Whether you're a developer or just an irritated smart home user, Google is aiming to use its Google Home branding to finally clear up all the confusion.
Google TV will soon allow personalized user profiles with individual content recommendations and glanceable cards in ambient mode. Google also announced Philo integration for Live TV and a new Google TV remote for the Google Home app.
Getting started with a smart home doesn't have to cost a fortune. Several connected devices are available right now for under $100 that will add tons of smart functionality to your daily routines. We've put together a list of some of our top favorites to get you started!
If you're looking for a good, affordable smart speaker but don't know where to start, we get it. There are many options, so we compiled a list of some of our favorites to help you get started!
Google Home has added a new capability to delay the start of specific actions in your custom Assistant routines with a new time adjustment feature.
Here's a bright idea — connect these LED smart bulbs to your Google Home control it all with your voice. Whether you want to outfit your whole home or need a single replacement, here are our top recommendations.
Matter is designed to solve the smart home with a new standard that all smart homes can operate on. Google is bringing Matter compatibility to its Android and Nest ecosystems to make pairing and controlling smart home devices as easy as plugging in a USB drive.
I love that for most smart home controls. I can use the Google Home app to accomplish them when I don’t want to use a voice command. However, I still feel some improvements and essential functions are missing.
Google WiFi owners are being encouraged to migrate their networks to the Google Home app now that the legacy Google WiFi app will be shut down next month.
The Google Home app may soon let managers grant people access to smart home devices in their household based on a schedule, similar to the Nest app.
Google Home is a great way to control all your devices and access things like Google Search and Spotify hands-free anywhere in your home, but the downside is when Google Home goes down, those devices basically become paperweights. Now is one of those times, but Google's working on the problem right now.
Google's smart speakers are a fantastic way to operate your smart lights. They're also extremely simple to set up with your Philips Hue bulbs — a few moments of account syncing can make your smart home a whole lot smarter.
You've brought some Google magic into your home with a Nest Audio — or one of the many, many Google Assistant speakers and smart displays gracing the market these days — and the time has come to set it up. For a device without a screen, that setup is actually quite painless.
Smart lights are even better with simple voice controls through Google Home.
Google has updated its Home app to bring a few changes to media controls. It also brings back in-app triggers for Routines, a feature that was removed in a previous update.
Four years later, and Google has finally released the true successor to the Google Home. On paper, it would seem that there are a lot of improvements with the Nest Audio, but are these changes enough to finally put the old Google Home in its box for the latest Assistant speaker?
Google has finally added a dark theme to the Google Home Android app almost a year after introducing system-wide theme controls with Android 10. For Android 11 users, the app adds integration with the new power button menu.
The Google Home app's newest update means it can now control advanced settings for your Google Wifi system. Previously, a user would have needed to download the dedicated Google Wifi app.
Nearly a year after halting its human review program for Assistant recordings, Google is now giving users the choice to opt back in to the program to develop and improve its audio recognition technologies.
According to reliable leaker Roland Quandt, Google will launch a new smart speaker codenamed "J2" later this month. It is tipped to be priced at €100 in Europe.