After months of waiting and a tease from the Chief Product Officer just last week, the new Google Home Speaker is officially here and available for pre-order now. Priced at $99.99 and hitting shelves on June 25, this device is built from the ground up to be the first audio hub powered entirely by … [Read more...] about Google officially launches the new $99 Google Home Speaker with Gemini built-in
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Walmart’s new Onn Floodlight Camera comes with full Google Home integration and is only $77
Walmart is expanding their presence in the third-party Google Home ecosystem, yet again. Just a short time after releasing the budget-friendly $35 Onn Outdoor Camera, the retailer has officially launched a more robust option for those who want some extra security. The new Onn Outdoor Floodlight … [Read more...] about Walmart’s new Onn Floodlight Camera comes with full Google Home integration and is only $77
Google’s Chief Product Officer teases a Google Home Speaker announcement coming this week
The wait for Google’s next-generation smart speaker appears to be coming to an end very soon. In an email sent out last week to participants of the Gemini for Home early access program, Google strongly hinted that a Google Home Speaker announcement is just days away. The email, authored by Anish … [Read more...] about Google’s Chief Product Officer teases a Google Home Speaker announcement coming this week
Gemini for Google TV is gaining hands-free settings control for TV hardware
Google’s ongoing push to integrate Gemini into the Google TV ecosystem is moving past basic movie recommendations and into actual hardware management. While we’ve seen generative AI features start to clean up content discovery on premium streaming boxes like the Google TV Streamer, a new update is … [Read more...] about Gemini for Google TV is gaining hands-free settings control for TV hardware
Gemini in Chrome officially expands its global footprint to Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East
Google's push to make its Gemini in Chrome a global utility is taking a big step forward. Over the last several months, we’ve seen Gemini in Chrome roll out in waves, giving desktop and iOS (and soon, Android) users a quick way to summarize long articles, compare specs across chaotic tabs, and … [Read more...] about Gemini in Chrome officially expands its global footprint to Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East
Google adds a persistent Gemini in Chrome button on Chromebook Plus
If you’ve been utilizing Google’s new-ish Gemini in Chrome feature, you know the browser-bound side panel has quickly become one of the handiest ways to look up, summarize, and cross-reference information while you surf the web. But up until recently, that utility was strictly chained to the active … [Read more...] about Google adds a persistent Gemini in Chrome button on Chromebook Plus
Nest Audio and Mini stock dries up ahead of the new Google Home Speaker launch
For anyone keeping a close eye on Google's hardware ecosystem, you might have noticed inventory for the aging Nest Audio and the entry-level Nest Mini is rapidly drying up. These older devices are currently showing as out of stock or completely unavailable at key retailers, including the official … [Read more...] about Nest Audio and Mini stock dries up ahead of the new Google Home Speaker launch
NotebookLM gets a massive upgrade powered by Gemini 3.5
Google’s once-experimental research assistant is growing up fast. What started out as a clever Google Labs project to help users parse their own notes and documents has quickly evolved into an indispensable knowledge partner for millions of researchers, students, and professionals. If you’ve been … [Read more...] about NotebookLM gets a massive upgrade powered by Gemini 3.5
Here’s why Google’s new Gemma 4 12B model is a game-changer
If you feel like you need a data science degree just to keep track of Google’s AI announcements lately, you are definitely not alone. Between the growing library of AI tools in Google's every-expanding toolbox, the ability for most people to sort the branding on the surface of it all is getting more … [Read more...] about Here’s why Google’s new Gemma 4 12B model is a game-changer
Google brings its AI to budget hardware with the launch of Gemini Go
Google’s ongoing push to integrate Gemini into every corner of the Android world just crossed a major new frontier. For a long time, the latest AI features have been heavily gated by hardware specifications, usually requiring premium flagship processors and healthy amounts of RAM to function … [Read more...] about Google brings its AI to budget hardware with the launch of Gemini Go
Google officially launches Gemini-powered file organization in Drive
If you are anything like me, your Google Drive has a nasty habit of turning into a digital junk drawer. You start a quick project, save a loose document to your main directory, tell yourself you'll organize it later, and before you know it, you are staring at a screen crowded with clutter. Moving … [Read more...] about Google officially launches Gemini-powered file organization in Drive
I just ‘vibe coded’ a perfect WordPress plugin, and I can’t wait to do it again
If you’ve spent any significant amount of time managing a self-hosted WordPress site, you likely know the familiar, exhausting cycle of the plugin hunt. You have a very specific, relatively simple problem you need to solve. You head to the plugin repository, download three or four different options, … [Read more...] about I just ‘vibe coded’ a perfect WordPress plugin, and I can’t wait to do it again
