Google announces Google Home – a smart home assistant

May 18, 2016 Ruslan Ulanov 0

Today at Google I/O 2016 at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, Google unveiled a new (much rumored about) piece of hardware that will tap into Google’s knowledge graph. The aptly named Google Home device will reside in your home and will assist you with your day-to-day tasks, give you information in a powerful conversational mode and (the drumroll) will control your smart home devices. The demo video showcased Google Home’s interaction with Nest’s thermostat, Google Chromecast and Android TV. On the outside, the device looks like a vase or a super-sized salt shaker. It could be customized with replaceable bottom grill to match […]

Android@Home – what we know so far

May 12, 2011 Ruslan Ulanov 0

Google has dropped the bomb at this week’s Goggle IO conference, claiming to bring Android platform in the near future to any device in your home – from light fixtures to tumble driers, to stereo systems. The technical details, though, are scarce at the moment. Here’s what we know about Android@Home initiative so far… Android@Home will use a new low power, wireless (900Mhz), mesh protocol, similar to ZigBee. But unlike ZigBee it will be capable to carry audio and low-res video streams. “If an OEM were to do that it would most likely today be a proprietary solution,” claimed Android head Andy Rubin. “By […]