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Photos are starting to show dates on Google Nest displays
Google’s smart displays are continuing to grow in popularity, with new features and new models offered over the last year or two. Smart displays offer a lot of functions that can be accessed with...
Google confirms it doesn’t store your voice recordings by default
Conspiracy theorists have regularly posed the question of what Google is doing with your voice data from Assistant. Theories range from "always listening" through "spying on you" to "targeting advertising" but Google is answering...
Mobile calling on Google Assistant devices is now live in Australia for Telstra customers
Google has quietly released its mobile calling feature for Australian Google Assistant devices, according to image shared on Twitter by Ausdroid alumnus Matt Booth.
The feature - accessible from Google Smart Displays and Google Home...
Bunnings has a great price match special on Google’s Charcoal Nest Hub (formerly Home...
One of the great thing about major online retailers having a sale (*ahem* Amazon Prime Day and the eBay sales) is that there are a few bricks and mortar retailers who'll price match. There's...
Get a Google Home Mini free when you buy a Google Home Hub from...
Google have slowly been piecing together their grand plans for the connected home for us with the slow release of various products and functionality. Last year they introduced us to the Google Home...
Interpreter Mode is now rolling out to Google Home and other Assistant-powered smart displays
Google has been broadening the footprint of its translation service over the last few years, and it appears the latest expansion is ready to go.
Interpreter Mode, revealed last month at CES, lets your Google...
The Google Home Hub has a (hidden and cut down) Chrome Browser installed
It's come up a couple of times in passing conversation that there's an interface in the Google Home Hub that looks much like a Chrome Browser.
Well guess what - it behaves like a cut...
Alex’s top tech picks for 2018
It's that time of the year again and 2018 has been an interesting year for Google, Android and its many partner manufacturers. We have seen the rise of the mid range smartphones, and home...
Phil’s Best Smartphones, Smart Home Gadgets and more of 2018
Don’t you hate it when a year disappears and you’re not entirely sure where it went? Well that was 2018 for me with the usual array of family, Emergency Services, Tech and Work commitments...
Google Home Hub goes on sale October 23 – here’s what to expect
If you couldn't guess, we're pretty excited for the release of Google's new Home Hub across Australia tomorrow. It's the latest member of the Google Home family, powered by Google Assistant and comes equipped...
Google Home Hub isn’t running on Android Things
The Google Home Hub is only one of a number of Smart Displays hitting the market, but the Home Hub is a little different to the devices from third-party manufacturers with a custom software...
Google Home Hub still lets you make voice calls with Duo even without a...
The Google Home Hub is one of the niftiest little gadgets set to hit the market, but a criticism of the Google branded Smart Display is that without a camera it's a little lacking...
[Poll] Are you buying any of the new Google goodies announced at the Made...
The dust has settled, you've had a chance to check out all the new devices that Google announced and come to a calm, rational decision about where to spend all your hard earned money....
Catch up on all the Google announcements in under four minutes in their recap...
If you were sane and sleeping at 2am this morning when Google announced their latest hardware and software improvements, then you may not have had a chance to watch the full two hour stream...
Pixel 3/Pixel 3 XL, Home Hub and Pixel Stand pricing around the world –...
Google announced all their latest hardware this morning, with the Google Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel Stand and Home Hub all coming to Australia with the Pixel Slate unfortunately a US-only exclusive for...