Google Home wants to make it much easier to add your next new smart home hardware

by dbadmin | Oct 22, 2025 | Authority Insights, Google Home, News

TL;DR Google Home is developing a new workflow for setting up new devices. The interface is search-based, letting you look up a brand’s app or individual models. You can easily see which hardware supports Matter, and confirm your results with a picture. The...

Survey shows how many of you are still holding out hope for Google Home

by dbadmin | Oct 15, 2025 | Google Home, News, Polls, Survey Results

Credit: Stephen Schenck / Android Authority A smart speaker’s supposed to make life easier rather than drive you up the wall, but that’s what many Google Home owners have experienced over the past few years. Various glitches and broken routines have tested people’s...

I stayed loyal to Google Home for years — and now I regret it

by dbadmin | Oct 13, 2025 | Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, Features, Google Assistant, Google Gemini, Google Home, Smart Home

I consider myself a patient person. I’ll wait for outcomes to unfold when I know I’m doing my best to achieve something, or when I sense life will throw something my way when the stars perfectly align. But in both those scenarios — and everything in between — nowhere...

People think Google Home’s latest feature might be in need of an exorcism

by dbadmin | Oct 13, 2025 | Google, Google Home, News

TL;DR Google recently launched a new Home Brief feature for Google Home that summarizes daily home activity using camera footage. Some early users say the feature isn’t functioning accurately, reporting ghost sightings and misidentifying animals and objects. The...

Google finally breaks silence on new Nest Hubs, and it’s more of a slow burn than a comeback

by dbadmin | Oct 8, 2025 | Google Home, Google Nest, Google Nest Hub, News

Credit: Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google has finally confirmed that the Nest Hub category is not dead and that smart displays are still a part of the company’s plans. In a recent interview, Google Home’s Chief Product Officer promised that the company...

3 reasons USB-C should’ve been standard on Google smart speakers by now 

by dbadmin | Oct 7, 2025 | Features, Google, Google Home, smart speakers, USB-C

Credit: Stephen Schenck / Android Authority Last week, Google announced its new Home smart speaker, focusing on Gemini integration, 360° audio, and the stereo pairing ability with a Google TV Streamer. From a practical standpoint, though, the first thing I looked at...