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...
Google has begun updating the schedule for I/O 2017 – Google Assistant gets its...
Google I/O 2017 is drawing near, with just a month and a half to go until the developer conference kicks off at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View California. The 3 day conference runs from May 17-19 and should feature...
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"...
Best Buy Insignia, LIFX, TP-Link and Wink now work with Google Assistant
Google is expanding the range of accessories which will tie-in with Google Assistant announcing new partnerships with samrt accessories from a range of smart accessory companies.
LIFX was first to announce their compatability with Google Home, and now Google has...
Good news everyone LIFX Smart Light Bulbs now work with Google Assistant
Google's journey into Home automation has been a slow process, but it's picking up steam with Google Assistant. Today, LIFX, the smart bulb company which was founded by Australian inventor Phil Bosua, announcing that from today the bulbs will...
Google Assistant officially rolling out to Australian non-Pixel phones
Back when MWC was on Google announced that Google Assistant would be soon made available to all Android phones on Marshmallow or later. A few weeks ago we reported that it had started arriving for Aussies, but only...
Samsung officially announces Bixby – a voice assistant coming to the Galaxy S8
Rather than wait until the launch of the Galaxy S8 next week, Samsung has today announced their new voice assistant, Bixby.
Bixby will be at the core of Samsung's 'next device' which we all know is the Galaxy S8, but...
Google advises Assistant will not be coming to Tablets
The Google Assistant has fast become one of my favourite features of the Pixel, and it's neat on Google Home as well. While Google has announced that the assistant will be coming to Android Auto, Android TV and devices...
The current range of Android Wear devices just aren’t very good
I had big hopes for Mobile World Congress, and wearables were at the top of my list. Sure, I hoped to see some great phones -- and we did -- but great wearables we really haven't seen yet, leaving...
PSA: Google Assistant has started arriving on other phones in Australia
It looks as if Google has kept its word on the roll-out of Google Assistant to all Android phones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow or higher. Announced just two weeks ago, the roll-out seems to have arrived in Australia, with...
Google Assistant now able to interact with SMS for some users
For anyone who's tried to get assistance from Google Assistant with messages, you may have hit something of a roadblock in the response "I can't see your notifications yet". The good news is that there is an update...
Google’s Assistant is named “Google”, and that makes complete sense
During our week at MWC 2017 in Barcelona, we got the opportunity to meet with Gummi Hafsteinsson, Product Manager for Google Assistant. While we had many discussions with the passionate and knowledgeable Googler, one of the questions posed by...
Allo is getting better GIF integration, animated emoji and one-tap Assistant access
Still using Allo? Yeah, we're not either, but there are still some people on that train and for them Allo is getting some new tricks today with Google announcing one-tap Assistant access, GIF integration and animated emoji.
The Google Assistant...
Google Assistant starts arriving on devices from today – US first, Australia and more...
After announcing an expansion of Google Assistant earlier this week, Google has announced via YouTube that the rollout will begin today.
Posting a YouTUbe video to announced the expansion, Google said 'Meet your #GoogleAssistant. Your own personal, helpful Google right...
Google Assistant on its way to all Android phones on Marshmallow or later
One of the big criticisms of Google Assistant is its lack of availability. It has only been available on the Pixel phones, Google Home, Android Wear (2.0) and inside Google Allo. Google, it now seems, were seemingly...