Google Assistant is becoming increasingly useful in our lives, seemingly by the day. Not only can it book appointments for with through Duplex while sounding completely human, but it can also perform Voice Commands inside of your Android apps and this is a big deal for many reasons. You can now open … [Read more...] about Google Assistant adds Voice Commands to Android apps so our digital lives can become less mechanical
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Google Assistant may soon integrate your health apps and show you fitness and sleep suggestions
In their latest APK Insights of the Google app v11.31 beta, 9to5Google has found evidence that the fitness and sleep data from your favorite apps may soon be integrated into Google Assistant to provide "proactive health and fitness results". I love logging my sleep, weight and steps in Google Fit … [Read more...] about Google Assistant may soon integrate your health apps and show you fitness and sleep suggestions
Google Assistant is receiving more natural sounding voice models again
Google just added two new natural language Assistant voices to their platform so that developers can deliver higher quality experiences to their users. The two new English-speaking voices come as an updated to their prosody model. You can listen to one of them below to get a sense for how different … [Read more...] about Google Assistant is receiving more natural sounding voice models again
Google Assistant update adds accessibility features for Tobii Dynavox screens
Assistive technologies are more important now than ever. With overwhelming amounts of hardware and software innovations being created each year - like smart TVs, home appliances, lights, thermostats and more - one missing piece of the puzzle has been how those who may have difficulty interacting … [Read more...] about Google Assistant update adds accessibility features for Tobii Dynavox screens
Lenovo’s Essential Smart Clock w/Google Assistant just arrived at Best Buy
At the end of August, Lenovo announced a variety of new devices, and in the mix was a new addition to the company's smart home lineup. The Lenovo Smart Clock Essential forgoes an interactive display in favor of a smaller, more discrete design than its larger Smart Clock sibling. Like the original … [Read more...] about Lenovo’s Essential Smart Clock w/Google Assistant just arrived at Best Buy
Lenovo’s Google Assistant Smart clock is back to its lowest price
Lenovo's new Smart Clock Essential should be arriving anytime now but there's not really any sense in waiting when you can score the original Assistant-enabled alarm clock for less. Normally $79, the Lenovo Smart Clock regularly enjoys discount's on Lenovo's website along with deals from other … [Read more...] about Lenovo’s Google Assistant Smart clock is back to its lowest price
Deal Alert: Get this $230 Harmon Kardon speaker w/Google Assistant for $90
For nearly 70 years, Harmon Kardon has been an industry leader in high-fidelity audio equipment. In keeping with the times, the sound-centric company has jumped in feet first with products powered by Amazon's Alexa and the Google Assistant. These speakers are geared toward the tech-savvy audiophile … [Read more...] about Deal Alert: Get this $230 Harmon Kardon speaker w/Google Assistant for $90
Labor Day Deals: Google Assistant Edition
Labor Day weekend usually has us doing a massive roundup of Chromebook deals. Sadly, 2020 has been a very peculiar year and laptop shortages have run rampant across the entire industry. Fortunately, there are still some great deals out there to be had on smart home devices that feature the Google … [Read more...] about Labor Day Deals: Google Assistant Edition
Lenovo premiers Smart Clock Essential w/Google Assistant
Lenovo just dropped a slew of new products including a leather-wrapped Yoga PC, the slimmest Legion laptop every created and a new Tab M10 that features and industry-first addition of Google's Kid Space. Kid Space by Google offers an integrated hub where kids can explore and discover new content to … [Read more...] about Lenovo premiers Smart Clock Essential w/Google Assistant
Fitbit is officially bringing Google Assistant to your wrist with two new watches
While the regulatory hurdles persist for Google's acquisition of Fitbit, it looks like some of the effects are already being realized with Fitbit's latest announcement of 2 new watches for 2020 that will feature the Google Assistant baked right in: The Fitbit Versa 3 and the new Fitbit Sense. Both … [Read more...] about Fitbit is officially bringing Google Assistant to your wrist with two new watches
The Google Assistant can finally make device-specific broadcasts and I couldn’t be happier
I won't revisit my rant about how, more than two years ago, I reached out to Google support about device-specific broadcasting because the feature is finally a reality and I am ecstatic. Broadcasting with the Google Assistant does exactly what it sounds like it should do. You tell the Assistant to … [Read more...] about The Google Assistant can finally make device-specific broadcasts and I couldn’t be happier
Google Assistant getting a useful new ability in Chrome OS 85 beta
I'll come clean and admit that I don't really use the Google Assistant all that often on my Chromebook. Yes, I know that baking the Assistant into every possible product has been Google's bread and butter over the last few years, but I just don't find a lot of real usefulness when my hands are on … [Read more...] about Google Assistant getting a useful new ability in Chrome OS 85 beta
