Category: Google

Google Assistant can now stream Hulu to your Chromecast and Nest Hub

[ad_1] “Hulu subscribers can now ask their Google Assistant to play thousands of hit TV shows and movies from their basic subscription catalog on their Chromecasts, Chromecast built-in devices, and smart displays like Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max,” a spokesperson for Google told Android Police. You can can link Assistant with Hulu by launching […]

Apple, Amazon and Google unite to help create a universal smart home standard

[ad_1] Google, Amazon and Apple (plus others) have created Connected Home Over IP, a new working group managed by the Zigbee Alliance, which aims to develop a new, open smart home connectivity standard based on Internet Protocol (IP). For consumers, this will mean that stuff just works together, but it’ll be a boon for developers, […]

Google resumes Chrome 79 update for Android after fixing data bug

[ad_1] A Google spokesperson said the fixed update is making its way to people’s devices within this week and will make affected users’ data visible to WebView-based apps again. In this particular scenario, being one of the first to get the update wasn’t a good thing: Google said it was able to pause the update’s […]

‘Borderlands 3’ and ‘Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2’ hit Google Stadia

[ad_1] Grab some new games to play across your favorite screens! Borderlands 3, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, and Ghost Recon Breakpoint are available this week on Stadia. Check out our blog for additional details https://t.co/gVTMHwZMM7 pic.twitter.com/QJoSWK7Ggw — Stadia (@GoogleStadia) December 17, 2019 On Tuesday, another major game will be available through the service: Tom Clancy’s […]

PBS is now available on YouTube TV

[ad_1] This is helpful if you thrive on Masterpiece performances or (older) Sesame Street episodes, but it also fills an important gap in YouTube TV’s lineup. You now have public television without turning to PBS’ own sites and apps, or relying on over-the-air broadcasts — it’s more like conventional TV service, just without some of […]

YouTube’s personalized music playlists are available to all users

[ad_1] A few months ago, Discover Mix popped up on the YouTube Music app, but YouTube kept quiet about its plans for the curated list. Today, it confirmed that Discover Mix will deliver 50 tracks every week, with updates every Wednesday. Those tracks will include songs by new artists you’ve never heard, as well as […]

Google accused of firing another worker in union-busting drive

[ad_1] In a post on Medium, Spiers says that Google was recently forced to a publish a list (by the NLRB), internally, outlining the rights its employees have. And in order to ensure that all affected employees knew about it, Spiers added a pop-up notification to the company’s internal Chrome browser. Apparently this is a […]

Google AI tool helps conservationists (and the public) track wildlife

[ad_1] The website, meanwhile, is powerful whether or not you’re a researcher. You can explore about 4.5 million images (as of this writing) using a map with helpful filters for species, countries, dates and specific projects. If you want to find pictures of giraffes in Kenya, you can go directly to the camera traps that […]

Google explains the science behind the Pixel 4’s Portrait Mode

[ad_1] The new Portrait Mode for Pixel 4 leverages dual cameras and the dual-pixel auto-focus system to improve depth estimation, allowing users to take professional-looking shallow depth of field images both close-up and at a distance. Learn how it was done at https://t.co/Z0S9REj5ES pic.twitter.com/mF1btwQt5O — Google AI (@GoogleAI) December 16, 2019 Portrait Mode takes images […]