Accessories
Google Unveils Stadia Gaming Platform
Google has thrown its hat into the game-streaming ring.
Industry
Warren Outlines Plan To Cut Amazon, Google, Facebook Down To Size
Would include classifying Big Tech as 'platform utilities'
Home Automation
Nest Of Spies? Senators Query Google On Undisclosed Mics
Want to know if there are any other undisclosed mics in Google products
Home Automation
88% Of Smart Speaker Owners Have One Of Amazon’s
But almost half say they would look to Bose, Samsung or Sonos for next one
Industry
CEDIA Keynote: Integrators Poised For Content Revolution
And ready to reap the "spoils of war."
Buying Groups
BrandSource Launching Local Marketing Initiative
Bringing “hometown” dealer tool to next week’s convention.
Home Automation
Alexa, Google Assistant On A Collision Course
Amazon holds the lead in voice-assisted devices, but Google will catch up this year, says Futuresource
Home Automation
Amazon-Google Feud Reignites
The digital giants are at it again in the battle for smart-home supremacy.
Home Automation
Google Takes On Amazon Dot With New Home Mini
Google unveiled a its new lineup of retail hardware products Wednesday, led by a new Pixel 2 lineup that will compete with new smartphones...
Home Automation
Amazon Invading Apple’s Ecosystem With Its Echo Smart Speakers
Smartphone users seem to be taking sides in the Amazon vs. Google smart speaker race. New analysis from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) indicates...
Keeping Current
It’s Amazon Vs. Google In The Battle For The Smart Home
With Amazon unleashing a bumper crop of Echo devices last week and Google unveiling its own array of new devices today, the battle lines are...
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
Wither HTC, Now That Google Bought Half Its Brain Trust?
Three years after Google sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo and outsourced its smartphone biz, the company is reassuming direct control of its handset destiny with the $1.1 billion...
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
Alphabet Spells P-R-O-F-I-T
Alphabet’s revenue continues its upward streak as the Android, Google and YouTube parent saw second-quarter earnings growth of 21 percent year over year. The...
Industry
Google Goes Deeper Into AI At I/O Conference
CE manufacturers most often make headlines by announcing new hardware or software products — which is great if you can sell them. Less frequently,...
Home Automation
Logitech Links Harmony Line With Google Home
Logitech’s Harmony hub-based devices are now compatible with Google Assistant, providing voice control for the Harmony Elite, Harmony Companion and Harmony Hub within the...
Audio
Report: Intelligent Home Speakers Will Challenge The Smartphone In Homes
Intelligent home speaker shipments reached 5.9 million units globally in 2016, according to research by Strategy Analytics, and will grow tenfold by 2022, driven...
Industry
Trump’s Transgender Order Draws Tech Industry’s Ire
An executive order issued by President Donald Trump that revokes protections for transgender students in public schools has drawn opposing responses from many leading...
news
Update: Sony Broadening Its 4K Ultra HD Base, Partners With Google
Nine more 4K LCD TVs unveiled today by Sony will join a trio of new 4K LCD models introduced at CES as part of...
Industry
A Sneak Peek At Tech’s Super Bowl 2017 Commercials
Numerous tech companies will be shelling out big bucks for Super Bowl LI commercials, and Ad Age has begun tracking all of the “leaked”...
news
Sony, Samsung, HTC, Acer, Facebook & Google Form Global Virtual Reality Association
A team of VR-headset manufacturers have banded together to form the Global Virtual Reality Association. The non-profit organization will “promote the growth of the...
Home Automation
Google Furthers Smart-Home Ecosystem With New Product Line
With the availability of Google’s new smart-home hub, the company has marked its “move from mobile-first to AI-first,” stated CEO Sundar Pichai. Google Assistant,...
Audio
Vizio Adds Two SmartCast Speakers: Crave Pro And Crave 360
Vizio has added speakers to its SmartCast line with two new models designed for multi-room audio and portable use. The Vizio SmartCast Crave Pro...
Keeping Current
Google Taking Nest Labs Team In-House
Google has absorbed Nest Labs’ development team in order to create a unified IoT platform — and focus on its Amazon Echo smart-home hub...
news
Vizio Enhances SmartCast App; Adds Google Play Movies And TV Content
Vizio announced updates to its SmartCast TVs experience, with a more robust app and additional content offerings. “Coming soon,” according to the company, Google...
Keeping Current
Google Working On Its Own ‘Android Wear’ Smartwatches: Report
Citing a reliable source, Android Police said that Google is currently building two smartwatches under the Android Wear umbrella for release this year that...
Blogs
Challenges Of Fiber Networks Persist For Nontraditional ISPs
The recent announcement about Google Fiber’s acquisition of Webpass, a 13-year old Internet service provider focusing on businesses and residential connections, brings into focus...
news
Lenovo Attaching Its Brand To U.S. Smartphones
Lenovo will bring the first smartphones under its own brand to the U.S. to complement sales of Moto-branded phones that it has been offering...
news
Google, Lenovo: It Takes 2 To Tango
The world’s first smartphone equipped with Google’s Tango technology arrives unlocked in September from Lenovo at $499 in Best Buy stores. It will come...
news
ZTE Brings VR, High-Quality A/V To Axon 7 Smartphone
ZTE is bringing virtual reality, enhanced audio and video performance, a fingerprint sensor, and a better camera to its latest unlocked smartphone, which is...
news
Google’s Mix-And-Match Project Ara Phone Due In 2017
Google’s long-awaited modular Project Ara smartphone, announced in 2013 and later postponed, will be available to developers this fall and to consumers sometime in...
Home Automation
Google Unveils Smart Speaker, Android Wear Updates, Better VR
Virtual reality and Android Wear wearables starred at Google’s annual developers conference, where the company also unveiled its Google Home voice-controlled wireless speaker and...
Keeping Current
Google’s Answer To Amazon’s Echo Is Landing Soon
Google has long had voice assistant tech in its Android phones, but it has yet to bake that into the home, a key growing...
Home Automation
What The Future Of Smart-Home Voice Control Looks Like
Is voice control the new disruptor? With the popularity and visibility of Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Google Now and Microsoft’s Cortana, and by future...
news
Google Opens Project Fi MVNO Service To Everyone
Google opened its Project Fi hybrid cellular/Wi-Fi MVNO service to all, having launched the service last April on an invite-only basis. The low-cost no-contract...