Google’s Gemini lets you chat with your smart home

With help from the revamped Google Home app, Gemini for Home promises to be the eyes and ears of your household.

Hey Google, meet Gemini: the new voice of your smart home

On smart speakers, Gemini brings an entirely new voice assistant that uses and understands natural language, can interpret ...
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Raising kids in the age of AI: When your baby's first words are 'Hey Google'

In today’s gadget-driven homes, toddlers are learning to summon voices from smart speakers before uttering "Mama." ...

Forget Hey Google Gemini may soon wake up when you bring phone to your face

A new Google patent reveals plans for an AI assistant activation method that triggers Gemini when the phone detects a user's ...
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Hey Google: What is AI Mode?

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (KTAL/KMSS) In the past, if you asked Google, “How old was George Washington?” it could for sure give you a direct answer. However, if you were to type a general follow-up like, ...
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‘Hey Google’ and Other Voice Assistants Are Terrifying Children and Confusing Bemused Parents

Smart speakers may be a convenient way to keep up with the events on your calendar or get the latest headlines and weather in your area. But what you may not know is that every time you call on Alexa ...

Google Gemini AI Assistant May Soon Activate by Face Proximity

Google may soon let you ditch the "Hey Google" hotword for your phone's AI assistant—like Gemini— activation by relying on ...