After unveiling a new smart home hub/voice-activated speaker called Google Home in May, Google is getting ready to begin selling the device. Google Home basically Google’s answer to the Amazon Echo line of products, but it has one key feature that could help set it apart: tight integration with Google’s ecosystem… including the Android operating […]
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Report: Google to launch Pixel phones, 4K Chromecast, DayDream and Home devices Oct 4th
You know that report which said the two new phones Google is designing with HTC wouldn’t be called Nexus? Yeah, apparently that’s because they’ll be part of the Pixel family. Android Police reports that Google will launch the Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones at an event on October 4th… along with a whole bunch of other […]
Report: Google developing Android Wear watches with Google Assistant
One of the biggest announcements from this year’s Google I/O developer conference was Google’s plan to launch a new platform called Google Assistant. Building on the company’s existing search-by-voice technology, Google Assistant lets you use natural language to ask questions, issue commands, and generally interact with a wide range of devices including smart home products, phones, […]
Google Assistant takes on Siri and Alexa, Google Home takes on Amazon Echo
Google has been letting you search the web and get answers to questions using your voice for years, but while rivals Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft have given their digital assistants names like Siri, Alexa, and Cortana, Google’s service has been called… Search, or Now, or something. Now Google is giving its digital assistant a name: […]