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smart speakers Dec. 14, 2018

A Parent’s Guide to Not Feeling So Bad About Using AlexaFor parents, smart speakers are great, as well as very weird and scary. We talk to experts about how you can assuage some of your anxieties.

By Jake Swearingen
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Google Can’t Understand Me Unless I Speak Spanish in an American AccentJust as train conductors are taught to pronounce local destinations, voice assistants have a responsibility to understand a variety of accents.

By Ximena N. Larkin
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Tennessee Man Very Concerned His Google Home Doesn’t Know Who Jesus IsA Google Home will tell you about Satan, but not Jesus Christ.

By Madison Malone Kircher
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Google Home Max Review: A Big, Booming Smart SpeakerThe best-sounding smart speaker on the market is here.

By Jake Swearingen
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Here Comes a New Google Home … With a Screen?Google source code suggests a speaker with a screen may be coming soon.

By Brian Feldman
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Alexa, Give My Data Over to DevelopersAmazon is considering allowing third-party app developers access to your voice queries to Alexa.

By Jake Swearingen
select all July 10, 2017

This Is the Lowest Price Yet for the Google HomeGoogle offers some discounts for those who want to stay out of Amazon’s ecosystem.

By Jake Swearingen
select all Apr. 26, 2017

Why Do I Hate Talking to My Phone?What’s the reason I loathe talking to Siri, but chatter away happily to Alexa?

By Jake Swearingen
select all Apr. 20, 2017

Google Home Just Got a Lot More Useful for Actual HomesYour Google Home speaker will now support multiple users — and can recognize you just by the sound of your voice.

By Jake Swearingen
select all Apr. 12, 2017

Burger King Outsources Advertisement to Your Google Home, Google Shuts It DownEver wanted to hear a robot tell you about the Whopper?

By Brian Feldman
select all Dec. 21, 2016

Google Home’s Secret Weakness: the Word ‘Google’You don’t realize how annoying the name is until you yell it at a robot over and over.

By Brian Feldman
select all Nov. 3, 2016

Is Google Home an Amazon Echo Killer? Well…There can only be one. (There can actually be many.)

By Jake Swearingen
select all Oct. 4, 2016

Google Doesn’t Want to Be Apple. It Wants to Be Everyone.As the search giant looks to own hardware, it’s making aggressive moves against other manufacturers.

By Jake Swearingen
select all Sept. 29, 2016

Here Are All the Goodies We’re Expecting From Google’s Big Event Next WeekAt its event on Tuesday, the search giant is out to prove it can also put out quality consumer tech.

By Jake Swearingen