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The BBC has admitted that it is blocking all of its podcasts from appearing in Google Podcasts, Search, and Assistant. For some reason.

Google now documents the APIs required for smart blinds to hook into Assistant.

Google Assistant's new Continued Conversations feature lets you keep asking Assistant questions without having to say Hey Google.

Google and Apple could be working on bringing official Apple Music integration to Google Home speakers.

Google looks to expand Assistant's reach with new dedicated button, Voice Typing on feature phones, support for more languages, and Android Messages integration.

A new report says that smart speaker sales hit a new record in the holiday quarter of 2018, with 86.2 million units sold.

Alphabet’s most recent annual report dropped Microsoft from a list of competitors in the digital assistant market.

Google announced this week that its Nest Secure smart alarm system now offers Google Assistant capabilities via its Nest Guard base station.

Google starts rolling out a new dark mode for Assistant on Android.

Google's new Assistant Connect platform makes it easier for device makers to offer Assistant-powered experiences.

Google Assistant gets new features on Android, and a new Interpreter Mode on Smart Displays.

Google is bringing Assistant right into Google Maps.

Google introduces a tiny new Smart Clock powered by Google Assistant to help you with your morning routine.

There are over 100 million Amazon Alexa-powered devices out in the world. But there are ten times as many Google Assistant-powered devices.

Google Assistant will soon be available on a billion devices, with number of active users growing 4x over the last year.

Google Assistant wins the Smart Speaker IQ Test, followed by Siri, Alexa, and Cortana.

Google starts rolling out support for notes and lists on Assistant, along with Keep integration.

You can now ask Google Assistant if your flight is getting delayed.

Google Assistant can now speak to you in two new accents.

Google announced today that it is using AI to enhance the audio news capabilities of Google Assistant and Google Home.

Google has figured out a way to subvert Siri so that you can use it to summon Google Assistant on the iPhone instead.

Sonos will not be able to deliver Google Assistant support to its home speaker systems in 2018 as planned.

Roku announced that the Google Assistant is now available on its newer living room set-top boxes and smart TVs in the U.S.

As it does at this time every year, Roku has announced an updated lineup of living room set-top boxes.

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.