Google is bringing smart home controls in Gemini to everyone. The Google Home extension in the Gemini app is adding a few new features, in addition to letting you adjust your smart lighting, thermostat, speakers, and other compatible devices as long as they’re connected to your Google account.

Google Home Gemini extension is rolling out to all users for simplified smart home control. Gemini allows natural language commands for smart home devices, such as lights and thermostats. You can now also use Gemini to control non-sensitive smart home devices from the lock screen.

The Google Home Gemini Extension is now rolling out to all users. It will be fully available over the coming weeks.

At Samsung Unpacked S25, Samsung showed off an AI-curated “Now Brief” that transforms the lock screen into a daily report.

We got a first look at the Galaxy S25 line and learned about Samsung -- and Google's -- AI advancements. Samsung's putting a lot more eggs in its AI basket this year, offering minimal hardware updates in favor of embedding the capabilities more deeply into its Samsung One UI 7 ( in beta since early December) and Android 15.