One of the world's largest technology companies is making Texas a priority in 2025, and that includes bringing retail to the Lone Star State. Google will reportedly open its seventh Google Store location at 11701 Domain Blvd.

Google is starting to tease a “Google Domain Northside” retail location in Austin, Texas, which will mark its seventh U.S. store.

Google is bringing smart home controls in Gemini to everyone. The Google Home extension in the Gemini app is adding a few new features, in addition to letting you adjust your smart lighting, thermostat, speakers, and other compatible devices as long as they’re connected to your Google account.

Rolling out to all users this week, the new integration lets you ask the AI bot to turn lights on or off or control other smart devices.

Google wants Gemini to control your smart home devices and has upgraded the Gemini app with a new Google Home extension to manage all of your connected devices the same way you'd