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Google Home’s Wi-Fi controls get a Material You makeover

Google Home’s Wi-Fi controls get a Material You makeover

Public Preview brings yet another much-needed refresh Google’s in the process of completely revamping its core smart home app. In recent weeks, Google Home for Android has been upgraded with a new remote UI for controlling TVs, improved controls on WearOS smartwatches, and support for the new Matter standard that promises better interoperability between your smart home devices. Today, users have started seeing a new layout in several of the menus used for… Source link

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Google Home app Wifi controls get redesigned devices list

Google Home app Wifi controls get redesigned devices list

As part of the Home app Public Preview, Google has redesigned Wifi controls with the list of connected devices seeing the big upgrade.  On the Wi-Fi page, tapping the Devices tile, which is now the only place that notes a total count, opens an entirely new page. The Devices list is no longer a tab within the Network page shared by “Internet Speed” and “Points.” (That’s now “Network performance” instead of “Network history.”) Tapping the top-left corner opens a… Source link

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Google Home app Wifi controls get redesigned devices list

Google Home app Wifi controls get redesigned devices list

As part of the Home app Public Preview, Google has redesigned Wifi controls with the list of connected devices seeing the big upgrade.  On the Wi-Fi page, tapping the Devices tile, which is now the only place that notes a total count, opens an entirely new page. The Devices list is no longer a tab within the Network page shared by “Internet Speed” and “Points.” (That’s now “Network performance” instead of “Network history.”) Tapping the top-left corner opens a… Source link

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The Google Home app’s new TV remote adds volume and play controls

The Google Home app’s new TV remote adds volume and play controls

The Google Home app for Android and iOS has been updated with an improved mobile-based remote for compatible smart TVs and “connected streaming or media devices.” In a tweet announcing the update last week, Google said that Home App users can now “easily control playback, switch inputs, adjust the volume, and more.” The new remote feature isn’t for controlling Chromecast devices or Android TVs — both of which are already supported by the Google Home app. Instead, it links up to… Source link

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Putin calls for price controls as Russian car sales crash to record low

Putin calls for price controls as Russian car sales crash to record low

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin urged the Russian government on Wednesday to control car prices, as one industry head said Western sanctions could send annual sales crashing to below 1 million for the first time since records began. Auto sales have fallen over 60% so far this year, and may end up being less than a quarter of what they were a decade ago, according to Maxim Sokolov, head of Russia’s top carmaker Avtovaz. Some of this year’s drop is due to the pullout of foreign… Source link

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Google’s Assistant is getting parental controls. Here’s how they work.

Google’s Assistant is getting parental controls. Here’s how they work.

Comment on this story Comment For the first time since its 2016 launch, Google Assistant is getting parental controls. You might think the chatty virtual assistant, which the company says is used by 700 million people a month, already had some. For years Google has allowed parents to grant children Assistant access by way of its Family Link app, but offered relatively few restrictions. In the next few weeks, when these tools land on a smart speaker, screen or clock near you, you’ll be able to… Source link

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Why U.S tech controls on China, could end up hurting American semiconductors

Why U.S tech controls on China, could end up hurting American semiconductors

When the US first banned sales of certain tech products to Chinese tech firm Huawei three years ago, it crippled a once-proud national champion and sent ripples across the US semiconductor industry. In the quarters following that export ban in May 2019, top American chipmakers reported a median revenue decline of 4% to 9%. The Biden administration’s latest tech controls threaten to accelerate those losses, throwing the global semiconductor sector into disarray. And Chinese companies… Source link

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