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The top 7 Google Pixel tablet settings you should update immediately
Change these settings immediately after setting up your Pixel Tablet
The Google Pixel Tablet is one of the most versatile Android tablets, but you'll want to tweak some essential settings before it becomes a firm fixture in your house. The Pixel Tablet receives Google's quarterly Pixel Feature Drops alongside yearly Android updates, so it's easy to miss settings that impact how you use your Pixel Tablet.
How to set up an Amazon Echo for multiple users
Share your Echo or Echo Show with your family member or friends
Amazon Echo speakers are among the most popular smart speakers, offering plenty of features for your household. These include listening to music, asking questions, and controlling smart home devices. In addition, they can access personal data, such as calendar events. You don't need separate devices for each user. You can teach it to distinguish users to provide a personalized experience. This guide walks you through how to set up an Echo device for your household.
How to use your Chromebook as a smart display
Make your Chromebook more useful when you're not using it
Chromebooks are great devices for surfing the web or school, and there's a Chromebook for anyone at any price point. While they're useful as computers, can Chromebooks be useful for anything else? Google added the ability for Chromebooks to have a screensaver that can act like a pseudo-smart display when you're not using your device. Chromebooks also have Google Assistant integration, which makes them more like a smart display. This guide helps you make your Chromebook work like a smart display.
How to use your smart display as a security camera
That's right, smart displays can do more than show you the 10-day forecast
Intelligent displays and smart speakers make interactions with smart home devices easier when you use voice commands. In addition, they let you listen to music, place calls, and perform other actions. Some of them, like the Amazon Echo Show smart displays and the Google Nest Hub Max, have built-in cameras to facilitate video calls.
Best Google Assistant smart displays in 2024
There are only a few good Google Assitant smart displays — here are the best options
Google Assistant is widely considered one of the best virtual assistants out there. Alexa may be better at smart home functionality thanks to its many integrations; however, Google Assistant is one of the best smart speakers for your home and a more socially adept virtual assistant. Subsequently, finding a smart display compatible with Google Assistant should be easy, right?
Amazon’s huge Echo Show 15 smart display is on sale for the lowest price ever for Black Friday
Take your family organization skills to the next level
Amazon's newest and largest smart display, the Amazon Echo Show 15, is a hit on social media, and it's not hard to see why. All it takes is a short video of a busy parent demonstrating how they use the device to keep their family organized for you to know why it's a game changer. The Show 15 is our Premium Pick in our roundup of the best Amazon Echo smart displays, and it's down to its lowest price ever for Black Friday.
Using a Google Assistant smart display or speaker to call someone outside your contacts will soon be much harder
Making a useful feature a lot less useful
You can currently use Google Assistant on your smart display, speaker, or smart clocks to quickly dial a number using just your voice, making the entire process quick and hassle-free. Sadly, starting December 2021, Google is changing how you can make calls using smart displays and speakers that will make the process a bit more convoluted than usual.
Lenovo Smart Clock 2 review: A luxurious way to wake up in the morning
You don't absolutely need a tiny smart display for your nightstand, but I love having one
I unabashedly loved the first-gen Lenovo Smart Clock. It’s one of my favorite smart home gadgets, and I use it literally every day. Perhaps its only drawback was its relatively high launch price and cut-back features compared to a “normal” Assistant-powered smart display — admittedly, a requirement of the much smaller footprint. The new Lenovo Smart Clock 2 takes everything I loved about the original and tosses on a 10W Magsafe-compatible Qi wireless charger.
All the tips and tricks for your Smart TV and Smart Display.
Smart displays are a great way to control things around your place, call loved ones, check out recipes while cooking, watch content, and even make sure you're sleeping soundly, provided you get the latest-gen Google Nest Hub. A new one would typically cost you $100, but you can save $30 thanks to this deal.
