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Google TV Gets Google Home Panel, AI Wallpapers, New Sports Page

Kellen September 23, 2024 5

To celebrate the launch of the Google TV Streamer this week, Google is pushing out a handful of big features to the Google TV ecosystem. Previously announced AI wallpapers and the Google Home panel will land on all Google TV devices, plus a new Sports page is...

Shown in Teardown, Gemini Finally Getting Smart Home Controls

Tim July 29, 2024 2

Google is being shown to continue its push to improve Gemini by adding newly supported services. This is important because as of right now, Gemini is still unable to do quite a few things that Google Assistant can do, such as control your smart home. Once...

7 New Features are Coming to Android, Your Devices: Google Messages, Home, More

Kellen May 30, 2024 8

Pixel owners know about feature drops, because they are Google's way of continuously adding value to devices. With each big quarterly update, Google tosses out new software ideas onto Pixel phones and tablets to keep things fun and fresh. For those who don't...

Google Working to Take Google Home Offline, Meaning Functionality Even Without Internet

Tim April 1, 2024 10

As it stands, Google Home functionality like turning on a lightbulb, requires an internet connection. This is ultimately due to the command being routed to Google's servers and then beamed back to your home. But what if we could skip the middleman? This is...

Google Home for Web Gets Camera Histories, Custom Clips, and Public Preview

Tim March 13, 2024 3

The Google Home for Web experience as a whole has left a bit to be desired. However, that is changing this week. Announced by Google, Google Home for Web is getting a whole bunch of highly requested features, making it a much more usable web application. The...

12 New Android Features Arrive Through Google Messages, Wear OS, More

Kellen November 30, 2023 9

As we approach the end of the year, Google has another batch of Android features almost all of us can take advantage of, not just Pixel owners. Google does these regularly, like a Pixel Feature Drop, only they are for the broader Android world, whether you own...

New Google Home App Begins Rolling Out to All

Tim May 12, 2023 5

It was last October when Google first showcased the new Google Home experience. Then in November, a program was opened for users to test Google's update and there it stayed for months. This week, Google appears happy with where the app is and is indeed...

Google Home App Gets 3 Improvements, Including Favorite Reordering

Kellen April 20, 2023 10

The new Google Home app that has been in public preview since November has seen a number of improvements since landing on our devices. Google seems committed to listening to feedback on it and then delivering ideas that have made it more and more useful. This...