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Google announced a free, ad-supported version of YouTube Music to all users of Google Home and other Google-powered speakers.
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The market researchers at Canalys claim that the smart speaker installed base will top 200 million globally by the end of 2019.
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Google is introducing new interactive search results, including things like a mortgage calculator. It’s also adding ads to search results pulled from the web.
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John Legend’s voice is now available for a limited time on Google Assistant in the United States. Because why not.
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Google’s Duplex technology is coming to iPhone devices and all Android devices in the United States.
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Walmart this week announced that it is partnering with Google to bring Assistant-based voice ordering to its customers.
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The BBC has admitted that it is blocking all of its podcasts from appearing in Google Podcasts, Search, and Assistant. For some reason.
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Google now documents the APIs required for smart blinds to hook into Assistant.
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Bon appétit, Dave. Google’s table-booking Duplex AI needs to pass the creepy test. Continue reading Booking a restaurant? Let Google’s Duplex AI make the call for you
It wasn’t that long ago that talking to computers was the preserve of movies and science fiction. Slowly, voice recognition improved, and these days it’s getting to be pretty usable. The technology has moved beyond basic keywords, and can now parse sentences in natural language. [Liz Meyers] has been working …read more
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