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Gemini for Home still isn’t officially rolled out, but there’s a workaround floating around that lets you access part of the Gemini experience early: the upgraded Gemini voice pack, which is normally tied to the upcoming Home assistant revamp. On your phone, pop this into your browser: googlehome://assistant/voice/setup This deep-link forces the Google Home app to launch the new Voice Setup UI — the same one Google is reserving for the Gemini transition. If you’re using Chrome, pick the second option when it appears. The first one is just a Google search. You might see a “Continue to Home?” prompt,  hit Continue. You’re immediately given a choice of ten new voices, polished, ultra-natural, and clearly modeled after the more expressive Gemini TTS engine: Amaryllis – soft, airy, almost therapeutic Calathea – deeper, grounded Croton – bright, youthful Yarrow – calm, articulate They have that Gemini warmth, the same energy Google used in its AI Studio demos, not the old rob...

Sideload apk's on Oculus Go

Prerequisites





You'll also need a PC, with adb setup (platform tools) and a micro USB cable



Enable developer options in the oculus app by going to settings> device> headset settings> enable developer options

Plug the headset into a USB 3.0 socket on you're PC and allow USB debugging on the headset



Extract the platform tools zip file on your PC 

Open a terminal and type 

adb devices 

You're headset should show as a string of numbers in the terminal. If it doesn't, update the driver in device manager in windows with the oculus USB driver.

Note: the oculus go sdk version is 25 , or android 7, check the Android API in the APK package you downloaded

adb install "app.apk" 




Tip: right-click on the apk you want to install and in the context menu, tap on 'copy as path' 

If there's an error that there is multiple adb devices connected, check in the terminal. Windows subsystem for android can possibly come up in terminal along with the headset

The apps you install will be in your library under 'unknown sources'

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