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Welcome back to 3 Tech Polls, HackerNoon's Weekly Newsletter that curates results from our Poll of the Week, and 2 related polls around the web. Thank you for having voted in our polls in the past.

This week's topic hit closer to home. Literally.

Google has been quietly but aggressively replacing Google Assistant with Gemini inside your house. The Spring 2026 update to Google Home brought along Gemini 3.1, and with it, something genuinely new: the ability to chain together complex, multi-step instructions in a single voice command. Then, in late April, Google went a step further, rolling out "continued conversation" so you don't even have to say "Hey Google" between follow-up questions. The microphone stays open, the context carries over, and it's supposed to feel less like barking commands at a device and more like talking to someone who actually gets what you mean.

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Sponsor Posts Niantic Spatial: World models need real-world data — Scaniverse is the gateway to spatial services — self-serve and built for AI and robotics. Large-area 3D reconstruction from 360° cameras and precise localization, anywhere machines operate. Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data