Smart home devices like the Google nest have become as commonplace in our homes as microwaves or TVs. Working with speakers, thermostats, cameras, and doorbells, they have completely transformed our ...

February 2025 Not everyone wants to be friends with Alexa. Many smart-home fans prefer using Google Nest smart speakers and screens to call up music, get weather and news, play trivia, and control ...

Smart speakers can do more than play music and answer your questions. Here are some easy ways to get more from them.

Google could be working on an XL smart speaker to compete with Apple and Amazon. Credit: lili sams/mashable Google could enter the high-end audio market with a new version of its Home speaker to ...

Google Assistant’s replacement will, of course, be Gemini, Google’s entry in the generative AI race. Gemini itself will ...

Google Assistant can do all kinds of stuff – play music, check the weather forecast, control your smart home – but one thing it can’t do (at least not impartially) is tell you which smart speaker to ...

The Chromecast Audio was eventually discontinued in early 2019. At that time, Google sold a variety of smart speakers: the first-generation Google Home, plus the smaller Google Home Mini; the big, ...

Google has just announced that it’ll be removing sound detection from its Google Home Max smart speaker. From 8th May 2025, ...

We love decking our home with the best smart home devices. They enable us to control our appliances with our voice, have the lights and the heating just so when we get home from work, and help us ...