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 Nest products have historically been low-powered, affordable smart home devices. If Google Assistant is ditched for ...

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 ...

We put together a list of smart home accessories that allow you to control lights and appliances in your dwelling. The ...

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 ...

Nest Aware subscribers can be alerted if their Google Home Max hears a dangerous sound, but that functionality will be gone in a few months.

In the smart home, we'll likely use Gemini the same way we used Google Assistant, except it will hopefully be more precise in ...

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 ...