Samsung just purchased Viv – the company who created Siri, the Voice Assistant used...
Voice Assistants and Artificial Intelligence, so hot right now. With Google pushing their next generation assistant, it's no surprise that Samsung is also looking to move forward with their own assistant and rather than building one, they've today announced...
Australian Alexa Speakers Can Now Control Dyson and Roomba
Amazon Australia has announced that they have officially enabled the local Skills so that Echo and Alexa powered speakers can control compatible Dyson and iRobot Roomba devices.
At an event earlier this week in Sydney, Amazon demonstrated controlling settings on...
Humans will review Google Assistant interactions but it’s opt-in
Following the widespread criticism of the AI smart assistant providers for not disclosing the fact that humans may review interactions, lots of water has passed under the bridge. Yesterday many users received an email from Google about the...
Google Home devices no longer repeat what they’re doing, at least in Assistant Routines
One of the most annoying quirks of Google Home devices is their incessant need to repeat what the instructions they've just been given. Amazon's Alexa doesn't do this - thank goodness - but Google's Assistant still does, and it...
Google Assistant now supports a number of new smart home devices from Emberlight, iHome...
While Android Home never eventuated, Google is slowly taking over home automation with Assistant, slowly integrating more and more services and today there's even more with iHome, Leviton, Emberlight, and Artik Cloud joining the family.
These aren't the most widely...
Developers can now add digital purchases to their Assistant apps
As well as the new redesign of Assistant on your phone, Google has also announced a new option for third-party developers who can now enable digital purchases in their Assistant apps.
Google's Assistant Actions have previously been enabled for making...
LG Showcases New AI Appliances at Sydney Display Home
Smart home appliances are great but most households who own them have different brands and models of varying ages so the AI devices don't work seamlessly.
It's rare to see an entire home setup with one brand and ecosystem of...
Google launches Wi-Fi Assistant for Nexus phones to automatically attach to open Wi-Fi networks
Google is starting to roll out a new feature called Wi-Fi Assistant to Nexus users which will allow you to connect to free, open Wi-Fi hotspots. Unfortuantely it's not coming to Australia, at least initially.
The option to connect to...
Todoist’s integration with Google Assistant gets a refresh
There are a lot of task management apps available in the current era. In total honesty, they really do mostly the same things and it comes as a matter of preference in which you use. At Ausdroid we use...
Samsung’s first AI Speaker clears the FCC
With Google and Amazon taking a commanding lead in the consumer smart speaker market we weren't surprised when Samsung announced their Galaxy Home branded smart speaker. Of course, it was going to be powered by Bixby, arguably (not) the...
Alexa is dropping email support: No more routines or parcel tracking
It's very easy to become reliant on smart assistants to help with your daily life. Unfortunately, from time to time there are features that get dropped. Unfortunately for Alexa users, it's your turn to lose a bit...
Microsoft’s virtual assistant, Cortana, is Coming to Android lock screens
Microsoft's virtual personal assistant, Cortana, seems to be coming to Android lock-screens very soon. We understand that Microsoft have begun beta testing a version of Cortana that allows access directly from your phones/devices lock screen, according to a report from...
Google Assistant – have you received it on your phone?
Google's exciting new virtual Assistant began rolling out to Australians using non-Pixel phones a week ago, but it seems it's taking a fairly long time to reach users, so is there a common thread? We thought we'd try to...
Setting reminders to start rolling out to Google Home
It's always been baffling why the Google Home wasn't able to set a reminder, for me at least it's one of the more useful functions of having a voice assistant, or it would be if my voice assistant supported...
Ausdroid’s Fathers day tech gift guide
Fathers day is just around the corner and if you're struggling for ideas on what to get your Dad, we've compiled a bit of a list for you. Everything from phones, to gadgets, IoT and smart homes have options...