Since December, Google has been testing a Gemini-powered upgrade for Assistant on some Nest speakers. The Nest Audio is now using the Gemini colors, which raises some interesting branding questions.
In the past day, Nest Audio users enrolled in the Google Home Public Preview that have “Experimental AI features” enabled have noticed Gemini’s blue and purple color scheme on the four circular lights when issuing commands and receiving responses. This is in addition to the upgraded voices.
This is appearing on Nest Audio devices running Cast firmware 3.75.468348. There are no reports from the 2nd-gen Nest Mini, which might not have the hardware and is the other speaker eligible for the preview. Google has yet to test Gemini on Nest Hubs. (It will…