Google’s voice assistant is now available on LG’s 2018 OLED and Super UHD LCD TVs. The capability, first announced at CES 2018, allows models like the new C8 OLED TV to accept commands over the remote control’s built-in microphone, as well as talk back to you in Google’s voice. Using voice commands, you can find and …
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Amazon recently updated the Alexa app for Android devices, adding the ability to set it as the default personal assistant on phones and tablets. Now playing: Watch this: Amazon introduces new, easy Alexa Skill builder 1:33 Users have had the option to use Microsoft’s Cortana in place of Google Assistant since 2017, but with Alexa’s popularity, it’s nice to see …
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Coming to Google Assistant near you: movie-ticket purchasing. Just add that to the long list of what Google Assistant can do. In conjunction with Fandango, Google Assistant can now help you research a film, select a theater near you to see it, or find out where it will be playing when it opens — all via voice. You can also …
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Google Assistant is already on over 5,000 devices, and smartwatches are some of them. While Google software features can be summoned on Wear OS watches (Wear OS was formerly known as Android Wear), it hasn’t been quite the same as what you can get using a Google Home smart speaker. But it’s become a lot closer now, just a few days …
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The slim button on the left side of the new LG G7 ThinQ phone looks innocent enough. And when you press it, it opens up Google Assistant, a familiar and useful tool that’s already baked in to today’s Android phones. But there’s a problem here, and it’s one we’ve seen Samsung commit to its Bixby Voice software on the Galaxy S9, Galaxy S8 and …
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Samsung last year debuted a button on its Galaxy S8 phones that triggers the company’s house-made Bixby Voice assistant. Bixby took months to roll out, but has since become a constant feature on high-end Galaxy phones. Now, LG has done the same, adding a hotkey on the LG G7 ThinQ that opens Google Assistant after you speak a command. Google Assistant …
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An update to Google Lens might be right around the corner, but we didn’t get that hint from Google. Instead, LG dropped a reference in a press release for its latest phone, the LG G7 ThinQ. The LG G7 debuts a button on the phone’s side that you can click to open Google Assistant and double-click to snap open Google Lens. “The G7 ThinQ …
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Fact: the LG G7 ThinQ will launch May 2 in New York. Now, a new image tweeted by frequent mobile tipster Evan Blass sheds some light on the phone’s possible design corroborates a heap of rumors. Remember, CNET has not confirmed the validity of the image. G7 ThinQ, redux pic.twitter.com/QBWceCtr1a — Evan Blass (@evleaks) April 23, 2018 The notch: The render …
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The upcoming LG G7 ThinQ smartphone will have a unique, physical connection to Google Assistant. The flagship phone, slated to be unveiled in a New York event on May 2, will sport a dedicated hardware button specifically for Google’s digital assistant, according to people familiar with the smartphone. The Google Assistant button will be on the left side of the phone, while …
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If you have one of the many Android Wear watches compatible with Android Wear 2.0 (full list in link), you’re in for a treat. With Android Wear 2.0, and the more recent Android Wear update bringing the platform in sync with Android Oreo, Google redesigned the interface and added new features that are aimed directly at competing with the Apple Watch, and …
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