Hands On Review: Mirabella 9W Wi-Fi Dimmable Colour Downlights
The days of bayonet and screw in bulbs are over for most newly built modern homes and apartments which usually have grids of ceiling downlights installed in all the rooms.
Until recently all these downlights tended to be dumb lights...
Google looking to bring a ‘Raise to Talk’ for Pixel 4’s Google Assistant
Google just wants everyone to use Google Assistant -- and they have been going the right way about it with not just getting their smart speakers into so many places but making it easier and easier to call on...
Google Smart Speakers are getting the ability to make Duo voice calls, finally!!
One of the most requested features for Assistant-powered Smart Speakers has been the ability to make a Duo Voice call (well any voice call), and of course, receive a Duo call. Earlier this month Australians got their first taste...
Google Assistant is set to appear on more Chromebooks
Google Assistant is working its way into our lives in a deeper and more meaningful ways. For those users who have made the decision to simplify electronic life and move to Chromebooks, there’s good news with Google looking to...
Huawei announce their new digital assistant, Huawei Assistant
Huawei announced their second flagship for 2019 overnight -- their flagship sans-Googley apps and services. One of the big advantages of Android with Google is the Google Assistant but of course without Google Services Google Assistant will not...
Telstra and Google officially launch Voice-activated calling from Google Home devices
A few weeks ago we spotted that voice calls via a Google Home / Nest device through the Telstra network had appeared in the Google Home settings. Today, Telstra has officially announced that they are the first carrier on...
Google brings some new answers to Assistant for Android
Google is clearly gearing up to an announcement with lots of news coming out this week. The launch of the Nest Hub Max in Australia for one, and now it seems Google's been tinkering with Assistant to improve the...
Hold my phone Google — on-hold calls will be taken over by your Assistant...
Google are continually adding functionality to Assistant and one of the new features that will most likely, for now, be exclusive to the Pixel 4 will be the ability for it to take over phone calls while you are...
Google bringing a new ‘Android Auto for Phone Screens” to the Play Store for...
At Google I/O this year Google gave a lot of time to the new changes that were coming to devices for Android Auto. We have already seen the interface changes to the Android Auto projection to a display...
Google’s Nest Hub Max is coming to Australia on September 10 for $349
After its announcement earlier this year, Google's ready to launch the Nest Hub Max. A bigger 10-inch version of the existing Nest Hub (formerly Home Hub), it'll be hitting Australian retailers (and the Google Store) on September 10 with...
Review: Mirabella Genio Wi-Fi Door-Window Sensor is a Simple Cost Effective Security Gadget
Mirabella is continuing to expand its range of low cost smart home devices, and one of the latest is a Wi-Fi enabled Door & Window Sensor that's available for $25 at Kmart.
This is not a complicated device. At its...
Google announces Assignable Reminders, to help manage your house (or your housemates!)
If you're a smart home parent, or maybe it's easier herding cats than organising your housemates, coordinating everything by our phones is almost a given these days. Whether its the groceries, picking up the kids, or reminding people to...
Tile brings Google Assistant and Alexa integration to their products
Tile is a "community-powered" finding platform that leverages the power of millions of users to help them find their valuables. They are now introducing smart home integration in the next generation of the Tile Mate and Tile Pro.
The...
Google temporarily suspends transcription of Assistant recordings, amid EU investigation
Like most AIs, Google's Assistant isn't actually Skynet, and doesn't actually learn by itself. Just as with Siri and Alexa, Assistant is improved - at least in part - by humans transcribing interactions and helping Assistant to better understand...
Google Assistant can now read and reply to messages in WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Voice...
Google Assistant has always had some measure of integration with various messaging apps; for example, it's long been able to read and reply to Telegram messages (which we use at Ausdroid) but that integration hasn't been complete.
However, that's now...