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The switch from Google Assistant to Gemini might kill Nest speakers and displays

Google Assistant losing features is bad news for smart home devices.

(Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)Google quietly set a precedent for how it plans to get Gemini on smart home products last year, and it's bad news for fans of Nest hardware. (Image credit: Android Central)Due to the age of Google Nest speakers and displays, they're starting to slow down, and features are beginning not to work as expected. (Image credit: Andrew Myrick / Android Central)If the option to switch to Gemini was available today for Nest hardware, Google's recent Assistant feature removals would be defensible.

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