We've been talking for a bit about the arrival of Gemini's conversational abilities finally coming to the Google Assistant on ...

A t first glance, Google Home and Amazon Echo smart speakers share many similar features. They can automate smart devices ...

Open the Google Home app on your primary phone. As needed, remove the old Nest speaker from your Google Home. To do so, tap ...

Home Assistant is super versatile but not all smart devices work with the open-source smart home platform. I've spent the ...

The Google Nest Mini is the follow-up to the original Google Home Mini, offering a similar design with upgraded speakers. As you would expect, it has Google Assistant built-in — meaning that you ...

Both Amazon and Apple are playing it safe when it comes to allowing generative AI on their respective smart speakers. On the ...

Google has just published a new support page that describes how to try its Gemini on Assistant experiment on smart speakers.

Note that choosing a Google product will tie you quite firmly to the brand, but if you love the Google way and want to keep your home in line with the rest of the company's range, the speakers we've ...

Spotify is giving away free Google Home Mini speakers with individual and family plans—even if you're already a subscriber. To catch up with Amazon, Google should just give away Home Minis to ...

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Who doesn't like free tech? That's the question at the heart of Spotify's new promotion: The music streaming company is offering free Google Home Mini smart speakers to anyone paying for a Spotify ...

Worse, when you realize it might be the smart home speaker on the ... around with a Nest Mini when he discovered that a rogue account could be created using the Google Home App.