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Assistant – Home

Toast Made custom photo etching Google Home wrap
Assistant - Home Google 

Google Assistant about to get a lot better

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments

One of the biggest problems with Google Assistant right now is that without an internet connection it’s pretty useless and

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Google Home Mini large
Assistant - Home Google 

Google Home no longer giving play by play in routines

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments google home, routines

If you’ve ever set a routine on a Google Home, you probably noticed that it would tell you every single

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Assistant - Home Google 

Google Home can talk like John Legend today in the US

April 3, 2019April 3, 2019 Paul E King 1 Comment google home

Starting today if you’re in the US you can ask Google Home to “talk like a legend” and get the

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Nest Cam IQ areas view
Assistant - Home Google 

Two and a half months on Nest cameras – let’s talk

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments google home, Google Home Hub, Lenovo Smart Display, Nest

In two and a half months with three Nest cameras (I’ve had the thermostat for years and no problems, not

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Lenovo 10" Smart Display with Google Assistant
Assistant - Home How To 

How to group Smart lights in Google Assistant (kinda)

March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments How-to

While I bet this will be solved soon enough, right now if you have multiple smart lights in a room

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Data Roaming dead after Android 4.3 update
Assistant - Home How To 

Setting up a deadman’s switch (probably to kill your porn folder you perv,) using Assistant

March 8, 2019March 13, 2019 Paul E King 1 Comment remote control

A few days ago I saw something along the lines of “real friends delete your porn folder when you die.”

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Google Home Hub initial impressions
Assistant - Home Google 

Continued conversation rolling out for Assistant-enabled smart displays

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments Google Assistant, google home

According to a blog post from Bibo Xu, the Google Assistant PM, continued conversation is rolling out to all smart

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Insignia Smart Bluetooth Speaker 2
Accessories Assistant - Home Google 

Insignia’s Google Assistant-integrated Speakers closing gaps

March 7, 2019March 7, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments

If you own a Lenovo, Insignia, Sonos, Harman, or any of the not Google-owned speakers that work with Google Assistant,

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Toast Made custom photo etching Google Home wrap
Assistant - Home Google 

How to fix a petulant Google Home

March 4, 2019March 4, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments google home

I had an interesting experience with one of my original Google Home units where I would ask it what the

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AMORTEK Outlet Wall Mount Holder for Google Home Mini
Assistant - Home Google 

You can now audio Duo call another Google Home speaker, some hoops required.

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments

It’s not quite walkie-talkie level awesome, and it requires that the person initiating the audio be recognized, know the name

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Google Home Hub initial impressions
Assistant - Home Google 

Too many The Googles

February 27, 2019February 27, 2019 Paul E King 0 Comments Google Assistant, google home

I reached peak saturation with Google recently and have run into some interesting issues. Maybe interesting only to me, and

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