Google May Soon Let You Use Assistant Without the Annoying “OK Google” Hotword

You could soon be able to use Google Assistant with a custom hotword instead of the annoying Ok Google hotword. Yes, finally.
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Today’s Smart Speakers Point to Our Ambient Computing Future (Premium)

Ambient computing is the next major wave of personal computing, and smart speakers are how we get there.

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Google Reveals its Assistant Hardware Partners for 2018

With CES underway in Las Vegas, Google has announced a stunning list of partners that will sell Google Assistant devices in 2018.
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Digital Assistants Loom Large Over CES, But Where is Cortana? (Premium)

I’ve just arrived in Las Vegas for CES 2018 but the biggest story of the week has already emerged.

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Will a High Volume Strategy Win the Smart Speaker Market? (Premium)

Microsoft’s high volume, low-cost strategy was the winner in the PC market. But will it work with smart speakers too?

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Top 5 Google Stories of 2017 (Premium)

Google had an interesting year of platform advances and hardware mishaps. Here are the top stories from 2017.

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Bose & Sonos Smart Speakers can be Hacked to Play Disturbing Sounds

By Waqas
Another day, another IoT flaw – Sonos and Bose Smart
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This is the Most-Needed Change for All Digital Assistants in 2018 (Premium)

Sorry for the seemingly cheap headline, but it’s not my fault. This topic creates a unique challenge for its author.

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