Keep mom and dad connected with a Facebook Portal Plus, now $100 off
Android Police disclaims any responsibility for helping get mom and dad set up
If Facebook is just about the limits of technology your parents and grandparents know, you may want to consider getting them a Portal Plus smart display to stay connected with them. Good thing it's on sale right now.The Portal Plus features a rotatable display and a very visible camera meant for video chats on Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, though the device runs on Alexa and has access to other clients. Users can cover the camera and switch off the microphones for assured privacy when they're not using the Portal. As with other smart devices, it integrates with streaming music and video sources and interfaces with smart home devices.
A successor to the Lenovo Smart Clock may be inbound, according to a recent FCC filing. The new device calls itself a "Lenovo Smart Clock 2" and may also support a wireless charging dock accessory. As seemingly the world's only super-fan of the original model, let me tell you: I am psyched.
Xiaomi Mi Smart Clock review, one month later: The same bugs, time and time again
This cute little bedside device is still limited by an annoying bug
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Lenovo is one of a few companies to ever launch dedicated smart alarm clocks with Google Assistant, so there's never been loads of competition in the market. Xiaomi is looking to change that with its new Mi Smart Clock, a cute little gadget that should fit well with almost any bedroom design.
Oh good, soon Aunt Gladys can share all her Grand Canyon pics with you, right from her Nest Hub
Whether you want to see them or not
Google's Nest Hub makes it easy to display all of those photos sitting unseen on your phone. It takes digital photo frames to a whole new level, especially considering the enhancements Google Photos can bring to your collection. Photo sharing from any Nest Hub device has been possible for years, but a new interface is coming soon that streamlines the experience.
Amazon's latest Echo Show 10 is down to $210 ($40 off)
It's a smart speaker, display, and security camera in a single device
If you're on the market for a smart display, Amazon's latest Echo Show is currently marked down, selling for $210, which is $40 less than its traditional price. It's a great option to place calls, listen to music, watch content, and even have a handy helper in the kitchen while cooking.The Echo Show has a 10-inch adaptive HD screen that follows you as you move about the room, thanks to a silent motor. This is particularly useful when placing video calls, as the screen will rotate and zoom to keep you in the center of the frame. The device can also let you know if someone enters the room when you're away, with the option to watch a live feed from another device, sparing you the purchase of a video camera.Both white and black devices are on sale on Amazon. Just click the link below to grab yours today.Buy: Amazon
Amazon is developing a wall-mounted Echo smart home control center
It would look like a slimmer Echo Show that you can mount on the wall
Amazon is often regarded as one of the companies that democratized voice assistants and home automation, thanks to Alexa and its range of Echo devices. Today, the company's Echo Show smart displays let people control their home, video call loved ones, play content, and check their upcoming appointments a glance. These devices are designed to be placed on a flat surface, though, making them harder to use in some rooms. To solve this issue, Amazon is reportedly developing a new device that can be mounted on the wall.
Many Walmart locations have Nest Hubs in stock for $49 ($41 off)
A seriously good deal for Google's smaller Smart Display
If you've been waiting for a sale to pick up a Smart Display of your own, there's never been a better time than now. Select Walmart stores are currently offering the Nest Hub in your choice of Chalk or Charcoal for just $49 — a $41 savings compared to the current Google Store price, and $80 off MSRP.
Guest Mode lands for Google smart displays and Assistant speakers
Not that many of us are having guests these days
Google is officially rolling out Guest Mode for its smart displays and Assistant-powered speakers as of today. Originally teased back in October, the feature appears to be live for all of us in testing. And, though you might think it, the feature it isn't really meant to enhance your privacy. It's just there to prevent friends or family from messing up your schedule or account history.
With the holiday sale season over, it's not uncommon to see a few older products dropping in price to clear inventory that may not have sold sufficiently over the previous months. That makes it an opportune time to pick up gadgets like the JBL Link View, which just inched its way down below its previous record low of $90 to land at just $85.
Google's upcoming smart display might use radar to track your sleep
Soli can see you even when the nightlight is off 🌝
Earlier this week, we learned that Google is preparing a new smart home device for a possible release this year. FCC documents showed it has a display screen, uses a 14V power supply, and comes equipped with the same Soli motion-sensing technology used by the Pixel 4 and Nest Thermostat. Now a new report claims that the sensor could be used to power a surprising new inclusion: sleep tracking.