In recent days, some Reddit and Social networks report that their nest speakers have changed the color of the lights; Now they are blue and purple or purpleInstead of the white lights they had so far. But this is not an error, but the first step of a great revolution in intelligent speakers.
Recall that Google has announced the end of the Google assistant, which has so far been present in the vast majority of Android mobiles and smart devices; The nesting speakers use the assistant to understand the user commands and respond with what they need, similar to the way Apple Homepod uses Siri. However, the virtual participants sector has changed a lot in just one year.
The arrival of generative AI led to a revolution in the technological sector and revealed the limits of current virtual assistants. Google realized that you cannot continue to bet on the assistant, and You will eliminate it from your products throughout this 2025Both in mobile Android and cars with Android Auto and Televiving with Google TV.
The substitute for the Google assistant will be Gemini, and this is how the change that users see in their Nest speakers are explained. Blue and purple are the colors of the Gemini brandLike any user who tried AI knows it on his mobile; In other words, the nest speakers change color to indicate that they will use the Gemini for the answers, instead of the Google assistant.
However, it should be noted that Nest speakers still use the Google assistant; The color of the lights is not associated with AI. In other words, it is a progressive transition, in which Google will little change the elements; The fact that it first changes the lights of Nest speakers are logical because it is a simple change with little consequences, and this will also help users to be used.
Currently, Nest audio devices are the first to go to new lights, although some users are also looking at them on their second generation mini-apparently. It is expected that most nest devices jump to Gemini, although we have to remember that Google has done “cleaning”, discouraging several Nest products and announcing the end of sales in Europe and the rest of Europe of Nest thermostats.
One thing that all users who see change are in common is that they live in the United States, so it seems that it has not yet been activated in Europe and in the rest of the world; In addition, these users highlighted Google's experimental functions and, therefore, the vast majority of people continue to see white lights on their nest devices.
