Don’t stop the music – smart displays can group speakers on the fly
Google Assistant powered smart displays like the Nest Hub have seen a number of recent feature updates, including new clock faces and voice commands. A more intuitive way to group smart speakers together is perhaps the best new feature,...
Hire an EV for your holiday – Hertz Australia Polestar 2’s available
Aussies who want to hire an electric vehicle (EV) for their next weekend road trip or extended holiday will soon be able to drive out of a Hertz Australia location in a Polestar 2 electric car.
Eoin Macneill, Vice President...
Wyze officially lands in Australia launching the WYZE Cam V3 Pro
Wyze has a reputation for being great value products, but often that's associated with being low quality. As part of the launch within Australia, Wyze are looking to break that by offering multiple great cameras at outstanding prices. Among...
Developers have gotten Google Assistant working on any Nougat device
Launched as an exclusive for the newly announced Pixel Devices - at least for now - the Google Assistant is baked into the OS level of Android 7.1. The tinkerers over at XDA-Developers though have been playing around and...
Facebook supposedly working on a voice assistant, likely to be a terrible idea
According to a report from CNBC in the US, Facebook is coming up with a new way for us to dislike the service, working on a voice assistant. Facebook isn't afraid of trying new things, but this one could...
Google Assistant routine with sunset/sunrise trigger arrives in the beta with a new UI
Google have recently been adding new features to the Google Home app, and more specifically Routines, and now they are set to roll out another new feature. According to a Redditor Google will be introducing a new sunrise/sunset...
Crikey! Google honours Steve Irwin with a Google Doodle drawing
Google is honouring Aussie icon and all-around legend Steve Irwin with a dedicated Google Doodle this Friday 22 February 2019, which will see the Doodle drawing run for 24 hours from midnight on Google homepages around the world –...
You can now finally add Google Home Routines to your homescreen
I've wanted to do it for a long time and is one of the many things missing from Google Home and its home operations (so much so that I've switched over to Alexa for most of my home control)...
Review: Nest Cam IQ Indoor
For someone deciding on a security camera it can be quite a daunting process given the myriad of cameras available and the options they offer. Google's Nest is relatively new to Australia and for them to make a...
Google Assistant can now read web pages out aloud to you
Google are continually adding new features to Google Assistant with a view to making is helpful and useful to all. Today they have added another new feature, the ability to read web pages to you.
Announcing the new feature...
Put Google Assistant in any Car with Anker Roav Bolt, we may even see...
Earlier this year Anker announced its Google Assistant Powered 12V accessory socket USB Charger/ voice assistant module the Roav Bolt. The Bolt plugs into your 12v socket in your car and gives you 2 USB power outlets and Voice...
eBay Australia 2017: Google Home Assistant Bot and More Personalisation Coming Up
Last week Ausdroid was invited to a breakfast briefing by eBay Australia where I was able to ask them how their eCommerce site has evolved over the last 5 years, their position on the GST low value threshold (LVT)...
Lenovo will be bringing their Alexa powered Smart Assistant to Australia ‘Soon’
Lenovo, like many other companies this year at CES have launched products which are using Amazon's exciting voice assistant technology Alexa. The Lenovo Smart Assistant announced this week is slated for launch in the US in May, but it's...
Amazon Echo Link and Echo Link Amp bring streaming music to your existing audio...
Amazon are getting serious about the Aussie market bringing more and more equipment from the Alexa range of devices to our market. The Echo Link and Echo Link Amp have both started sales here in Australia.
Both bring Alexa functionality...
IO 2019: Google finally lets you stop an alarm with one word
If you've ever struggled to turn off your Google Home alarm in the mornings then this one's for you.
Announced at Google IO this morning, you can now finally silence a Google Home alarm by saying "Stop" instead of having...