Google Gemini voice assistant is expanding to millions of US users on smart speakers. This includes Gemini Live, Home Brief, ...

Google announced that it is expanding Google Home with the launch of Home APIs. Home APIs will allow apps and other experiences access to your smart home. You’ll soon be able to use Google TV services ...

The Google Home app serves as a central hub to your smart home, and Google is now taking that further than ever before with the launch of Home APIs, which will let other apps and experiences tap into ...

Let's start with something simple. When you set up a device like the Nest Mini 2 or Nest Hub Max, it connects to all your Google-related apps through your Google Account. That means it's automatically ...

Google appears to have nixed a feature that allowed users to “call home” to their Google smart speakers and displays from their smartphones.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. New Home APIs will let developers use Google Home devices and automations in their apps, and Google is adding ...

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The ‘Call Home’ feature in the Google Home app was introduced in 2019, and it allowed Google Duo to send voice and video ...

Google has removed the Call Home feature from the Google Home app in recent updates, officially cutting support for calling devices like the Nest Hub Max directly.

Google currently sells two smart displays, the second-gen, seven-inch Nest Hub and the first-gen, 10-inch Nest Hub Max—both are filled with so many functions that you may not have gotten around to ...