Category: Smart Home
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Google Home UK Now Supports Hands-free Calling
Google Home UK now supports hands-free calling just in time for Mother’s day. Google assistant on your phone can already make calls for you. Now, when at home, you can make calls using Wi-Fi connection; Ok Google call Mum! Using Hands-free calling Using Google Home this way you can also setup callerID after making your […]
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Stream Steam To Your Samsung TV
If you have a Steam account and want to stream Steam to a TV this is now possible thanks to the new Steam Link app. There is one caveat though; streaming via the app will require a Samsung Smart TV. The app is in Beta at present and can be found in the Samsung app […]
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Google Home Adds Bluetooth Support
Google Home has been having a few niggles of late, our one here has anyway. Until recently the only way you could share music was through casting. This was great, but not when it would randomly stop while playing then refuse to be seen by anything on the network thus prompting a reboot. The team […]
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TrackR Bravo – Never Lose Your Keys Again
Ever lost something somewhere and it is just too large a search? We feel your frustration here at Gadgethelpline and may be able to help prevent future loss with TrackR Bravo. TrackR is a California based startup company that originally started on Indiegogo and has gone from strength to strength ever since it reached its target. […]
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Google Assistant Cometh
Google Assistant Now Google are heading into uncharted territories with AI, changes are imminent. First, we had keyboard and mouse. This evolved to keyboard and touch, now we will have vision and voice as viable input devices. This has all come about through deep learning. We could go into an involved explanation here on how […]
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Lens & Home Updates – Google IO 2017
After watching the opening talks at Google IO on Lens and Home we could not wait to let everyone know whats in store for them from Google in the very near future. Google Home Home was only launched 6 months ago and Google happily announced that they have already added 15 new features since launch. With […]
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RFID, iot and Automation – Whats It All About?
Automation creeps ever closer and the internet of things (iot) is Harbinger of this story. Will the imminent future be some dystopian nightmare or utopian wonderland? There is no doubt that automation will inevitably cut jobs. By 2030, Googles “top rated futurist speaker”, Thomas Frey, predicts that the planet will be down 2 Billion jobs, […]
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Google Wifi – First Impressions
Google Wifi now available for use in the U.K., what is there to know about it and how do you get it to work? The new Wifi device from Google aims to put all your internet eggs in one basket. Many can relate to throttled internet, especially if you have a housemate that seems hellbent […]
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Google Home – Released In The U.K. Today!
Google Home is the multinational tech companies answer to the Amazon Echo which is, already, moving off the shelves swiftly. The personal assistant slash home speaker from Google costs £129 and is now available to purchase from online retailers in the U.K. Google were kind enough to send us one to review at the Gadgethelpline. As you can […]
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Google Wifi & Google Home – UK Launch
Google are always upping their game, this is testament to the drive of the global corporation that has fingers in every pie so to speak. I remember first hearing about Google back in the late 90’s, I was designing a website for a “time & attendance” company here in the U.K. and they asked me if I […]
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The Implications of 5G
With the news that the solar industry is being hit hard by the recent U.K. budget (800% TAX increase for businesses if using solar power, businesses include state run schools but not the privately run schools) it may be time to look into how the government expects to lead the charge in the tech industry by […]
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Samsung To Test Run 5G In The UK
Struggling to get your phone to show that 4G symbol is something we have probably all experienced at some point here in the U.K. A recent report from the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has slated the 4G U.K. infrastructure stating that the U.K. is currently ranked 54th in the world which is worse than many countries including […]