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Google Assistant has become the central focus for Google ever since their event in October of 2016. With the roll-out in full swing to many devices across multiple categories, Google Assistant is becoming extremely pervasive. The flagship device for Google Assistant, Google Home, is also powered by a varied version of Chrome OS. As we watch Assistant fully integrate into Chrome OS, we realize the Assitant story is just beginning.
In honor of all of the hard-working mothers and for Mother’s day, Google Assistant is picking up a handful of new and useful features. First, off, you’ll officially be able to utilize the popular Broadcast feature outside of your home to send quick voice announcements to family members! Previously, this feature was only possible on […]
Thanks to a post yesterday over at the official Google Developers Blog, we can feel quite certain that at least some of the ‘significant product updates and announcements’ Sundar Pichai referenced in the earnings call earlier this week will be Google Assistant and smart home related and will happen at the Day 2 Google I/O […]
Google’s latest smart display offers up some substantial upgrades over its predecessor, the original Nest Hub. I reviewed the Nest Hub Gen 2 a couple of weeks ago and all in all the sleep tracking works rather well despite being somewhat minimalistic. Even if you aren’t into Google “watching” you sleep, the audio boost that […]
Yesterday, we briefly discussed all of the fantastic changes Google has made in Chrome OS 90 including the new diagnostics and scanning apps, and live caption. This morning, I wanted to give some laser focus to the new enhancements that have been baked directly into your Chromebook’s launcher. By tapping or clicking the ‘Everything button’, […]
There is no shortage of great Google Assistant speaker options out there on the market to fit any budget or use case. Even now, you can score the premium Nest Audio by Google for the impressively low price of $79 and you’d be getting a seriously awesome speaker with all the features that come with […]
Google Cast has been life-changing for me. Not in any significant way, but the ability to send audio and video across my home and to different devices conditionally has certainly been transformative to my quality of life, and I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that way. However, despite being launched almost a decade ago, […]
Google’s 2020 hardware event brought us a good selection of new hardware out of Mountain View. While my favorite new #MadeByGoogle product is, without a doubt, the new Chromecast with Google TV, the Nest Audio comes in a close second and I don’t offer that praise lightly. The successor to the OG Google home brings […]
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This is the all-new second-generation Nest Hub from Google and while it may not look that different from the original Google smart display, there’s more here than meets the eye. Apart from the significantly cheaper debut price, the 2nd gen Nest Hub offers up some very useful features that might make you think twice about […]
Whoops! Google just sent out a Nest email yesterday that may have accidentally included its new ‘Pixel Buds A’. You know, the new earbuds that they’re developing with their newly acquired 3D audio company Dysonics? The buds that may have a sweet price thanks to their ‘A’ branding, and may completely fix the odd and […]
In an email that began going out last night to those signed up to the Google Store mailing list, Google is offering $10 off when you buy two Chromecast with Google TVs using their ‘Double the Entertainment Package’. For the price, this contains two of the company’s new Chromecast dongles with Google TV built-in, two […]
We’ve known for some time now that the Google Wifi app’s time was short. Last year, the company made mention that it had intentions to shift all of its features over to the Google Home application, and while pretty much all that process is nearly complete, the standalone Wifi app continued to exist alongside Home […]
In a new Youtube video, Google took time to bring attention to several new improvements to its smart home technology. Things like Guest Mode for the Nest Hub and other smart displays with Google Assistant built-in, tuning recommendations on Chromecast with Google TV with a simple thumbs up or down, hands-free controls for Assistant-enabled smart […]
