Google Home Smart Speaker with Gemini in Porcelain - GA09978-US

Google GA09978-US Home Smart Speaker with Gemini in Porcelain

Brilliant sound. Gemini magic. The Google Home Speaker GA09978-US in Porcelain is a smart speaker with Gemini for a more helpful home. Meet Google's most well-rounded speaker yet, bringing conversational assistance, entertainment and compatible smart-home control into one thoughtfully designed speaker. Ask quick questions, describe a song when its name escapes you, talk through a household task, or create and edit calendar invites and reminders by voice. With an eligible Google Home Premium plan, Gemini Live lets you speak naturally, interrupt, ask follow-up questions and change topics while the conversation unfolds.¹

That natural exchange makes hands-free help useful in more moments. Get an ingredient substitute while cooking, work through the next recipe step, riff on an idea, rehearse lines, memorize a speech, practice a language or learn a new skill. The speaker also works with Google Home as a hub for compatible Matter products, while its Thread border router helps bring supported smart-home devices together. With compatible Nest cameras and the applicable service, you can ask about captured footage or request a summary of what happened while you were away.² Broadcast helps share messages throughout the home, and family-friendly filters can block explicit content.

Entertainment sounds rich throughout the room thanks to omni-directional audio designed for consistent listening from every direction. Balanced acoustics complement music, movies, podcasts and audiobooks, while speaker groups can carry media across Nest speakers, Nest displays and Google Cast-enabled devices. Pair the Google Home Speaker with a Google TV Streamer to add spatial surround-sound audio to movie night.³ The Porcelain finish and 3D-knitted yarn wrap give the speaker a decorative presence, and a glow from underneath communicates when it is listening or speaking. On-device touch areas keep interaction close at hand, while a bottom hardware toggle provides a direct way to mute the microphones for extra privacy.

Key Features

Expert Advice. Hands-Free.

Gemini can provide practical guidance without pulling you away from what you are doing. Call on it for cooking assistance, step-by-step help around the house or support while working through a problem. It can also serve as a practice partner for a speech, a performance or a new language.

A Smarter Home at Your Command

Google Home Premium expands what voice control can do across supported devices. Help me create lets you describe the automation you want, while eligible sound detection can recognize events such as a smoke or carbon monoxide alarm or breaking glass. Advanced service capabilities add natural-language video-history search and Daily Summaries when paired with the required cameras and plan.

Seriously Good Sound. 360-Degree Around.

A 58 mm full-range driver sends sound outward through an omni-directional design instead of focusing it toward one listening position. The acoustic tuning is built to handle entertainment ranging from music to dialogue, and multi-room grouping coordinates playback with compatible Google Cast products.

Sustainable by Nature

The speaker is made with at least 37% recycled materials based on product weight. Its innovative yarn covering is constructed with a 3D knitting process designed to significantly reduce fabric waste, and the packaging is 100% plastic-free.

Designed for Interaction

Illumination beneath the speaker offers a clear visual cue during listening and speaking. Three capacitive touch areas provide direct on-device control, and the two-stage microphone switch uses hardware muting when you want the microphones off.

Features

• Gemini for Home
  Handles everyday questions and tasks through conversational voice assistance.
• Gemini Live
  An eligible Google Home Premium plan enables brainstorming, follow-up questions and guided learning.
• Hands-Free Productivity
  Finds songs from descriptions and manages calendar invitations and reminders by voice.
• Google Home Smart Control
  Controls compatible connected-home products through spoken requests.
• Matter Hub and Thread Border Router
  Connects supported Matter and Thread devices within Google Home.
• Camera Search and Daily Summaries
  Applicable plans and compatible Nest cameras enable spoken footage searches and activity recaps.
• 360-Degree Audio
  Distributes sound around the speaker for flexible placement and room-wide listening.
• Optimized Acoustics
  Balanced playback supports songs, movie sound, podcasts and audiobooks.
• Immersive Home Theater
  Pairing with a Google TV Streamer adds spatial surround-sound audio.
• Whole-Home Speaker Groups
  Shares media across compatible Nest and Google Cast-enabled speakers and displays.
• Broadcast and Parental Controls
  Sends household messages and supports family-friendly explicit-content filters.
• Interactive Lighting and Touch
  An underside glow shows speaker activity, while three touch areas offer local control.
• Physical Microphone Mute
  A bottom hardware switch turns off the microphones for added privacy.
• Thoughtful Materials
  Uses at least 37% recycled materials and a 3D-knitted yarn wrap that reduces fabric waste.
• Modern Wireless Connectivity
  Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and Voice Match support connected listening and personalized interaction.

Footnotes:

¹ Google Home Speaker requires the Google Home app, Wi-Fi and an internet connection for connected and Gemini features. Features are subject to change and are available only in select countries and languages. Gemini Live and other premium capabilities require the applicable Google Home Premium plan. Check responses for accuracy; results may vary.

² Camera-history search, summaries and related notifications require compatible Nest cameras or doorbells, the Google Home app, working internet, Wi-Fi and the applicable Google Home Premium plan.

³ Google TV Streamer and other compatible smart-home devices are sold separately.

The speaker and power adapter are not dust or water resistant and are designed for dry indoor use.

Maintain at least 20 cm between the device antenna and people during operation, and keep magnet-sensitive items at least 2 in away from the device.

Use only a USB-C PD-compliant charger or compatible accessory that meets Google's stated power requirements.