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You can now pair multiple Google Home smart speakers together as a stereo pair. This was originally introduced for the Google Max speakers but is now available for all Home smart speakers. To set up a speaker pair > open the Google Home app > tap on one of the speakers you want to pair > then...

Google has added some more new functionality to their line of Home speakers where you can move your current playing music (or movies / videos) from one device to another. Let's say you have multiple speakers in different rooms and you are listening to music in your kitchen and you want it to...

Google recently announced some new Assistant functionality that should be rolling out soon: the ability to set reminders for your family, friends or anyone else with an Assistant device that you add to your "Family Group". This sounds like it could be very useful; especially for busy families...

The Nvidia Shield TV is the industries best Android TV streaming device in my personal opinion. It does just about anything you would want an in home media center to be able to do from streaming 4K content to playing full graphics PC games. The Nividia Shield TV just got even better today. The...

If you were doubting the usefulness of Google Home now you can rest assured that the device will at least be able to understand what you are saying. The Google Home along with Google Assistant can now understand 95% of Language. That's up from 80% in 2013. Google credits their algorithm for the...

Saying "OK Google" to activate your Google Home or Google Assistant can be a bit annoying especially when you have to activate it back to back. It would be nice to be able to change the hot word. It looks like Google is considering giving us that option. Rishi Chandra, VP of Google Home...

Voice activated assistants seem to be the next big thing in Mobile tech. Amazon has been leading the way with Alexa, while Google is coming in strong with Google Home powered by Google Assists. Even Microsoft is getting in on the action with Cortana powered speakers. Samsung has been pushing...

One of the big disappointments with the Samsung Galaxy S8 launch is the fact that the Bixby voice assistant was not ready to go. Many have already dismissed Bixby as a redundant tool as all Galaxy phones with Nougat already include Google Assistant. Bixby feels like a one to one copy of Google...

Google Assistant was originally a service exclusive to the Pixel and Pixel XL along with a few other Nougat devices. Now it is starting to roll out to even more devices some of those running Marshmallow! Google Assistant is a smart assistant that learns from how you use it on a daily basis. It...

Google Assistant is the Alexa like voice assistant by Google. This is the AI that Google hopes will one day control all your connected things. We have seen Google's assistant in the Google Pixel series and also in the Google Home. Most recently it made it's way to the New Nvidia Shield TV. Now...

The Pixel has been overwhelmingly underwhelming. This sentiment is widespread through the Android Power user community. The main complaints are with the price point and the fact that at the higher price point the Pixel and Pixel XL are missing many of the features that flagship devices in the...

This happens less in Android, but sometimes as you are going through your gallery you will find a photo laying on its side. The latest version of the Photos app gives you a notification to rotate these photos. This option appeared in a photos app teardown in March. The suggestions appear as...