Announced at Google I/O this past year Google told us all Google Home devices were getting bluetooth streaming. Now it’s finally rolling out as users are seeing it show up in the Google Home App. Google Home has always supported streaming audio, but that was as a Chromecast target. Your app needs to have Chromecast support […]
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Yesterday was a good day for fans of the Google Home outside the US. Canadian’s can now buy the Google Home for $179 and it speaks both English and French! Ask and you shall receive the latest Canadian stories from sources such as the CBC, Radio Canada, Global News, Sportsnet, TC Media, The Weather Network / […]
Burger King Google Home Ad Wins Big Advertising Award
Neat right? Back in April, the fast food chain created a sneaky TV spot that served as a hack for Google Home. The ad featured the phrase “OK, Google, what is the Whopper burger,” which triggered any Google Home device within earshot to start reading aloud from the Whopper Wikipedia page. Whoever thought this up deserved […]
[Editorial] Will We See A Speaker Revolution?
Evolution You Say? Speaker, speaker, speaker everything and everyone has a speaker in some form or some shape to play some noise from music to phone calls to the latest podcast. Bluetooth, WiFi, Smart or good old Aux or RCA you connect to your speaker(s). In the past 10 years we’ve redefined speakers to adapt to […]
Google Home Gets Bluetooth Support
As part of Google I/O we learned a little something about existing Google Home devices, they have Bluetooth! Announced during the Keynote the Home is getting Bluetooth support. That means it’s yet another speaker you connect to via Bluetooth because we needed more of those, but it’s one thing that the Echo had over the […]
Google Home adds new Music and Castable Video Partners
At this morning’s keynote, Google announced a number of new capabilities for Google Home. Of particular note are music and video services that can be automatically called and played. For music services like Spotify, which now works even for free tier users, the playback can happen straight on the device itself. For video services, like […]
At Google I/O today the Google Home was the star of the keynote, with Google’s pivot in the recent years to AI an all voice assistant was inevitable. Amazon beat them to market but Google came fighting back with Home. Amazon recently announced Echo was getting calling which makes complete sense because if you can […]
Google Assistant is meant to be a singular place to go to control your house, whether through Google Home, your phone, or your TV in the future. With that being said, the software needs to have a broad range of support for the many products in your home, and provide intercompatibility between all of them. […]
Google Home can now be trained to identify the different voices of people you live with. Today Google announced that its smart speaker can support up to six different accounts on the same device. With this you’ll finally have the Home tailored to your voice and be able to sleep at night knowing no one […]
For the past two months we’ve had this poll sitting on the site about Google Home, a new product by Google that allows users to ask questions and do actions just by voice. The features on the device are continuing to advance and the Google Assistant is coming to other devices like Android TV. The […]
The Google Home has a lot to live up to facing the Amazon Alexa Family. Today it gets iHeartRadio as a new source. to play music from. Earlier today, Google updated its list of supported services on the Home to include iHeartRadio. Asking it to play most stations seems to result in the standard “It isn’t available or […]
LG Gives In And Responds To User Complaints, Will Add Google Home And Multi-Room Support To Music Flow speakers
LG released its Music Flow speakers back in 2015 as one of the first third-party systems to take advantage of Google Cast. However, LG has been slow to implement new features, and buyers were beginning to fear LG had abandoned the products. It turns out if you complain enough they will listen! LG is adding […]
Vizio SmartCast Now Has Google Home Support
Today Vizio gave SmartCast and Google Home users some pretty good news. All SmartCast devices including TVs, displays, sound bars and speakers are now compatible with Google Home, this means Google Home users can use their voice to control their entertainment. Using simple voice commands, Google Home users can adjust volume up and down, play, stop and […]
iHeartRadio Adds Google Home Integration
iHeartRadio is one of the other premier music streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Google Play All Access. But right now, it hasn’t been integrated into Google Home like the others. That’s expected to change soon. From: http://www.iheartmedia.com/Pages/iHeartMedia-Announces-New-iHeartRadio-Consumer-Electronic-Integrations-at-CES-2017.aspx%20LAS%20VEGAS, NV — January 5, 2017 — iHeartMedia, creator of iHeartRadio – the all-in-one streaming music […]
