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Google Assistant ends support for third-party smart displays

The first smart displays to ship with Google Assistant software at their core weren’t made by Google. Both Lenovo and JBL released Google Assistant smart screens in 2018, months before the first Google Home Hub went on sale. Five years later, Google Assistant seems to be abandoning support for third-party smart displays. In an update […]

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Lenovo Smart Display 7 with Google Assistant coming in October for $130

Lenovo is fleshing out its Smart Display lineup with a new model sporting a 7 inch display and a brand new design. When it launches in October, the new model will sell for $130. That makes the new Lenovo Smart Display 7″ a little more affordable than the company’s 8 inch or 10 inch models, […]

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Daily Deals (5-07-2019)

Google may be preparing to unveil a new smart display called the Nest Hub Max (or something like that), odds are that it’s going to be more expensive than existing options like the Google Home Hub (which is regularly priced at $149, but on sale for $30 off at the moment) or Lenovo 8″ Smart […]

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Daily Deals (4-16-2019)

Rakuten is selling the Google Home Hub for $75 today, which is the best price for the Google Assistant-enabled smart display to date. You’ll need a Rakuten membership to get that price, but you can sign up for free. Or if you’re looking for something a little different, Amazon is selling the Lenovo 10″ smart […]

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Lenovo releases the first Smart Display with Google Assistant

After launching a line of Google Home smart speakers in 2016 and rolling out support for third-party speakers in 2017, this year Google announced that Assistant was coming to “Smart Displays.” Basically these are smart speakers with touchscreens, adding a visual element to the Google Assistant experience. Ask for a weather update and in addition […]

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Lenovo Smart Display with Google Assistant is a smart speaker… with a screen

Google was rumored to be working on a Google Home smart speaker with a display, which would basically be the company’s answer to Amazon’s Echo Show. But while Google hasn’t announced any first-party hardware, this week the company did announce that at least four companies plan to launch “smart display” devices with Google Assistant integration. One […]