Tag: Google Home
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Google TV Exec Says Televisions Could Become the Central Hub of the Home
The television industry wants their products to be more than just a place where you watch the latest movies and shows. It wants TVs to become the central hub of the smart home. Smart speakers — like Amazon Echo and Google Home — in many ways, occupy that role now, and help manage the smart…
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Google Pixel Event Set for October 4
Google will hold its annual Pixel hardware event on Wednesday, October 4, with the Made by Google keynote beginning at 10 a.m. ET, according to 9to5 Google. The company is expected to unveil the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel Watch 2. Ahead of the news, Android Setting spotted a leaked image of the…
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A Google Home App Update Makes it Easy to Link Streaming Services
An update to the Google Home app is making it easy for users to link streaming services and launch live TV, reports 9to5 Google. Now, users will see a prompt to link streaming services, just below their Home nickname, above the icons for actions to control smart home devices. The prompt can easily be dismissed,…
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YouTube Music is Now Free with Google Home
YouTube Music is now offering a free, ad-supported music experience to anyone with a Google Home device. With this offer, you’ll be able to play curated stations from YouTube Music. For example, if you’re having a dance party in your kitchen, you can give the command “Hey Google, play 90s Pop Hits” and you’ll be…
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Alexa & Google Assistant Are Reportedly Coming to the Xbox One
This week Windows Central was sent some screenshots of a new Xbox One software update from a reliable source. These screenshots show a new settings menu with the ability to enable a digital assistant. On of the screenshots clearly lists the options of Cortana, Alexa, or Google Assistant, which points to Microsoft once again making…
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Google Assistant Comes to The Nvidia Shield With Free YouTube Red
Today Nvidia is rolling out their SHIELD Experience Upgrade 6.0, download now, that brings Google Assistant to your living room. Now you can Ask your Nvidia Shield questions and tell it to do things. The New Google Assistant The Google Assistant is enhanced for the TV experience. It can search apps on SHIELD and control…
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Google is Working on a Cheaper Google Home Mini
Looks like Google is doubling down on their Google Home smart speaker to take on Amazon’s Alex. The new Google Home Mini is a smaller and cheaper version of their Google Home smart speaker. According to DroidLife this new Home mini will take on the Echo Dot as a cheaper simple Google Home device to…
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You Can Now Use Amazon Alexa & Google Home to Control Roku Players
Ever wish you could control your Roku device with Amazon’s Alexa voice controls or Google Home? Thanks to Appestry you can now do just that. You can use your voice to pause the TV, launch a Roku channel, and even use the directional buttons. This will work with Amazon’s Alexa voice service on devices such…