Google Assistant is evolving into Gemini, bringing powerful new AI capabilities but also discontinuing some favorite features. If you use Google Assistant to set timers, play music or control your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Janhoi McGregor (jan-eye) is a reporter who covers technology news. Gemini for Home AI upgrade on a Nest Hub Max display. Get ...

Alexa, show me a real smart home system.

A recent update for the self-hosted Home Assistant swaps out the older, clunkier Overview dashboard with a gorgeous new ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Google launched the Google Assistant in 2016. Since then, Google's first-gen virtual assistant has spread to pretty much every ...

It can be hard to keep track of Google's products, which are often here one day and virtually gone the next. When it comes to rapidly evolving fields like AI and personal assistants, things are ...

I have used several smart speakers powered by Google Assistant for quite a while. The first device I picked up was the Nest Mini, which was followed by the Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max. I have one ...

With great power and all that.

It's been a slow erosion, but recent cracks in Google's smart home foundation paint a very grim picture of the future. Reading time 3 minutes When I started using a Google smart speaker six years ago, ...

This time last year, I was about to move into a new house, and I made the decision to say goodbye to Google Assistant and hello to Amazon Alexa for all my smart home duties. Now, almost a year later, ...

Google is preparing to discontinue its Google Assistant in-car accessories. These include the JBL Link Drive and Anker Roav Bolt. A text string in the Google app says they’ll be shut off in the ...