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Thanks to Court Ruling, You Can Add Your Google Speaker to Multiple Groups

Tim October 10, 2023 11

A federal judge recently found that two patents belonging to Sonos are invalid. These same patents were being used by Sonos to stop Google from allowing Nest and Google speakers from belonging to multiple speaker groups in the same household. For us consumers,...

More Renders of Google’s New Nest Speaker

Tim September 18, 2020 12

We've been waiting quite a bit for a followup to the original Google Home. Thanks to the latest leak from WinFuture, we're getting yet another look, this time in render form, following our first physical look that happened back in July when it went through the...

Google’s Pixel 5 and Nest Event Happening September 30

Kellen September 14, 2020 22

This morning, Google invited press to an event happening on September 30 where they'll show off their next line-up of hardware. Our invite specifically mentions a "new Chromecast, latest smart speaker and new Pixel phones." For those curious about those...

Report: Nest-Branded ‘Prince’ Smart Speaker to Replace Original Google Home

Tim June 16, 2020 11

9to5Google reports this week that Google is working on a new Nest-branded smart speaker, codenamed Prince, set to replace the already unavailable original Google Home speaker. RIP, Google Home. According to their source, Prince will be somewhere between the...

SiriusXM Access Comes to Google Assistant, Nest Home Speakers

Tim October 30, 2019

Google announces SiriusXM integration with Google Assistant this morning, with subscribers now able to access their favorite channels via Nest Home speakers and displays. In addition, Google also detailed that it's bringing curated video content from the...

You Can Now Move Streams Between Google Cast Devices With Your Voice

Tim October 8, 2019

At long last, users can now move music and video streams between Google Cast-supported devices with nothing but their voice. Before this change, let's say you casted music to your bathroom speaker, but now want to move it to the living room. To do, you'd have...

Google May Change Google Home to Nest Home and I’m Annoyed (Updated: Google Says No Change)

Tim June 21, 2019

At Google I/O this year, Google officially switched the Google Home Hub to the Nest Hub. It was a bit confusing at first, but if you just remember that basically all smart home products from Google that feature a display are now labeled as Nest products, it's...