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Google Assistant Family Bells and Broadcasts Get Sweet New Features

Kellen May 6, 2021 4

My kid may be back at school on a part-time basis now, but for a solid year, like so many kids across this world, he sat at home and we tried our hardest to keep him focused on his schoolwork. The first few months were the hardest, because we had no idea what...

Google Starts Letting You Teach Names to the Assistant

Kellen April 28, 2021 12

Google Assistant is a powerful tool that can help take care of all sorts of tasks in our day to day lives. One of the best parts of the Assistant is that it can do a lot of stuff without needing much help from you. However, there are times where Assistant...

Google Assistant Makes Ordering Food Easier, Life for iPhone Owners Too

Kellen April 14, 2021 5

Google shared new helpful features coming to the Google Assistant today, all of which are designed to make your life a little easier. The kinds of ways that can happen are by having the Assistant locate your lost phone, order your takeout faster, and automate...

Google Combines Multiple Apps, Services Into Experimental Assistant ‘Memory’ Feature

Tim March 24, 2021 11

As Android users, we have a few ways of saving information for later down the road, depending on how we need to access that information. For example, if I have an idea for a song, I'd toss that into Google Keep and access it for editing whenever I want. I...

Google Fixed “OK Google” on Wear OS!

Kellen March 11, 2021 4

After the Wear OS community's cries for help over broken "OK Google" functionality were picked up by media and shared widely, Google acknowledged the bug that had plagued the platform for months. Today, Wear OS owners have noticed that Google's favorite...

What Do You Use Google Assistant For?

Kellen March 5, 2021 52

Google Assistant is one of those tools in my bag that I don't come close to fully using. That embarrasses me some, since the damn thing is spread around my house in every room on several gadgets and I write about it for a living, but its capabilities are so...

Google Shows Off 6 New Android Features That Everyone Gets

Kellen February 23, 2021 12

Like they did at the end of December, Google spent this morning showing off another six new features that are coming to Android that everyone should get to use. Unlike a typical software update that rolls out by carrier or manufacturer, these are features that...

Google Assistant Guest Mode Arrives on Smart Speakers and Displays

Kellen January 13, 2021 4

As privacy becomes more important than ever, Google has now introduced a Guest Mode to Google Assistant speakers and smart displays. This new mode allows you to interact with your smart devices without those interactions being added to your Google account or...