The all-new Google Home speaker has finally arrived for $100

Google is betting generative AI can breathe new life into the smart speaker. The company's new $99.99 Google Home Speaker replaces the rigid commands of the Google Assistant era with more conversational Gemini interactions.

Good things take time, but not all things that take time are good. The jury is still out on the Google Home Speaker, but it certainly took a while to arrive. After announcing its new speaker last August, Google finally has a release date. The company's first new smart home speaker in years will launch on June 25, and you can preorder it today for $99.99 . The generically named Google Home Speaker is Google's first home audio device in almost six years. The last one was the Nest Audio , which debuted back in September 2020. The new device is small and round - an oblate spheroid, technically.

Arriving six years after Google’s last smart speaker, the new HomePod-style device was redesigned to play host to Gemini’s chatbot.