Discover the unexpected hurdles I encountered while setting up Home Assistant, from broken integrations to complex technical ...

Google’s Wear OS has long been able to control smart home devices thanks to Google Assistant, but it’s never had a touch-based method of doing so. This week, the popular open-source smart home client ...

My new server didn't have a Bluetooth adapter I could pass through to my virtual machine, so I built my own instead.

Google today detailed the new Winter 2023 features for Android. A number of them are for Wear OS, like the Google Home app adding support for manually setting Home/Away. Google Home for Wear OS will ...

Taylor worked with AP from 2018 to 2025, most recently as Google Editor. Wear OS will soon be getting a new Google Assistant app Tile, according to an APK teardown from 9to5Google. Judging by strings ...

If you use Control4 products, there’s a new way to take control. At CEDIA 2019, Google and SnapAV, a producer of audio/visual, surveillance, networking, automation, and remote management products, ...

The most notable new feature is the ability for your compatible Wear OS device to respond to your Google Assistant queries using the familiar Google Assistant voice. Now, when you ask Google Assistant ...

Buy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store.

Google is rolling out a new Assistant tile to supported Wear OS devices. The feature allows users to set custom Assistant commands as quick tap shortcuts. It’s available on the Pixel Watch duo and the ...

Have you ever felt like your smart home setup is more chaotic than convenient? With countless devices, apps, and cloud services vying for your attention, managing it all can feel overwhelming. Enter ...

With the introduction of new technology, most companies usually push out older technologies by no longer providing updates. With that, Google is stopping its support to older watch models to encourage ...