Yesterday Samsung started to roll out an update to Bixby that would allow you to remap either the single or double tap of the Bixby button to a new function or app. However, in that update, Samsung blocked the ability to open other digital assistants list Google’s Assistant, Microsoft’s Cortana …
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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 caused a lot of breathing difficulties for people. Knowing the current …
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At CES this year, audio accessory maker Jabra announced a few new consumer products. Amongst them was the Jabra Elite 65t, a premium successor to the Elite Sport earbuds, the earbuds that converted me to fully wireless audio listening. With the Elite 65t, Jabra haven’t simply dropped their old headphones …
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Since the launch of products like the Amazon Echo and then the Google Home we’ve seen an explosion of Internet of Thing (IoT) devices. It turns out that voice was the interface that Home Automation and IoT had been searching for. Since jumping into the Google Home world, I’ve been …
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When I expressed excitement at the Google Assistant making the leap to headphones, there were some interesting comments directly to me as well as on the post. Everything from: “Why would you need this?” to “You can already do this”… Thankfully Ian Lake, a Googler has taken to Google+ to …
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Google Assistant is a remarkable piece of technology, allowing natural voice input to trigger any one of a vast array of systems and functionality on your mobile and other devices. Google have uploaded some new videos that display Assistant working on headphones. Unlike your phone or Google Home devices the …
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At Google I/O earlier this week, a big announcement, or at least a big announcement for those of us still not comfortable talking to Google Assistant, is that a typing option was coming – and it’s now showing up. Saying ‘Ok Google’ and issuing a command or query in a …
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With Google Assistant expanding from the Home and Pixel devices to Android Wear, Android Phones running 6.0 and up and soon to Android Auto and Android TV (takes breath), it seems the platform is ready to live outside Google’s or Android’s hardware. Today, with the announcement of the Google Assistant …
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Google Home isn’t “officially” here in Australia yet but there are high hopes (and certainly a few rumours to back) that it is coming this way in the new year. Besides waiting, you can import them and here’s another reason you might want to: Todoist integration with the smart home …
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