Google starts testing its upcoming augmented-reality assistant: Project Glass
Deep within the secret labs of Google a team of Googlers has been working on an augmented-reality assistant that comes in the form of a futuristic looking set of glasses, except it's not. But it is being called Project...
Google Assistant Actions early access program open to developers
Back when Google first launched the Google Assistant at the made by Google event they promised an "actions" platform that would allow developers to integrate into Assistant. Today Google has taken the wraps of the first component of that...
Google Home now works in conjunction with Google Assistant on your phone
One of the most frustrating things about Google Home is that the Assistant on there is very limited in what it can do. To hear it say "I'm sorry but I don't know how to do that yet"...
Samsung has finally launched their assistant Bixby…in Korea
Samsungs Voice Assistant Bixby is a notably missing feature from the Galaxy S8/S8+ launch, but it's finally rolling out to users, at least if you're in Korea.
The update to enable Bixby, and finally give some utility to the hardware...
Sony Xperia Ear is a smart assistant that sits in your ear
After announcing the device at Mobile World Congress earlier this year, Sony has shown a lot more of their Xperia Ear 'smart product'.
So what is it? Sony describes the Xperia Ear as their first 'in-ear and hands-free Smart Product...
Google Assistant and Home get more features announced at Google I/O
Google Assistant has had a fairly busy first year since it was introduced on stage at Google IO 2016, and then finally got shipped to users following the first Made by Google event a few months later. Since then,...
Nick Fox from Google says Allo’s web client is still ‘a month or two’...
We have know for a while now that Google would be bringing a a web view for Google's Allo chat/messaging service, but Google hasn't as yet provided an exact date for when the web view would actually become available...
Hey Google, why are you pulling Assistant’s shopping list out of Keep?
Google has started advising that from April 10th, they will no longer save shopping lists created from Assistant to Keep.
Ahhh Google, how you love to fracture, replicate and confuse your product offerings. It seems someone from the Google Assistant...
Google Photos brings you your Smiles of 2017
Google Photos offers users quite a lot, from free cloud backups, unlimited photo storage (including high quality photos if you use a Pixel), but one of the better features is the automatic work it does behind the scenes, creating...
Google Assistant — A Connected, Smart Home Assistant
Google kicked off today’s Google IO Keynote with “Google Assistant”, Google’s new conversational voice assistant. Google Assistant brings two way conversational interaction to Google’s current voice interactions, e.g. OK Google, as well as becoming a platform for voice interactions...
Samsung’s new TVs will come with Google Assistant and Alexa integration
Hell hath frozen over. Just when we thought Samsung was still all-in on Bixby they have shocked us all by opening up their TVs to more digital assistants, you know, the ones that 99.9 percent of us use.
Just...
LG and GE are making Google Assistant compatible appliances
Google Assistant got a big shot in the arm yesterday with a functionality boost to match Google Home. As an extension of that, appliance makers LG and GE have announced that their appliances will now be Google Assistant compatible,...
Google Assistant may be updated for continuous conversations, as demoed on Android TV [Video]
Having used Google Assistant via voice on both my Pixel XL and now my 2 Google Homes devices, one thing more than anything else drives me Bonkers, and that's having to say "Ok Google" over and over and over...
Report: Samsung to launch its own artificial digital assistant service for Galaxy S8
Keen to put the disaster of the Galaxy Note 7 behind it, Samsung is making with the announcements of what's coming next, and at Mobile World Congress next year, we're likely to see a new digital assistant service launched...
LG’s TVs will come with Google Assistant in 2018
LG is readying to announce a range of new OLED powered TVs at CES 2018, including one that's apparently 88-inches big and features 8K resolution, but that's not the biggest news. No, in 2018, LG's new TVs will come...