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How to Turn Off Annoying Command Responses on Your Google Home
You usually want a response when asking your Google Home device a question. When you issue a command, however — say, telling your Google Assistant to turn on the lights — you don’t really need a vocalized answer. If you find it distracting when your Google Home responds out loud to every command, there are…
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Netflix Has a Funny Idea of How Digital Assistants Should Work
In the first episode of season two of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle, ten horny singles are partying on a beach until, up from the depths, shrouded in fog, emerges what looks like a fancy RGB aromatherapy diffuser. Cue flailing and anguished cries. This is no ordinary gadget. This is Lana, Netflix’s fake-as-hell voice assistant…
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5 Reasons Why Hound Is Better Than Siri And Google Now
There are so many AI-powered digital assistants out there these days, we’ll forgive you if you’ve lost track. Hound is an offering from Shazam rival SoundHound, and it’s packed with an impressive number of features considering it doesn’t have the weight of Apple or Google’s engineering teams behind it. Here are five reasons we like…
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Use Nicknames With Siri And Google Now To Reach Contacts Faster
Both Google Now and Siri now support the use of nicknames for your contacts, so you can quickly get in touch with “mum”, “dad”, “the boss” or “maverick” more easily than ever. Here’s how to ditch those long-winded real names and get your nicknames set up instead on Android and iOS.