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Google’s Smart Home Platform Now Called “Google Home”

Kellen October 21, 2021 7

The Google Smart Home Developer Summit kicks off today and Google is wasting no time with the announcements. The biggest bit of news is that they now have a real name for their smart home platform, but there's also news that relates back to Android and how...

Separate Volume Controls for Google Assistant and Media Would be Lovely

Kellen May 12, 2021 18

This weekend, in a rare moment where the family was out of the house for an extended amount of time, I took the opportunity to really let my pair of Google Home Max speakers show off their audio skills. Volumes were cranked. Tunes were consumed. It was...

Google WiFi Management Gets Rerouted to Google Home App

Tim April 2, 2021 8

Heads up, Google WiFi app users. Control for your networks will soon have a new home, with Google moving to shut down the current Google WiFi app. Soon, you'll need to migrate all of your info over to the Google Home app and there's nothing you can do about it...

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 60

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 13

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 20

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,...