Posted May 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTCJMore Google Home speakers could be on the way.While the Google Home Speaker was nowhere to be seen at I/O, the company did announce it’s getting back into the third-party smart speaker game. A new Speaker Reference Design will let manufacturers build Gemini-powered smart speakers, and rumors point to a Walmart Onn speaker being the first.Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
More Google Home speakers could be on the way.
While the Google Home Speaker was nowhere to be seen at I/O, the company did announce it’s getting back into the third-party smart speaker game. A new Speaker Reference Design will let manufacturers build Gemini-powered smart speakers, and rumors point to a Walmart Onn speaker being the first. Google also announced it’s letting companies bundle Google Home Premium subscriptions and integrate more Gemini for Home features into their apps. [Image: The as-yet-unreleased Google Home Speaker could be getting some friends. https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/IMG_0189.jpeg?quality=90&strip=all]
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