Google Assistant isn't what it used to be, and Gemini is something entirely different. Can these two coincide to fix the current state of the smart home? Chris Wedel Home Tech Editor Chris Wedel is a ...

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Google’s making a few announcements today ahead of its big Pixel event next Tuesday. In addition to revealing the new Nest Learning Thermostat and the Google TV Streamer, Google is also providing a ...

Google Assistant has, especially in the context of the smart home, been crumbling over the past couple of years. In a post this evening, Google’s lead for Home and Nest has acknowledged Assistant ...

Google Home users, your long nightmare is over. The platform has finally added support for buttons. The release notes for a ...

Google's voice assistant is getting phased out in favor of the more chatty Gemini: Here's how that could affect your smart home and Nest products. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types ...

We didn’t get a real update about Gemini on smart speakers and display at I/O 2025 last week, but Google Home recently added a new “Voice assistant experiments” setting for it. Since testing got ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. We are inching closer to the day that Google Assistant is fully retired and Gemini takes its place as the ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

With Google Gemini all the rage and Google Assistant seeming to fade into the background, a big question mark has hung over Google’s Nest devices. Had Google lost interest in the smart home, ...

The SwitchBot AI Hub is the first edge hub to feature integrated VLM capabilities. You can pair it with SwitchBot’s range of ...