitch: 360-degree audio, a physical mic mute switch, wake-word support for “Hey Google” and “OK Google,” and a light ring that shows when the speaker is listening, thinking, or replying. WIRED also reported four colors, with Jade and Berry limited to the U.S. Google Store.

For developers and device makers, the launch is a sign that Gemini is moving deeper into connected-home products, where subscription revenue, latency, and device compatibility can matter as much as model quality.

The key question is whether users will pay for better home automation once the trial ends, or keep the speaker on its free tier and use it like a standard Google Assistant replacement.