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Google Home available for $129 w/ Google Assistant and Chromecast integreation, pre-orders begin today

Avatar for Abner Li Oct 4 2016 - 10:16 am PT
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At today’s 10/4 event, Google finally announced a ship date and pricing for its Amazon Echo competitor first revealed at I/O 2016. Google Home will be available November 4 for $129. As the name suggests, the device provides a simple, hands-free experience for the Google Assistant at home with an additional focus on music, entertainment, and controlling other IoT devices.


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Google Home will be compatible with Samsung’s SmartThings platform at launch

Avatar for Ben Schoon Sep 30 2016 - 11:36 am PT
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We’re right around the corner from Google’s October 4th event where, among other things, the company is expected to launch the Google Home, its Amazon Echo competitor. We know the price and basic functionality of the Home device already, but the biggest question is compatibility.We now know one major platform that will be compatible at launch.


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Google Home will be followed by a slew of Assistant-powered third party hardware, report says

Avatar for Edoardo Maggio Sep 30 2016 - 6:42 am PT
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Remember the Chromecast? Yes, of course you do. Google’s highly successful $35 dongle has been a hit among consumers, but its virtues may expand far beyond that. According to an exclusive Variety report, in fact, it may well have proved to be a proper Trojan horse for Google, who’s now seeking partners’ attention to build yet more appliances around its technology…


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‘Google Home app’ reference appears in most recent Chromecast Preview

Avatar for Justin Duino Sep 30 2016 - 6:05 am PT
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We are less than a week away from Google’s event on October 4 and it looks like the company has already started preparing its current products for things to come. A Reddit user noticed the mentioning of a ‘Google Home app’ while reconnecting their Chromecast to Wi-Fi after updating to the latest firmware available through the Chromecast Preview Program.


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Google Home will apparently sell for $129, 4K ‘Chromecast Ultra’ for $69

Avatar for Ben Schoon Sep 23 2016 - 11:36 am PT
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Google is set to debut a lot of new hardware at its October 4th event including new smartphones, a recently revealed WiFi router, and two other products we’re looking forward to: Google Home and the refreshed 4K Chromecast. As the event nears, we’re hearing more details on these products, and now we have pricing (via Android Police) for the Google Home and the “Chromecast Ultra”…


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Here’s everything we know about Google’s forthcoming hardware invasion

Avatar for Edoardo Maggio Sep 6 2016 - 11:37 am PT
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When thinking of Google, there are essentially two versions of the company that come to mind for most. Some immediately — and solely — link it to its iconic search box put front and center on google.com, while others who are more aware know about the ocean of products and services the Mountain View firm is deeply involved in. One thing that doesn’t often come to the average person’s mind, though, is hardware. Come the next few months, however, that may all but change…


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Report: Google Home is essentially a Chromecast with speakers, possibly cheaper than Echo

Avatar for Abner Li May 31 2016 - 11:33 am PT
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Google Home was announced earlier this month by Chromecast head Mario Queiroz. The team responsible for Google’s hit streaming media device headed up development of the Amazon Echo competitor because Home is essentially a “dressed-up version of Chromecast”, according to The Information.


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Google previews its smarter, prettier Amazon Echo killer: Google Home

Avatar for Cam Bunton May 18 2016 - 10:25 am PT
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In a product announcement in which it gave credit to Amazon Alexa, Google today teased Google Home, a device which brings the newly announced Assistant in to the home. Design-wise, it looks very similar to the OnHub, and is customizable and incredibly versatile. “It will let anyone in the family, kids or adults, have a conversation with Google”…


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