Hey Google & Alexa: What’s The Air Quality?
Residents of NSW have been watching the western sky for the last few days to see if an orange dust cloud like the famous one in 2009 was approaching. These few days in 2009 resulted in some amazing photos but also...
Google enables Home Voice Control for Stan, Youtube & Play Music on Mi Box...
Most people would expect that Android TV's and standalone Android boxes like the Xiaomi Mibox and NVDIA Shield which are available as Cast targets would have the same abilities as a Chromecast device.
Until now that hasn't been the case...
Hey Google, it looks like you can now control Telstra TV
Telstra has announced the arrival of Voice Linking, a new feature that allows you to use the Google Assistant on your Google Home or smart speaker to control Telstra TV.
Setup is simple - Telstra TV is now listed as...
JBL announce the Google Assistant-toting Everest 710GA headphones are now available to purchase in...
Way back at CES in January JBL (a Harman company) announced their Google Assistant-enabled premium headphones, the Everest 710GA headphones. A few weeks ago we noticed them appear on the JBL website but were unavailble to purchase. Now...
Sony A9F Gives Other 4K OLED TV Manufacturers a Master Class
Sony has let the rest of the audio visual industry know who the new OLED TV leader is by showcasing it's new Master Series A9F OLED TV to the Australian media.
Their spokesperson told us that the aim of the...
Sony WH-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling Headphones Set New Benchmark
Sony's new WH-1000XM3 Noise Cancelling headphones have put down the gauntlet to Bose with new class leading battery life and arguably better sound quality.
I listened to the WH-1000XM3 headphones for a while in each of 3 noise environments setup...
Google backed start-up, AdLingo’s chatbot can turn ads into conversations
Google backed start-up, AdLingo, a marketing platform out of Google's Area 120 incubator program, has recently started building a new way to interact with advertisements, with a new chat bot which can make advertisements "conversational" .
AdLingo hasn't built its...
Facebook’s News Feed will now demote sites with unchanged or stolen content
Facebook has announced that the News Feed will now demote news publisher websites that illicitly scrape or republish content from other sources with little or no modification or permission from the original source.
Facebook has been for trying for the...
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...
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...
Google finally brings Assistant to Android Auto and Android TV in Australia this week
Google Australia has today announced that the Assistant is moving to more devices in Australia this week, launching both on Android TV and Android Auto.
Android Auto
The rollout of Assistant for Android Auto in Australia will mean users get fast...
Google scaled up the ‘Now Playing’ tech from Pixel 2 to power Sound Search...
The Pixel 2 were chock full of exclusive features when they launched, and while most of the features were limited the Now Playing feature has remained a Pixel only feature. Google has today announced that the Now Playing technology...
Routines for Google Assistant are finally starting to roll out in Australia
After announcing that both pre-set and custom Routines for Google Assistant were heading down under last month, the rollout has finally begun with the option to use Routines finally showing up in the Google Home app.
Accessing the Routines are...
Google has developed a new user interface for personalising Google Assistant voices
Android Police is reporting this morning that Google has released a new user interface for selecting voices for Google Assistant, giving each voice is own colour to identify them.
The new user interface has the voices in a horizontally scrollable...
Sony showcases new tech goodies for Australia and confirms Oreo update for 2017/2018 Android...
Sony recently held a briefing in Sydney for the media to showcase their latest tech goodies, and we also took the time to ask them about their plans for updating their Bravia smart TVs running Android TV.
At the briefing,...