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Sneaky: Google Teased New Gemini Smart Speaker Yesterday

Tim August 21, 2025 5

Google announced that Gemini is coming to replace Google Assistant on its lineup of Google Home smart speakers and displays, but of course, they snuck in a little hardware tease during its Made by Google '25 event video yesterday. In a Gemini-focused bit...

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...

Nest Mini (2nd Gen) is Stocking Stuffer Greatness at $25 (50% Off)

Kellen December 15, 2020 3

The Nest Mini (2nd Gen), which is the newest version of Google's smallest smart speaker, is 50% off today in a last minute sale at Best Buy. At that price, you could pay just $25 for better sound, quicker smarts. This newest model of the Nest Mini was released...

Nest Audio Sessions Brings Excloos Tunes From Tove Lo, Ella Mai, and Others

Tim December 2, 2020 2

Google announced today a new exclusive album on YouTube Music called the Nest Audio Sessions, a group of songs from some great female artists. Accessible via your Nest devices by saying, "Hey Google, play Nest Audio Sessions on YouTube Music," you can hear...

“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...

Google Kicks Off “The Daily Special” Promo With Nest Mini 2-Pack for $20 Off

Kellen July 13, 2020 5

Over the weekend, Google briefly convinced a whole bunch of people that they were going to announce their new Nest Home speaker today, thanks to a Tweet that said "something special" was coming today. As it turns out, the "special" was the start of a series of...

Nest Aware Subscribers Getting Free Nest Hub, Nest Mini Devices (Updated)

Kellen June 2, 2020 45

Fresh off Google gifting YouTube Premium subscribers a free Nest Mini, the company is now rewarding Nest Aware subscribers with either another Nest Mini or a Nest Hub, depending on the subscription. A bunch of our readers just received an email offering them...

Google Offering Free Nest Mini to YouTube Premium, Google Music Subscribers

Tim May 27, 2020 65

Well that's cool -- Google is providing free Nest Mini units to select subscribers of YouTube Music, YouTube Premium, and Google Play Music. Technically, if you subscribe to one of those, you subscribe to them all, so if you have an account for one of them you...