I have a dream of a tablet that can also be my laptop. The Microsoft Surface already does that. The iPad Pro tries for that, but delivers only half of the equation. And now the Google Pixel Slate claims to offer the exact things the iPad Pro lacks most, but at an equally high price. …
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Talking to Google Assistant on an iPhone is hardly new — Google released its Assistant app in 2017. But the process for getting to Google Assistant didn’t involve its typical “OK Google” or “Hey Google” command. Instead, you had to manually open the app or launch it using a widget. It worked, but only if you really liked Google Assistant. Now …
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Some Google Pixel owners can now use the company’s Duplex service to do their talking, just as Google promised last month. The search giant’s human-sounding artificial intelligence call service is available to a “small group” of Pixel owners in “select cities,” VentureBeat reported Wednesday. It started limited beta testing in June. Google confirmed the accuracy of its statement to VentureBeat, but …
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Your morning alarm sounds. You grope around to turn it off, moan into your pillow and sluggishly begin your daily routine. But maybe not for long. A new Google Assistant trick, rolling out now to Android phones, can automatically turn on your bedroom lights, read out the weather and news, and even start brewing your morning coffee without you sleep-slurring a command …
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Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant is getting a boost in capabilities — but the question is whether it’s too late. The South Korean company on Wednesday will kick off its two-day developer conference in San Francisco, an annual event that reflects the company’s big push to get developers to make software specifically for its devices. In the past, that’s meant making …
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Sonos has announced that Google Assistant won’t be joining Amazon‘s Alexa on its Sonos One and Beam speakers until 2019. Sonos’ smart speakers currently support Alexa and the support for multiple voice assistants, including Google’s, was one of the main selling points of the Sonos One at its 2017 launch. “While we originally planned to have the experience ready to …
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Google Lens already lets you use your phone’s camera to copy text from a sign, identify plants and animals, scan bar codes and get details on a monument or building. Now Google is bringing the feature’s ID skills to search. Tap on a Lens button in mobile image search and it will place dots over objects in images so you can …
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Starting today, you can ask your Google speaker to control Roku. Roku’s popular streamers and smart TVs now have the ability to take commands from Google Assistant. That means a Google Home, Google Home Mini or Google Home Hub, for example, can control Rokus using “OK Google” voice commands from across the room. People with Roku streamers and a compatible Assistant gadget …
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Anker is known for its mobile charging products but in recent years has branched out into other consumer electronics categories. Heading into the holiday season, it announced a handful of new products at a media event in New York. They include the Nebula Capsule II pico projector, the PowerPort Atom PD charger (Anker’s smallest 27W charger yet) and the Soundcore …
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Google now includes a pair of USB-C earbuds in the box with the Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL. The earbuds look a lot like the company’s wireless Pixel Buds and work much in the same way. Instead of touch interaction on the earbud itself, there’s an in-line remote, with volume controls and a means to summon Google Assistant. But …
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