Google Home Can Now Control Belkin WeMo and Honeywell Devices
Google Home is a tough contender for the Amazon Echo, but it launched with much less third-party support. Now, the company’s added Belkin WeMo...
Google Smart Display – The New Smart Assistant That Shows You Everything
It was about time for Google to step up and bring it’s smart AI assistant Google Now on a new device, one that embeds...
Google’s smart home sell looks cluttered and incoherent
If any aliens or technology ingenues were trying to understand what on earth a ‘smart home’ is yesterday, via Google’s latest own-brand hardware...
Did Google Finally Fix the Smart Home?
The Home Hub appeared at this week’s Made by Google event like a dessert you forgot to order. Sure, there were plenty of rumors...
How to Create Automated Daily Routines on Your Android
I’ve been using daily routines with my smart speaker ever since Amazon rolled them out for its Echo devices. And I don’t trigger chained...
Collaborating on the future of audio news for the Assistant
For the past century, radio has been a one-size-fits-all medium. Turn on the radio and you’re dropped into a show at a moment in...
Say “G’day” and “Cheerio” to new accents for your Google Assistant
Starting today, if you’re an English speaker in the U.S., you can choose between an Australian-accented voice and a British-accented voice for your Google...
How the Google Assistant masters conversations—and you can, too
Heading home for the holidays? Here’s hoping it’ll be a joyous reunion with friends and family, with plenty of cookies to go around. But...
Here’s how the Google Assistant became more helpful in 2018
In 2018, the Google Assistant learned to speak new languages (Nǐ hǎo!), expanded to new regions (like the Netherlands, Indonesia and Turkey), and became...
Two new ways the Google Assistant can help with an upcoming trip
The start of a new year is a great time to de-stress from the holidays and plan vacations for the year. While we can’t...