Advertisements Joining the likes of Anker, Panasonic and Mobvoi, Sony has announced a smart speaker with Google Assistant on-board. The Japanese electronics giant on Thursday showcased the new LF-S50G wireless speaker at IFA trade fair. According to Sony, LF-S50G will go on sale beginning October with a price-tag of $199.99. Sporting a design very similar […]
Advertisements In a surprise announcement on Wednesday, Amazon and Microsoft announced that are integrating their digital assistants. That’s right, MIcrosoft’s Cortana will now be able to talk to Amazon’s Alexa and vice versa and it would all be as simple (but awkward) as saying “Alexa, open Cortana,” or “Cortana, open Alexa.” According to the companies, […]
Advertisements Korean tech giant Samsung on Wednesday took the wraps off its new wearables line-up at IFA trade fair. There’s a new smartwatch ‘Gear Sport, new fitness tracker ‘Gear Fit 2 Pro and connected earbuds ‘Gear IconX.’ Targeted to the fitness enthusiasts and everyday athletes, the new Gear devices pack a range of features including […]
Advertisements Google’s Assistant is finally heading over to third-party devices. The company on Wednesday announced in a blog post that three smart speakers from Anker, Mobvai and Panasonic will integrate the voice assistant. Today’s announcement isn’t a big surprise given Google opened Assistant’s SDK to other vendors earlier this year, but this is the first […]
Advertisements Google seems to be working on a pair of smart headphones that will come with built-in support for Google Assistant. According to a report in 9to5Google, the search giant has been developing these headphones, code-named Bisto, for quite some time. The mention of the Bisto headphones was first recorded back in April in the […]
Advertisements Asus might acquire HTC: Report Inside Asus headquarters in Taiwan, the company executives are discussing a buyout of the struggling smartphone maker HTC. Asus Chairman Johnny Shih remarked at the company’s annual general meeting that they haven’t ruled out the possibility of acquiring HTC. The company CFO David Chang however downplayed the chances of […]
Advertisements Micromax Canvas A1 receives Android 5.1.1 update Google has started rolling out the Android 5.1.1 update for Micromax Canvas A1 (Android One) smartphone. The update is now available over-the-air and will reach all A1 units over the next few days. Just 11.8MB in size, the update mainly brings improvements for the stability and performance […]
Advertisements Research firm IDC has published the first quarter numbers for the wearables market and the market continues to be dominated by the fitness band makers. According to IDC, Fitbit and Xiaomi accounted for 58.8 percent of all wearable shipments in Q1, 2015. A total of 11.4 million wearables were shipped in the last quarter, […]