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Google tests new Assistant command that delivers positive news in today's world where we are surrounded by bad news.

While Google's plans for new Pixel phones and Pixelbook Chromebooks have leaked repeatedly, this one, I think, is new.

Two new reports point to an inevitable conclusion: Google could overtake Amazon in the smart speaker market as soon as this year.

Google launches two new music streaming service for Home and Smart Displays.

Google launches a new Google News experience on Assistant devices in the United States.

Google Assistant is getting new visual controls from its Smart Displays platform.

Amazon's Echo devices may still dominate the smart speaker market, but customers rarely use them to purchase goods from the e-retailer.

Google is working on a new Pixel Stand accessory, could let you use the Pixel 3 as a Smart Display.

Google hasn't officially announced this yet, but it has added the ability to schedule custom routines for its Google Home speakers.

Google kicks off its Smart Displays platform with the Lenovo smart displays to compete with Amazon's Echo Show line.

Google Assistant is getting support for Continued Conversation on the Home, Home Max, and Home Mini speakers.

Anyone interested in smart home technologies will immediately run into a long list of issues. And it's hard to know where to start.

With little fanfare, Google has bumped the number of simultaneous queries and actions its Home smart speakers can handle at once.

A Google-centric blog has discovered evidence that the search giant will finally release its own podcasts app for Android.

Google smart speaker sales are growing over three times faster than those from Amazon, closing the gap in this critical market.

Google announced today that its Google Assistant is now compatible with over 5,000 smart devices, up 1,500 from January.

To date, Google's podcast strategy has amounted to adding podcast support to Google Play Music. That's changing.

Google is bringing the ability to send payments to Assistant on the phone in the United States, coming to Home smart speakers in the future.

A credible report explaining how Apple failed to capitalize on being first-to-market with Siri has triggered some fan fiction.

Routines represent the second-generation of the digital assistant era, where we move past simple command/response interactions.

Google is bringing Assistant to the iPad as the company continues to bring its virtual assistant to more customers.

Amazon's $1 billion purchase of smart home security firm Ring is big news, but it could result in a chilling new era of fragmentation.

Google Assistant on smart speakers is getting updated with an improved alarm feature, ability to look up TV schedules, and more.

You could soon be able to use Google Assistant with a custom hotword instead of the annoying Ok Google hotword. Yes, finally.

Ambient computing is the next major wave of personal computing, and smart speakers are how we get there.

As part of its revamped consumer push for Assistant, Google set to launch a redesigned online store with Assistant at the heart.

Google Assistant now supports over one million actions, which are essentially things the Assistant can do.