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abode iota Brings All-In-One System To DIY Smart Home Security
System works with Alexa, Apple Homekit and Google Assistant
Google Assistant
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Nest Releases New Smart Thermostat
New model features improved energy saving functions and new colors
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Building A Smart Home: How To Get Started
If you want to make your home smart, where do you even start? Let’s learn more about the best smart home systems.
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Smart Home Beginner DIY Guide
Constructing your own DIY smart home system starts with one or two smart devices
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How To Choose A Smart Home System
You may start your smart home with one or two devices, but eventually you’ll want to expand
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Smart Home Systems: What To Look For
Basic features, compatibility and functionality
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What Is A Smart Home?
The devices and systems that help make your home and technological haven
Audio
Google Assistant To Work With More Soundbars, Wireless Speakers And AV Receivers
Google Assistant goes for home entertainment domination
Blogs
New Technology Automates and Personalizes The Smart Home Like Never Before
Automation has already swept into our homes and streamlined our daily routines
The Wire - Press Releases
Introducing The Konka Smart Speaker
Konka Debuts Elegantly Designed Speaker with Dynamic Sound and Hands-Free Google Assistant Konka North America, LLC, a subsidiary of the Konka Group (a leading...
Audio
Giving Voice To Verbal Interface
More than 5 billion devices will be in use in less than five years
The Wire - Press Releases
Funai Introduces One of the First Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV™ with the Google Assistant Built-in at CES 2019
Funai Corporation, Inc. today introduced the Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV with the Google Assistant built-in. The Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV with the...
The Wire - Press Releases
Funai Introduces One of the First Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV™ with the Google Assistant Built-in at CES 2019
Funai Corporation, Inc. today introduced the Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV with the Google Assistant built-in. The Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV with the...
The Wire - Press Releases
Funai Introduces One of the First Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV™ with the Google Assistant Built-in at CES 2019
Funai Corporation, Inc. today introduced the Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV with the Google Assistant built-in. The Philips 24” Kitchen Android TV with the...
Home Automation
Amazon Winning The Voice Assistant War – But For How Long?
Google Assistant is hot on Alexa’s heels.
Home Automation
Alexa, Be My Friend?
Consumers anticipate AI ‘HAL pals,’ battling bots, in near future
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Android TV: Bringing Google Assistant And Search To Television
Platform chief Shalini Govil-Pai describes a perfect pairing.
Blogs
What The Evolution Of Digital Assistants Means For Retailers
Two-thirds of voice shoppers access a digital assistant every day
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V-Commerce To Find Its Voice In 2019: CTA
A quarter of consumers will utter a purchase next year.
Audio
Polk Audio Intros Google Assistant-Powered Smart Speaker
Polk Assist delivers audio with Google Assistant and Chromecast built-in
Appliances
Whirlpool Simplifies Voice Commands For Google-Connected Appliances
The enhancements were revealed at this week's Google I/O developer's conference.
Home Automation
Everything You Need To Know About Smart Speakers & How Consumers Use Them
A handy compendium of smart speaker and shop-by-voice stats
Appliances
LG Appliances Now Bilingual
LG's SmartThinQ majaps are now formally fluent in Alexa and Google Assistant.
Appliances
LG Appliances Speak Plainly With Google Assistant
LG owners can now use plain talk when bossing around their smart appliances.
Home Automation
Amazon-Google Feud Reignites
The digital giants are at it again in the battle for smart-home supremacy.
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Global Smart Home Market Worth $6B In 2017, And Rising Fast
Smart home devices have shaken off their novelty image and are moving mainstream, becoming one one of the fastest growing consumer electronics categories of...
CES
LG’s CES Lineup Embraces Google Assistant, High Frame Rate
Feature-rich TVs expand audio options, voice control
CES
Partnership With Meridian Highlights LG Audio Line
LG is also launching its first smart speaker at CES 2018.
Blogs
Better Hurry: Smart Speakers’ Time Has Come, And May Soon Go
Which digital assistant speaks the loudest?
Audio
Harman Links With Google Assistant For New JBL Smart Speaker Line
Harman International’s latest entry in the portable smart-speaker stakes is the new three-model Link series from JBL. Harman, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung,...
Home Automation
Sengled Element Bulbs Now Compatible With Google Assistant
Sengled announced its Element smart energy-efficient LED light bulbs now offer voice control using Google Assistant. The voice commands will work with Google Assistant...
Appliances
The State Of The Smart Home: Voice Control
Fifty-five percent of U.S. broadband households find it appealing to use voice control to control or understand the status of connected devices, according to...
news
Google Steps Up The Competition
Everyone loves a good race between worthy opponents. It’s your favorite college football team against its arch rival, it’s your favored politician against the...
Appliances
Sonos One Seeks To Be The Speaker For All (Digital) Voices
Sonos continued its commitment to voice control with the launch of a new “platform-agnostic” speaker that will be compatible with Google Assistant, Alexa and...
Home Automation
LG Completes Appliance Hook Up With Google
Four months after adding Google Assistant to its open platform, virtually all LG smart appliances are now compatible with the chatty virtual helper. LG...
Accessories
Bose Builds Google Assistant Into QC35 II Headphones
Bose became the first headphones manufacturer to integrate Google Assistant into a pair of headphones. The company also introduced a new pair of...
Keeping Current
Leaked Images & Details Of $49 Google Home Mini Publish
The Home Mini is clearly Google’s answer to the wildly popular Amazon Echo Dot. Despite carrying the same price point, Google is nonetheless faced...
news
Google, Walmart Partner On Shop-By-Voice
Your wish is their command. Beginning in late September, Walmart customers will be able to purchase hundreds of thousands of items from the discount...