Google Home Archives

Thursday Poll: Do You Own a Smart Speaker?

Kellen April 5, 2018 120

I'm one of those weirdos who blindly ignores any and all privacy concerns that come with products like Google Home or Amazon Echo because I'm a fan of future tech, especially when it allows me to control my smart home without ever lifting a finger. In fact,...

Google Lets Bluetooth Speakers Join the Multi-Room Google Home Party

Kellen March 28, 2018 32

Google Home's multi-room audio feature welcomed in Bluetooth speakers to the party today. The addition means voice control over your Bluetooth speaker's volume too. Once you've paired a Bluetooth speaker through the Google Home app, going forward you'll be...

What Do You Guys Think About Google Home Routines So Far?

Kellen March 19, 2018 24

Google Home Routines went live last week for just about everyone. That means we can all fire up our Google Home app today and set up six different Routines that allow Google Home and Assistant to run through a series of activities depending on the situation. I...

Google Adds Doorbell Support to Google Home for Video Streams, Notifications When Someone Rings It

Kellen March 15, 2018 18

Now that Nest Hello is available and ready for mounting in place of your current doorbell, it makes sense that Google would prepare its Assistant and Home units to work with it. And today, they've already done that, by allowing you to pull up doorbell feeds...

Amazon’s Follow-Up Mode for Alexa Devices Would be Great With Google Home

Kellen March 14, 2018 7

At the end of last week, Amazon announced a new Follow-Up Mode for Alexa devices that allows you to ask follow-up questions without having to repeat the wake word over and over again between each. I finally got around to playing with it today, and yeah, I need...

You Can Now Set Location-Based Reminders on Google Home

Tim March 14, 2018 17

It's not easy remembering everything, but thanks to the enabling of location-based reminders on Google Home, it's now getting easier to be reminded. Let's say you're in the kitchen and notice you need more coffee. Starting now, you can tell your Google Home to...

Google Posts Details for Google Home’s Routines, Which Likely Means They’re Rolling Out (Updated)

Kellen March 12, 2018 20

After telling us back at MWC that Google Home's Routines feature was finally ready to rollout in a few weeks, Google looks like it has taken the next step towards making that happen. This afternoon, they posted new support pages for Google Home Routines,...

You Can Tell Google Home to Show You Weather on Select Chromecasts

Kellen February 8, 2018 5

Back at Google I/O 2017, one of the big new upcoming Google Home features Google showed off was called Visual Responses. As the name suggests, these were responses you'd get from Google Assistant queries through to a display. Think weather or calendar...