Google Home Gets ‘Live Search,’ Letting Gemini Analyze Your Cameras Live

Google Home Gets ‘Live Search,’ Letting Gemini Analyze Your Cameras Live

By Aminu Abdullahi
Publication Date: 2026-03-04 19:00:00

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Your smart home is finally starting to see the world the way you do. 

Google is rolling out a major update to its Home ecosystem, headlined by a feature called Live Search that lets Gemini AI analyze your camera feeds in real time. Instead of scrolling through grainy clips of things that already happened, you can now treat your cameras like a visual search engine.

The standout addition, confirmed by Anish Kattukaran, chief product officer for Gemini for Home, allows users to ask about their property’s current state.

“For our Google Home Premium advanced subscribers, we are introducing ‘Live Search’ for your cameras (vs. just asking about things that have already happened),” Kattukaran shared on X. “You can now ask Gemini to understand the current state of your home. e.g., ‘Hey Google, is…