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Google Home will soon get better at recognizing you

Google’s smart home AI will be able to use clothing to identify people and recognize specific sounds caught on camera.

by Stevie Bonifield

Jun 23, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

Stevie Bonifield is a news writer covering all things consumer tech. Stevie started out at Laptop Mag writing news and reviews on hardware, gaming, and AI.

A new update for Google Home could make it less likely your smart home cameras mistake you for someone else, just because you’re facing away from the camera. Starting June 23rd, Google’s expanding its facial recognition feature so that people you’ve tagged in your Familiar Faces library can continue to be identified when their faces aren’t clearly visible, using “additional non-biometric signals (body size, clothing color, etc.).”

The Familiar Faces library will also begin automatically updating with the most recent images of everyone in your house, so you...

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