Google Home voice commands should be ‘snappier’ with fewer errors in new update

Google Home is rolling out more updates to address ongoing issues with voice commands, with the latest fixes apparently making everything “snappier” and less prone to errors.

Gemini for Home started rolling out in early access last year and, while it does indeed deliver a bunch of extra functionality, it hasn’t been the revolutionary update that many were hoping for after years of a crumbling Google Assistant. But Google has continually been working on this and is now rolling out another update to voice commands that should bring “noticeable” improvements.

Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran revealed on Twitter/X that a “major under-the-hood” update for Google Home voice commands has just finished rolling out which was “targeting hundreds of your most common smart home device commands” in an effort to speed up latency.

Kattukaran explains:

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We’ve slashed latency by 30%-40% for these top…