Articles tagged "Google Assistant"

Google has just enhanced the functionality of its Assistant, listing five key improvements. Chief among them is the ability to work with lists and notes in other apps like Any.do, AnyList, Bing! and Google's own Keep - you just need to select your...

Google Duplex is finally making its international debut in New Zealand. Google has begun testing its automated calling abilities to inquire for opening hours of local businesses ahead of the Labor Day holiday. Until now, the service was exclusive...

Google is adding a neat new feature to Assistant - the ability to assign reminders to someone else, like a family member or one of your housemates. The obvious upside here is that this theoretically enables more (and/or better) collaboration between...

The Google Assistant is almost three years old now, and Google acquired Waze way back in 2013. However, it took until now for the Assistant to finally work inside Waze. You have reason to celebrate, if you're a Waze user and have been patiently...

Belgian residents finally got the country’s three official languages supported by the Google Assistant. Now users will be able to ask and receive contextual information in Dutch, French and German. Google has collaborated with popular third-party...

The Google Home Max is the largest smart speaker in the company's Home lineup and at £399/€399/$399 it's the definition of a tough sell. Every now and then though, Google comes up with a discount, and such is the case now in the UK. You...

At CES, Google showed off an interpreter mode on Google Home displays which let two people carry a conversation with Google Assistant as a translator. The feature is still not perfect but is already rolling out on Google Assistant devices - The...

Google has posted a new ad for the holidays, and this one is all about Google Assistant. And specifically, how Macaulay Culkin's role in the Home Alone movies would've been made much easier had the virtual assistant existed at that point. That said,...

Today Google has introduced some blue into its device lineup. We're talking about a new color version for its very successful Home Mini smart speaker, the entry level option with Google Assistant built-in. The new hue is called Aqua, and it's...

When it comes to the phones that Google will announce at its big event on October 9, we already know pretty much everything there is to know about them (aside from pricing information, that is). But these shindigs have in the past yielded more...

Google is expanding the language support for its Assistant. The two newest entries are Danish and Norwegian, bringing the total number to 15. The smart assistant page is now updated to have Explore section in both Nordic languages, making the...

Google's Assistant has become the first service of its kind to gain bilingual abilities. At the moment, you can talk to it in any combination of English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Japanese, while more languages are going to be supported...

Google Home Max was announced back in October 2017 at the Pixel 2 unveiling. The smart speaker was made available for purchase in the US right in time for Christmas and eventually made its way outside the country as late as May. Now, the United...

If Lenovo's Smart Display with Google Assistant, which got official a few days ago, hasn't impressed you, perhaps this will. The JBL Link View is the second Google Assistant-powered smart display to hit the market, and it's now up for pre-order at...

Smart speakers are increasing in popularity, but home assistants with displays are still a rare sight. Amazon's exploring the niche with the Echo Show and now Lenovo wants a piece of the market with its Smart Display and Google Assistant. The...

Google just announced that it will roll out a new visual feed of your day within Google Assistant and is calling it a ‘visual snapshot’. This new visual overview isn’t a new concept – we’ve been seeing it since Google Now and this Google Feed has...

The researchers from Canalys have just published their report on the smart speakers' market. According to the analysts, over 100 million devices will be in use by the end of 2018, compared to less than 40 million just a year ago. The interest in...

Google is expanding the reach of its smart speakers to Mexico where it now lists the Google Home and Google Home mini speakers, but not the Home Max yet. This is a move that was expected since Google's I/O Conference. Other markets Google will be...

One of the most user requested features in history has finally been added to the Google Assistant. It's called Continued Conversation and it means that you'll have to say "Hey Google" or "OK Google" only once at the beginning to invoke the...

Google previewed a new skill for its Google Assistant during Google I/O this week. Called Google Duplex, its purpose is to make calls on our behalf, conducting the conversations in a natural sounding and flowing manner to help perform “real world”...