Today, I realized I had reached my absolute tipping point when I realized it was December 7. Google started rolling out. It’s Gemini for home very early October. I had immediately applied and had ostensibly been granted early access. This was important to me because I pay for hey Google One Pro pkg where I find myself relying heavily on Gemini on my phone. Since I work remotely at home, it would be nice to be able to ask simple questions on one of my TVs, Both of which are recent Google TVs and one of them has a Google TV streamer 4K. I have read every post and FAQ from Google, which has said to await an email. I actually got an email saying that Google for home had arrived for me and I received a corresponding update to my Google Home app on my iPhone. However, none of my several Google devices seem to be updated. I knew that my two Google TVs would likely take longer, so I was focusing on the Google TV streamer 4K as that would seem to be logically a device to be updated before some of these random older speakers. But no, I was in an area of my home today where I have a Google nest mini and for some reason, I asked it if it had Gemini yet and it said yes. I don’t remember when I bought the mini speaker, but it was eons ago. I know that the features don’t transfer one to one from the Gemini capabilities on the phone to the smart home, but I was unimpressed with the trouble my speaker had with incredibly basic questions. I felt like Siri had kidnapped my speaker. I would rather go back to the voice assistant. it tried to Sound more conversational, but it lacked all of the nuance of any sophisticated AI. Anyway, it has made me even more annoyed that a product that I have owned under a year and it has only been released for about a year is Perhaps very low in priority to Google. I hope I am wrong and that some of you are enjoying your streamer with Google for TV. Please let me know because Apple managed to set one day and rolled out its feature-packed OS. We’re talking about an update to add one feature, a significant feature, but this is not OS 26. though I am deep into the Google ecosystem, this rollout has been a disaster because no one should have to keep weekly track of which devices are being updated only to find answers such as sometime that’s November or December or this winter or early next year. I am keeping the faith that one of you out there will respond with good news that you have gotten your update and that you are satisfied with it. I can only imagine that the technology and the streamer for surpasses that of my mini speaker from five years ago and that is why it couldn’t barely schedule a reminder for me. So please, let me hear from you so that I can rest. I was absolutely sure that I was going to upgrade my next TV to a Google TV but I am having serious doubts now. It’s already difficult enough dealing with flaky manufacturers, I do not have the patience to deal with Google‘s flaky priorities. Thanks so much for your help guys!
