, rather than the usual white LEDs, on their Nest Audio speakers,
Gemini is getting colorful on Nest speakers.
Some Reddit users are reporting seeing a blue-and-purple gradient 9to5Google reports. My colleague Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is seeing the same.
It's the color scheme for Gemini, Google's AI assistant that it's slowly replacing Google Assistant with. The company started testing Gemini on its Nest smart speakers in December. You need be enrolled in the Google Home Public Preview and opt into experimental AI features to try it out.
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