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Google and Apple could be working on bringing official Apple Music integration to Google Home speakers.
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Google looks to expand Assistant’s reach with new dedicated button, Voice Typing on feature phones, support for more languages, and Android Messages integration.
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It’s been off by default, Google says – not much consolation to those who don’t cotton to the notion of a “secret” listening gadget. Continue reading Sorry, we didn’t mean to keep that secret microphone a secret, says Google
A new report says that smart speaker sales hit a new record in the holiday quarter of 2018, with 86.2 million units sold.
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As if some folks weren’t concerned enough about the infiltration of potentially privacy-busting devices into the home, Google has admitted it did not disclose that it hid a secret microphone inside one of its products. Owners of the Nest Secure w… Continue reading Google in hot water after not revealing it had hidden a secret microphone in home alarm product
Alphabet’s most recent annual report dropped Microsoft from a list of competitors in the digital assistant market.
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Google announced this week that its Nest Secure smart alarm system now offers Google Assistant capabilities via its Nest Guard base station.
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Standing desks are great conversation starters in the office – whether you like it or not. How do you know someone’s got a standing desk? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you. Standing desks have their benefits, but for maximum flexibility, many people choose a desk that can raise and lower depending on their needs. [Wassim] had just such a desk, but found pushing the buttons too 20th century for his tastes. Naturally, Google Assistant integration was the key here.
[Wassim] started out intending to capture and then spoof the desk controller’s signals to the motors, before realising it was likely easier …read more
What exactly qualifies as comfort food is very much in the palate of the comfortee. Grilled cheese may not work for everyone under every circumstance, but we’ll risk a bet that the gooey delicacy is pretty close to universal, especially when you’re under the weather.
But if you’re too sick to grill up your own and don’t have anyone to do it for you, this grilled cheese sandwich-making robot might be the perfect kitchen accessory. Dubbed “The Cheeseborg” and built as a semester project by [Taylor Tabb], [Mitchell Riek], and [Evan Hill] at Carnegie-Mellon University, the bot takes a few …read more
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Google starts rolling out a new dark mode for Assistant on Android.
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