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The new, second-generation Google Nest Hub is here, with one big change from its 2018 predecessor: it can track your sleeping patterns from a bedside table, with no wires or wearables required, besides offering all the smarts of Google Assistant.Contin… Continue reading The new Google Nest Hub tracks your sleep from the side of your bed
Google announced today that it will enable integration between its Nest-branded smart home products and Samsung’s SmartThings platform.
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Google announced today that users with Google Assistant-based smart speakers and displays can now control Apple Music by voice.
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Researchers have found a thousand ways to say smart-speaker wakewords, highlighting the privacy problems. Again.
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Getting a child’s attention can be difficult at the best of times. Add deafness into the picture, and it’s harder again. [Jake]’s daughter recently had to go without her cochlear implants, raising this issue. Naturally, he whipped up some hardware to solve the problem.
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Had too much self-quarantine? [Sharathnaik] did so he decided to build a robot companion named Ewon. Using a Raspberry Pi, Ewon isn’t a robot that moves around, but rather an expressive Google assistant. Using some servo-driven ears and a display, Ewon reacts to you based on keywords you use in …read more
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Google quietly brings Assistant’s Duplex feature to the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia after months of testing in the United States. The experience is very limited, however.
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Sweden’s Zound Industries, the company that manufactures headphones and speakers under license from Marshall Amps, has announced the release of a new Bluetooth speaker called the Uxbridge Voice, which has Alexa built in and supports AirPlay 2.Continue … Continue reading Marshall’s compact but powerful smart speaker makes Alexa rock
Google brought John Legend’s voice to the Assistant back in 2019, but it’s now taking away his voice later this month.
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I knew we’d make smart home mistakes and that we would go down certain roads only to backtrack after things didn’t work out.
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