Gemini on Google Home just got way faster for common tasks in its latest update, and can now answer more useful questions without pushing you to the Home app — oh, and it'll finally tell you how to mix cocktails

• Google Home's new update is mostly about making Gemini more useful
• Google says you should notice much faster responses in key tasks
• More features for grown-ups unlocked too, including cocktail recipes

There's a new Google Home update available for your devices, and while the core app hasn't changed dramatically there are some useful improvements to Gemini.

I do wonder what demographic Google is targeting here, though: one of its suggested improvements is that you can now tell Gemini the name of your nanny so it can answer when you ask "if your nanny arrived".

The good news is that you don't need to have a Mary Poppins to take advantage of the Gemini improvements in early access, the first of which is very welcome: everything should be noticeably faster. The goal of this update was, Google says, "deeper personalization and faster response times ...