Tag: Google
Google Assistant now more about touch
Google today is rolling out an update to its famed voice assistant. Look for it today on your Android phone -- by way of the Google Play Store.
Thankfully, the team in Mountain View realized that now all of us want to interact by voice, and is now giving more...
Amazon unveils new Echo Show with larger 10″ screen, better sound
Amazon today unveiled a 2nd generation Echo show featuring a larger screen. You can now get the Alexa-powered speaker with a 10" screen and improved Dolby audio.
There's a bunch of other small improvements to the two-year-old original Echo Show including:
Real-time Dolby processing
8 microphone array
3rd party browsers,...
Apple Watch 4 is everything you want in a modern smartwatch
"California. How I love. California. California..."
How appropriate that the new Apple Watch would be unveiled this morning in Cupertino at the Steve Jobs Theater.
With a Mission Impossible style opening sequence featuring employees running across the stunning Apple campus and a little bit of help from Siri ("Hey Siri, what...
Apple Watch Series 4 looks to further extend market lead – less bezel, more screen and (helpful) complications
Apple's design ethos is leading the way. Google's Pixel Watch has a lot of catching up to do.
Google Fit update introduces familiar rings for fitness tracking – sign a Pixel Watch is coming?
Could new Fit app pave way for an upcoming Pixel Watch?
Samsung Galaxy Watch is here, pre-orders start at $330 – sadly still runs Tizen OS
It's official. The new Samsung smartwatch runs Tizen. Not Android Wear OS, as many were hoping. Too bad about that.
Aside from that unfortunate bit of news, Samsung is offering two sizes of the new Galaxy Watch -- the successor to the decidedly poorly received Gear S3. Galaxy Watch 42mm...
Google Android 9 Pie: A slick update with at least 1 killer new feature (that looks suspiciously familiar)
Pie doesn't upset the smartphone world order, but it does give Google's 10 year old mobile OS a refined and useful update.
Google lays down the notch law
This whole notch thing is quite the thing. Maybe. It could possibly be just a thing in tech circles or Silicon Valley or among developers.
Either way Google has weighed in with its new notch law.
Android phones -- or at least ones that aim to run Android P, the version...
Wearable News: Apple Watch sales up 30% y/y, but Fitbit and Garmin make inroads
While many are struggling Apple clearly is not. Sales for the Apple Watch are estimated to be up 30% y/y in Q2 2018.
That means Apple shipped something in the order of 3.5 million versions of its Series 1, 2 and 3 smartwatch (it no longer sells the original Series...
Smart Home News: Wemo Mini smart plug now works with Apple HomeKit
Wemo today announced that its Mini Wifi Smart Plug now supports Apple HomeKit.
That means you can now use your iPad, iPhone, Apple Watch, and even the HomePod speaker to control devices connected to the Wemo Mini plug. You can also use Siri to give voice commands -- "Siri, turn...