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A mysterious "media device" from Google has appeared at the FCC, but we have no idea what it is.

Lenovo’s new Smart Clock is a modern take on the alarm clock with Google Assistant support, voice control, and touch navigation.  

Google announced a free, ad-supported version of YouTube Music to all users of Google Home and other Google-powered speakers.

The market researchers at Canalys claim that the smart speaker installed base will top 200 million globally by the end of 2019.

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

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

Google is reportedly planning to launch new Pixel 3 Lite line of phones, a new security camera, Pixel 4, a new Home, and a new Watch this year.

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

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

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

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

Google has finally added multi-room audio functionality to its video-based Chromecast, Google Home, and Smart Display devices

I really like Google's Smart Display platform, but a recent functional addition really puts it over the top.

Google will soon reveal its own smart display powered by Assistant.

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.

Some of Google's hardware is on sale via the Google Store, and the prices match the lowest we've seen yet for this generation of devices.

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

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

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

Google this week updated the software for its Chromecast devices to support a new Ambient Mode that displays when no content is being cast.

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.