Google opens Gemini for Home to partners, and AT&T already uses it in its security app

Google announced on May 21, 2026, that service providers and hardware partners can use Gemini for Home and features from Google Home Premium in their own products. It happens through Google Home APIs, which are technical interfaces that let other companies connect to Google's services.

According to Google, U.S. carrier AT&T is already using the new APIs to build Gemini into its Connected Life app and its security service. Google's blog does not say when the integration is or will be available to customers.

What can it do?

Google names three features that providers can offer through Google Home Premium: daily summaries of what is happening in the home, deterrence through simulated presence, and proactive protection through camera intelligence.

According to AT&T's product page, better insights from cameras and doorbells, more detailed alerts, daily Home Brief summaries and searchable video history are features of Connected Life with Gemini.

The ability to tell people, animals, packages and vehicles apart, to search camera history using plain language and to create routines by describing them in everyday terms comes solely from the tech site ModemGuides. It has not been confirmed by Google or AT&T.

Pricing

According to AT&T's product page, Connected Life has two tiers. Essential costs $15.99 a month and includes self-monitoring and 30 days of video history. Professional costs $29.99 a month and includes 24/7 monitoring, 60 days of history and 10 days of continuous recording.

Essential includes a Google Home Premium Standard subscription, while Professional includes Google Home Premium Advanced.

According to AT&T's product page, the equipment packages range from $199 (Starter) to $699 (Advanced). They consist of Google Nest hardware such as doorbells, outdoor cameras and the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th generation). All packages include a security hub with battery and cellular backup from AT&T.

A step for providers

According to ModemGuides, Connected Life launched in late 2025 and does not require AT&T internet or a mobile plan. ModemGuides writes that this is the first time a major U.S. internet provider has built an AI assistant into the security solution it delivers to customers, and calls AT&T the launch partner for Google's newly opened APIs. The "first" claim comes solely from ModemGuides and has not been confirmed by Google or AT&T.

For readers, this means smart home AI features may increasingly come through the companies they already buy internet or security from, and not only through Google's own products.