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Google Assistant will let your kids ask it where you are
There's no way this will end poorly.
Google is testing a way to activate Assistant without wake words
A leaker triggered the voice assistant just by getting close to a Nest Hub Max.
Lenovo Smart Clock Essential review: Basic doesn't mean bad
The latest smart alarm clock from Lenovo is a lot simpler.
Acer's first Chromebooks with Snapdragon 7c offer low-cost LTE
Acer has unveiled its first Chromebook with a Snapdragon 7c chip, the Spin 513, promising a long battery life and LTE while keeping prices down.
Google Assistant can now play Spotify podcasts on your Nest speakers
Users around the world can now use Google’s Assistant to play and control Spotify podcasts in English.
Google is giving its smart displays new touch controls
Smart displays are a unique type of product. The company is announcing a new set of features for its smart displays, including an “improved visual experience,” a dark theme, relaxing sounds, gentle alarm and Meet improvements. Instead of sticking to a one-page layout with all your notifications and cards lined up horizontally, Google’s smart displays will now have five tabs at the top the following sections: Your Day, Home Control, Media, Communicate and Discover.
Google Assistant will play podcasts from third-party services like Spotify
Google is adding support for third-party podcast services in Assistant, including Spotify.
Google Assistant's driving mode for Android is nearly ready, one year later
Android phones are finally getting their Google Assistant driving mode, over a year later than planned.
Google Assistant is rolling out on Samsung's 2020 TVs in the US
After years of trying to make Bixby happen, Samsung is coming around and enabling support for better AI helpers like Alexa and Google Assistant. The company announced at CES this year that you can choose to use these assistants on its QLED 8K TV, but Google Assistant only just became available. With Google Assistant on these devices, you can not only control other smart devices, but also use it to pull up your favorite show or get onscreen answers to your questions.
Nanoleaf adds Triangles to its colorful Shapes light panels
Nanoleaf has unveiled the latest light panels in its Shapes series, this time in the form of a triangle. Like the previous hexagon models, you can put them together in different patterns and mirror your TV, sync to music or control them with Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Apple HomeKit.
Google's 'Search On' event will reveal new AI-powered features on Thursday
Google has scheduled a 'Search On' event for October 15th at 3 PM ET, where it will unveil new AI-powered upgrades.
Google's Duplex AI can book your haircut appointments
Google's Duplex AI has quietly added the ability to book haircut appointments, two years after the feature made its debut.
Google Nest Audio review: A steal at $100
Telling an Amazon Echo to play whatever song was on your mind for the first time was a bit of a revelation. Google is trying to fill the gap between those two extremes with the $100 Nest Audio, a speaker that effectively replaces the original Google Home that arrived four years ago.
Google has added more natural-sounding voices to Assistant
A credit card CVC verification option is also on the way to smart displays.
New Android feature alerts you to smoke alarms and other 'critical' sounds
Google has been adding a few new accessibility features to its products lately and today’s update is something for those who might want help hearing things around them. If you don’t see the Sound Notifications option yet, you may have to download Live Transcribe and Sound Notifications from the Play Store. After you set it up, Sound Notifications will warn you when it hears any of ten noises, including “baby sounds, water running, smoke and fire alarms, appliances beeping and door knocking.”
Google Assistant finally works with some third-party apps
Before today, if you ask Siri or the Google Assistant to “check the news on Twitter,” you’ll either be shown the @CHEK_News account on the Twitter website or articles about the social network on Apple News. For Android users, voice commands are about to get a lot smarter. Google just announced that the Assistant will be able to search and control your third-party apps when you ask it to.
Google apps will add notifications for 'critical' security issues
By early 2021, you'll start seeing alerts in Google's various apps anytime there's a security issue you need to address.
Google expands Assistant accessibility tools with new speech integration
To make Assistant even more accessible, Google is partnering with Tobii Dynavox. The company makes software and devices designed to help those with speech and language disabilities.
Google's 'Hold for Me' Assistant feature appears first on new Pixel phones
Google's new Assistant feature will roll out first on the new Pixel phones, and it listens to the hold music while you do something else, then alerts you once a real human being picks up.
Google Assistant wants to shake up your boring pandemic routine
Google has a new Assistant routine that will remind you of the passage of time as you continue to work from home.