Home Depot’s Hubspace is great for smart home beginners
Building a smart home can be intimidating. Not only do you have to figure out which products are best for your needs, but you also need to set them up …
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Google rolls out Nest Cam features to Google Home for web
Nest While many users access Google Home on their smartphone or smart display, the platform is also available via web browser. The web-based Google Home experience wasn’t exactly the best …
How to Use the Google Home App on a Computer
Google Home makes it easy to manage all your smart devices through your smartphone or tablet. Giving you access to your camera feeds, smart thermostat, smart lights, and more, Google …
Google may be working on a new Chromecast with Google TV device
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google Home app update reveals a mysterious new device codenamed “YTD.” “YTD” is treated like a Chromecast with Google TV, unlike other third-party devices. …
How to Change Google Assistant’s Voice (and Language)
When it comes to voice assistants, few are as popular as Google Assistant. It competes with Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, allowing you to control smart home devices such as …
Google Home First Impressions | Gadgets 360
Google’s new smart speaker is at once a secretary, a librarian and a radio. Ask about your day, and the Home speaker will give you the time, weather, estimated commute, …
Apple’s HomePod Siri-Powered Speaker Takes Fight to Amazon, Google
Apple is hoping a new smart home speaker will strike a chord with music lovers – the latest test of the iPhone maker’s ability to redefine markets originally staked out …
Apple Wants to Rock the Market With HomePod, Faces Challenges
Apple’s new HomePod speaker may be music to the ears of its loyal fans, but how much it can crank up volume in the smart speaker market remains to be …
Why Apple’s HomePod Is Three Years Behind Amazon’s Echo
Apple audio engineers had been working on an early version of the HomePod speaker for about two years in 2014 when they were blindsided by the Echo, a smart speaker …
Is Alexa Really Eavesdropping on You?
I’ve gone all-in on Amazon’s line of Alexa-powered speakers, installing them throughout my home and buying them for family members. We use them to play music and news, tell jokes …