Google Assistant

Battle of the smart speakers 2019

Ray ShawDecember 16, 2019

Who won the battle of the smart speakers 2019? In the right corner is Google Assistant, and the left is Amazon Alexa. Waiting patiently for her time in the Sun...

4.3

Review: Bose Portable Home Speaker – Google, Alexa, Airplay 2, Wi-Fi and BT

Ray ShawDecember 8, 2019

The Bose Portable Home speaker has pretty much everything you could want. First, it speaks Goggle and Alexa (no Siri); can stream over Wi-Fi any music or podca...

OK Google does human voice sampling. So what?

Ray ShawJuly 15, 2019

A Google employee snuck out some anonymous voice sampling recordings against Google’s data security policies. They leaked what is a dead-horse story to the ne...

Sonos One becomes Gen 2

Ray ShawMarch 9, 2019

Sonos One now is gen 2 with an update to the processor, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and increased memory. (more…)...

4.2

Review: JBL Everest 710GA headphones

Thomas BartlettJanuary 16, 2019

What does “Optimised for Google Assistant” mean? Can’t just about any modern Bluetooth earphones use Google Assistant? Well, yes, a little bit. But the JBL Eve...

Voice control will be critical for all new tech products

Ray ShawJanuary 5, 2019

Voice control will be critical for all new tech products including those in general computing category. Consumers will increasingly demand the feature whether ...

Exciting 2018 Tech – Voice Assistants, Smart Home and AI

Ray ShawDecember 19, 2018

Voice Assistants, SmartHome and AI driven products came into prominence in 2018. Yet, these are products 'on a promise' as few offer any more real functionalit...

4.6

Review: JBL Link View adds colour and movement to OK Google

Ray ShawDecember 14, 2018

The JBL Link View is the latest Google Assistant speaker to add a much-needed video screen to the ever helpful and always learning, OK Google. Its competit...

How to use Google Assistant on LG AI ThinQ TVs

Thomas BartlettDecember 12, 2018

Recently LG approached me and four others in this line of business with a “Challenge”. We were to compete to come up with the best uses of Google Assistant, wh...

4.5