Google is adding more visual answers and tools to Google Assistant
Google Assistant has slowly but surely been changing to a more visual experience, especially with the advent of smart displays over the last year. Once the realm of card-based responses that had few visual elements, Assistant can now return...
NETGEAR Australia Launches Nighthawk AX8 With WiFi 6 (802.11ax) Capability
NETGEAR's new science fiction space ship shaped Nighthawk AX8 router is now available in Australia, enabling early adopters of WiFi 6 802.11ax devices to use the next generation of WiFi right now.
The new Wi-Fi 6 AX standard is based...
Google Assistant reportedly showing ads for some users, but Australia seems to be spared...
Google is busy updating Google Assistant to give new and improved responses to questions, but there's a new feature coming that isn't exactly what most users would call an improvement. What is this new feature?
That would be the inclusion...
Google Assistant integration testers wanted by Reolink
We have the privilege at Ausdroid of working with some really top flight manufacturers as well as lesser known brands, reviewing their products and getting to know their teams. Reolink was one that we came across in 2018...
Australians Can Alexa Enable Speakers With Amazon Echo Input
Amazon's Echo Input device is available for purchase in Australia today. What is the Echo Input? Think of it as a much thinner Echo Dot, with the external speaker and internal speaker drivers removed.
Echo Input allows people to Alexa-enable...
New Office 365 Trick: Convert Photo of a table into Excel Table automatically on...
Anyone who has had to manually create an Excel table from a printed data table knows how the boring and time-consuming this is.
Thanks to an update for Office 365 those days are over - say goodbye to manual data...
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 is using the power of AI to help visually impaired people discover their...
Google has taken to its blog to announce their new app that will help the nearly 253 million people in the world who are blind or visually impaired using Artificial Intelligence.
The app, called Lookout, uses technology as Google Lens...
Great Deal: $119 Sony LFS50G Google Assistant Speaker at JB Hi-Fi 14-27 March
If you are considering purchasing a Google Home speaker, the Sony LFS50G Google Assistant Speaker sounds better and is on sale for only $119 at JB Hi-Fi from 14-27 March 2019.
Besides sounding slightly better than the Google Home, the...
Australian healthcare provider Feros Care integrates Google Assistant to bring clients easy self-service voice...
Australian not-for-profit health care provider Feros Care announced an Australian-first integration with the Google Assistant to provide customers with access to self-management service options via a voice interface.
The announcement was detailed this morning at Google Australia's Wellbeing Breakfast by...
Bang & Olufsen Relaunches in Australia
High end audio brand Bang & Olufsen has relaunched in Australia in conjunction with new partner MJ Invest Australia (MJ Group), after parting ways with it's previous distributor.
For readers not familiar with B&O, they make premium priced speakers that...
Continued Conversations rolling out to all Google Assistant Smart Displays, even in Australia
It's no secret that we're huge fans of both Google Assistant and Google's Smart Displays here at Ausdroid, and as such any time the Assistant ecosystem reaches feature parity with itself it's a cause for celebration.
This week Google is...
Sonos One (Gen 2) is making its way to the market
Sonos has announced a "Generation 2" revision to its Sonos One hardware, a little over a year old. The new hardware brings a faster processor, more memory, and support for Bluetooth Low Energy.
The company isn't known for updating its...
Google is rolling out its Assistant voice calling feature to more US states; still...
Google Assistant's VP of Engineering had taken to the company's blog, announcing broadening rollout plans for Duplex, its voice calling Assistant feature. The company intends to make the feature available in 43 US states over the coming weeks.
Duplex is...
D-Link & McAfee Launch DIR-2680 D-Fend AC2600 Wi-Fi Router in Australia to Secure Smart...
D-Link and McAfee have partnered to launch the DIR-2680 D-Fend AC2600 Wi-Fi Router in Australia a year after the product was announced at CES 2018.
The DIR-2680 has a dual focus of making smart homes safer and protecting all the...