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Google Home API preview opens, giving app devs the keys to your smart home
Initially, Google made that API available to only a few select partners for early testing. Companies like Nanoleaf, ADT, and LG have been part of that initial effort, and now this week at CES 2025 Google shares that it’s opening the Home API to public preview.
Gemini AI smarts are coming to Google Home to make the Assistant a better conversationalist
I had a chance to check out a demo of the way Google is integrating Gemini capabilities into its smart home platform via devices like the Nest Audio, Nest Hub and Nest Cameras. The main takeaway is that the conversations you have with the Google Assistant will feel more natural.
Google TV will soon get Gemini’s AI smarts
Google plans to incorporate its Gemini AI model into the Google TV experience later in 2025 to make interacting with your TV more intuitive and helpful.
Google will use more mics and Gemini AI to get you to talk to your TV
Newer Google TVs will come with far-field microphones, allowing you to talk to your TV without speaking into your remote.
Gemini AI is coming to Google TV devices in 2025, making them easier to talk to
This week at CES, Google presented an early look at new software and hardware upgrades coming to Google TV devices. The new features include the integration of Gemini, Google's AI model, to the Google Assistant,
Gemini AI coming to Google TV devices in the near future
Google says it wants to make the user experience on its TV operating system ‘more intuitive and helpful.’ It seems harder and harder to avoid artificial intelligence (AI) these days. Google’s Gemini AI is one of the latest models to reach consumers,
Google Home hubs can now work locally thanks to Matter
This week, Google announced it has added full local control of Matter devices to its Google Home Hubs by integrating Home ...
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Google Home app finally getting Dynamic Color theming
Despite the big Material You redesign in 2022, the Google Home app does not use Dynamic Color, though that’s finally changing ...
Google Home APIs now available as public developer beta on Android
Google is offering a public developer beta for Android for Home APIs, which enable developers to create experiences for ...
Google and MediaTek reveal new chip, but it's not for a future Pixel
Google recently added the Google Home panel to smart TVs and Google TV devices, allowing you to quickly control your smart ...
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Google Home presence sensing tests using your media devices
In addition to your phone and Nest smart devices, Google Home’s presence sensing feature is now testing the ability to use “media devices.” ...
Apple, Google, and Samsung will accept Matter certification of smart home products
Buying a smart home product today means checking which ecosystems it works with by looking for the little “Works with Apple ...
Google Nest Learning Thermostat: Is This Smart Upgrade Worth it?
The Google Nest Learning Thermostat promises to make your home smarter, more efficient, and easier to manage, but how is the ...