NVIDIA Spot is a New Google Home-Like Peripheral for the NVIDIA Shield
Google Home is a pretty nifty device that works even better with multiple. They can act as speakers, playing synchronized music between all of them. Of course, of more interest is the Google Assistant that is included. When you use the cue word, “OK Google”, the closest Home will respond to your request. Android TVs […]
Google Home was first announced at Google I/O back in May as an example of Google’s Assistant. Instead of just searching the web, the idea was using Google’s search engine to surface answers. This is part of an evolution of the search engine where certain queries rendered cards with answers. With Google Home, users could […]
Google Assistant API Launched Today
The Google Assistant is getting an API today with the launch of “Actions on Google,” a way for developers to build “conversation actions” that can be called up on the Assistant’s various interfaces. This stays true to the API being available in December as we talked about when covering the Google Home Cheatsheet. The “Actions on […]
Black Friday Android TV & Google Cast Deals
So it’s about a week until people get trampled, fight for one big TV, maybe three if you’re lucky and end Thanksgiving early due to either working or participating. Companies love it, employees hate it but hey it’s life. So in the spirit we’re keeping a running list for now of all Black Friday deals […]
Google Home Commands Cheatsheet
Looking for a list of commands the your Google Home will understand? Since the Google Home only came out a short while ago I’ve decided it’s a good idea to have an easy to access resource to remind the community what’s achievable with this size of salsa digital assistant we call Google Home. This list […]
Google Home Speaker – First Thoughts and Impressions
Hello Everyone, I purchased the Google Home speaker recently on Friday (Went to Walmart at 12 AM to get one.) and I have a few of my thoughts here right now for you. Setup Setup was easy to go through, about as involved as setting up a chromecast or chromecast audio. You use the renamed […]
Google Cast App Becomes the Google Home App
Google is now making a big effort toward Google Home, a device that can help connect all of the devices in your home: your phone, TV, and speakers. This is something that was mentioned earlier in October, and now the update is rolling out on the Play Store. Right now the app has had a […]
Google Cast To Become Google Home
Back in March Google Cast wasn’t Google Cast it was the Chromecast app. Well looks like that was a short title run and a new champion I mean app name has been crowned and it goes by the name of Google Home. Google is pushing Home pretty hard as the center of your house hold […]
Google Home Comes Home November 4th for $129 Pre-Order Today!
Originally announced at Google I/O but then went silent as a mime until today. Google is now allowing you to throw money at them in exchange for a Google Home or a few if you’re feeling lucky. Yes, Google has released all the details, including price, shipping date, and more about its abilities. Nick also reminded […]
Google Home Strategy To Disrupt Amazon Echo’s Monopoly
In a recent Variety exclusive Google revealed key details of this plan during a closed-door meeting with industry insiders about a month after publicly unveiling Google Home at Google I/O. The meeting was only between about 50 people and was at Google HQ in Mountain View. After working with vendors/OEMs on cast enabled products Google Home […]
[Rumor] Prices Leaked: Google Home $129 4K Chromecast $69
It’s that time of the year again when everyone gets excited for all the new shiny things Google has up their sleeve, this year is no different from the last in terms of how it seems to be going. By this I mean Google I/O hype, products get released like Allo/Duo, then AP decides to […]
Nest Platform moving to Google, sign of more IoT?
When Google rebranded and restructured their organization, Google became their own company with along with many assets that Google controlled under the new parent company, Alphabet. One of these companies that was taken out from under Google’s control was Nest. Nest has had their share of issues along the way. Recently Nest made the move to be […]
[Rumor] October 4th Pixel Phone ,4K Chromecast, DayDream VR And Google Home Will Arrive
According to a report over at Android Police we may soon have some new Google toys to play with from all different parts of the Android ecosystem and an event that doesn’t coincide or happen before the latest release of Android. The first 2 are the long rumored Nexus but now supposedly Pixel phones. Next a […]
Google Home To Join Android TV And Google Cast In The Living Room
Google Home has just been announced at Google I/O and it appears to be a match made in heaven for Android TV. Google Home, previously code named “Chirp”, was rumored to be an Amazon Echo competitor. It certainly is an Amazon Echo competitor but also so much more. It appears to be the realization of […]