Google-owned YouTube is now offering its music streaming service for free on Google Home as well as other Assistant-powered smart speakers. "With YouTube Music and Google Home, you can ask Google Home to play the right music for any moment or mood and YouTube Music will play the perfect station," James Goddard, Software Engineer for YouTube Music, wrote in a blog post on Thursday. Along with a free 30-day trial,... Read More
Despite Amazon Alexa being more popular globally, Google Assistant has outperformed her -- and other voice assistants like Apple Siri -- in a test meant to understand the effectiveness of smart speakers. In the 2018 edition of "Smart Speaker IQ Test" by research-driven venture capital firm Loup Ventures, Google Assistant (tested on Home smart speaker) managed to answer 87.9% of the questions correctly -- up from 81.1% in 2017, The Street.com... Read More
Smart speakers market in India is getting bigger with every passing quarter as brands are aggressively launching new models with innovative features. Going by a new report published by International Data Corporation (IDC), Amazon is leading the Indian smart speakers category with 59% share and the US-based company is closely followed by search giant Google which secured the second position. Overall, the smart speakers category in India grew by 47%... Read More
Google Home and Home Mini smart speakers from the search giant are now available at discounted rates on Flipkart, but it seems like the discount offer will be for a limited period. The Google Home, which was launched in April for Rs 9,999 is now available at a discounted price of Rs 8,499, which is 15% discount. On the other hand, the Google Home Mini, whose original price was Rs... Read More
At the Google I/O 2018, the tech giant had announced new and interesting features for its Google Home speaker, out of which the multitasking feature has started rolling out to the users. As a part of this new functionality now users will be able to command Google Home speakers to carry out up to three tasks at once. For example, now users can give commands like "Ok Google, switch on... Read More
The craze for Smart Speakers is heating up and more brands are jumping on the bandwagon to gain the upper hand. As per the latest quarterly research from Strategy Analytics, global smart speaker shipments reached 9.2 million units in Q1 2018. Market leader Amazon is estimated to have shipped 4 million smart speakers during the quarter though its global market share has nearly halved from the same period last year.... Read More
Google has finally launched its Home range of speakers in the Indian market. The Google Home, which was launched way back in 2016 made its debut in India for Rs 9,999 today, and the company even launched the Google Home Mini, a smaller version of the Google Home at Rs 4,499. The two new smart speakers will compete with Amazon's Echo range of speakers, which were launched in India last... Read More
It took a while for Google to bring its Home products to the Indian market, but the search giant has just confirmed on Twitter that it will be soon launching the Google Home and Google Home Mini speakers in the sub-continent. Google is teasing the launch with #MakeGoogleDoIt, but there's no update on when the products are going to be introduced. Rumours suggest that they will arrive between April 10... Read More
Google has finally rolled out the much-awaited feature for Google Home- allowing users to connect to other Bluetooth speakers. When Google unveiled the Home speaker back in 2016, everyone was surprised that the company did not allow it to connect with other audio sources. But that's going to change now as Google has rolled the support for other audio sources. Users can now connect it to Bluetooth speakers and can... Read More
Search giant Google today revealed that it sold one Google Home device every second since the launch Google Home Mini on October 19, 2017. Going by this, Google sold over 6.5 million Google Home devices. Google currently has three Home products- Google Home, Google Home Mini, and the Google Home Max. The Home Max started shipping to consumers in December 2017, so it may not account for the sales. However,... Read More
In the 100-minute event held yesterday, Google unveiled a wide range of products made by its in-house product team. Through unveiling an array of products, the company has made its strategy clear, of controlling both hardware and software for its devices. The factor all these products have in common is the artificial intelligence (AI), which is seen as Google Assistant, a voice-activated assistance service. This means there is no more... Read More
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