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How To: Add Google Assistant Routines Shortcuts to Home Screen

Kellen December 10, 2020 6

As aware as I am of Google Assistant and its capabilities, my hesitance to use it more often has almost always been because I'd prefer to not have to speak out loud to it. When I use Assistant, it's typically by first activating it with a swipe rather than "...

Which is Your Favorite of Google’s New App Icons?

Kellen November 10, 2020 63

To kickoff October, Google showed off the future of its products by revealing how much time they spend on the super important stuff: new icons. The new icons have brought out emotions and jokes and memes - mostly memes. The icons are, to be chill about it,...

“Hey Google, Play ‘The Mandalorian’ on Disney+”

Kellen September 22, 2020 11

You can say that to your Nest Hub or Nest Hub Max and it'll play Disney's sweetest show, which has a 2nd season on the horizon. Thanks to new Disney+ integration, Google is bringing your favorite shows and movies to Assistant-enabled devices. All you have to...

More Renders of Google’s New Nest Speaker

Tim September 18, 2020 14

We've been waiting quite a bit for a followup to the original Google Home. Thanks to the latest leak from WinFuture, we're getting yet another look, this time in render form, following our first physical look that happened back in July when it went through the...

Google Home App’s Dark Mode Actually Showed Up

Kellen August 27, 2020 21

The Google Home app on Android has forever been the whitest f*cking app on my phone. It's filled with a couple of fun little colorful icons surrounded by swaths of empty white on white on white space. It's the worst app you could ever open in a dark room,...

Google Just Showed Us Its New Nest Speaker

Kellen July 9, 2020 15

The new Google Nest speaker that we first spotted last night at the FCC before it was revealed in a similar database out of Japan, has now been confirmed by Google. In an image and teaser video sent out to press tonight, Google wants us to know "what the Nest...

Well, Here is the New Google Nest Speaker (Updated)

Kellen July 9, 2020 19

UPDATE: Google just showed off the device! Last night, we started tracking a mystery Google device that had stopped through the FCC. We speculated that it might be Google's upcoming Android TV dongle because of the level of connectivity, but instead, thanks to...

Report: Nest-Branded ‘Prince’ Smart Speaker to Replace Original Google Home

Tim June 16, 2020 11

9to5Google reports this week that Google is working on a new Nest-branded smart speaker, codenamed Prince, set to replace the already unavailable original Google Home speaker. RIP, Google Home. According to their source, Prince will be somewhere between the...