Google Home

“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 15

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...

Sonos and Google are Going to Battle Over Audio Patents (Updated: Google Countersues)

Kellen June 12, 2020

Sonos, maker of high-end audio that kicked off the multi-room media industry years before everyone else caught on to the brilliant concept, is suing Google over patents it holds on that very technology. You probably don't need me to explain this, but Sonos is...

Android 11’s New Power Button Quick Controls Go Live Thanks to Home App

Kellen June 2, 2020 2

One of the features we are most looking forward to when the Android 11 Beta shows up in the near future is a new power menu that provides quick controls to smart home devices. We have seen this new Quick Controls area highlighted on a couple of different...