- A Google executive has teased the imminent arrival of the new Google Home Speaker
- The new smart home hub can go on sale as early as next week
- It would be Google’s first smart speaker in six years
We’ve been waiting for Google to announce a new Google Home Speaker since the device was teased at the tech giant’s Made by Google event nearly a year ago, and now it looks like it could arrive — and within days.
In an email sent out yesterday (June 11) to Gemini for Home early access testers, Google thanked participants for their feedback, which it said resulted in over 2,500 bug fixes and a wider launch to 20 countries in 10 different languages. Google has also been consistent with software updates, which also saw the return of the much-loved Continued Conversation feature.
As noted by 9to5Google, Google Home & Nest Chief Product Officer Anish Kattukaran sent out the email to users with the following information:
“I’m writing to you from my living room, surrounded by the same speakers, screens, thermostats and cameras in many of your homes. With over 100 of my own smart home devices connected around me and my family, I’m acutely aware of the incredible potential and occasional downsides of living in a smart home”.
Since the early access program launched, it has received a staggering 3.5 million sign-ups from users wanting to get a taste of what the new Google Home Speaker will have to offer, and Kattukaran is still encouraging users to send feedback.
But he signed off his email with what looks a lot like confirmation that the new Google Home Speaker will be announced next week.
At the bottom of the email, Kattukaran says “to those of you who have been patiently waiting for a certain speaker… keep a close eye on your inbox next week,” which I think can only refer to the launch of a new Google Home Speaker.
I imagine you, like us, have also been keeping your eyes open for signs of the new speaker since the company officially announced it in October 2025.
At the time, Google teased a “spring 2026” release date, and it could still meet that deadline, technically, since while most people go by the meteorological definition of spring, which is March-May in the Northern Hemisphere, astronomical spring doesn’t end until June 21.
As of now, the new Google Home speaker is prominently featured in the Google Store, where you can sign up to be notified by email when it goes on sale — and we’ve got a tip on when that might be. Best Buy Canada recently slipped up when it listed the device alongside a June 25 release date label.
Soon after, Nest Mini and Nest Audio speakers began mysteriously disappearing from the Google Store and third-party retailers, hinting that a new speaker was on the way.
It’s been six years since Google came out with Nest Audio, and a lot has changed in the realm of the best smart home devices on both the hardware and software fronts, so the bar has been set high. But from the feedback from Gemini for home users and the list of device features in the Google Store, there’s a chance that Google could actually knock this one out of the park.
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