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 […]
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Five Google Cast innovations that don’t yet exist but should
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, […]
Score this awesome Nest Audio and save $20
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 […]
Nest Hub 2 Review: Worth the upgrade? [Video]
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 […]
Latest Google Home update makes sure your smart displays only ring while you’re home
Thanks to Google’s unique presence sensing technology, Nest devices are getting a boost to their Home and Away Routines. Now, instead of just changing the temperature on your thermostat or automatically toggling lights on or off when you come or go, your Nest Hub and Nest Mini devices will now have the ability to “only […]
Google’s partnership with ADT begins taking shape with Nest installation services and more
At the end of last year, Google said that it would partner with ADT – the trusted security company with 147 years of industry experience – in order to revamp its security offerings. Now that the Nest Cam IQ has been discontinued, and the Nest Secure has followed right behind it, it’s about that time […]
Grab the new eco-friendly Nest Thermostat for just $99 to celebrate Earth Day
The new Nest Thermostat is a budget-friendly device that takes almost everything great about the previous generations of the device and combines them into one package for the average consumer. It’s a fantastic way to get your foot in the door if you’re new to smart home technology and want to control your home’s temperature […]
Save $10 on the Chromecast with Google TV Double Entertainment Package
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 […]
Google Wifi finds a new Home as app sunsets in June – here’s how to migrate your network
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 […]
Bulk sharing for Google Photos will soon be available on Nest Hub and Smart Displays
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 […]
A Nest Hello doorbell successor may join Google’s hardware lineup this year
After the new Nest Hub with sleep tracking appeared at the FCC and released shortly after, we then saw a new Nest Cam and the ‘Pixel Buds A’ make an appearance. This morning, it seems like the leaks just keep coming in – a website called The Tape Drive posted an image that looks to […]
A new Google Nest Cam may have just made an appearance at the FCC
Things seem to be moving along rather quickly for the new Nest Camera. It was only in January when the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor was discontinued and Google stated that it had plans to partner with ADT in order to release a new lineup of devices for the masses. Last night, a new FCC filing […]