Google Home Spring 2026 Update: Gemini 3.1 Upgrade, Modernized Camera UI, and Web Controls

Google rolled out its Spring 2026 Google Home update on May 5, upgrading the Home voice assistant to Gemini 3.1 with advanced reasoning for complex multi-step commands. Users can now combine tasks like adding items and updating lists in a single command. The update includes a modernized camera UI with faster navigation, smooth video scrubbing, and zoomed-in alert previews. 'Ask Home' is coming to home.google.com for web-based camera history search and automation creation. Quick Action Notifications let users control devices directly from phone notifications, and Automatic Home Switching detects and switches home profiles based on context. Expanded automation traits cover robot vacuums, kitchen appliances, and device battery monitoring.