Tag Archives: Voice

on November 24, 2020 at 7:00 am Russian tech search engine giant Yandex has added the Alice voice assistant to its smart TV platform. Alice allows watchers to use voice commands to search and control playback, continuing Yandex’s efforts to make Alice more widely available and continuing a recent burst of new integrations between voice assistants and smart TVs. Alice TV Yandex launched its smart TV platform in April, working with nine television… Source link

As first reported by 9to5Google, a new app is being tested in a closed beta. The Google-made app is called “Task Mate” and it’s kind of like Google Opinion Rewards, but a bit more involved. Basically, Google Opinion rewards will passively ask question based on recent purchases, or the use of recent Google products like Gmail, Google Assistant, and YouTube. In exchange for answering these questions, you’re rewarded Google Play credit that can be used towards Play Store apps or… Source link

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Send text messages and make calls from within the Google Maps app. Angela Lang/CNET Google now lets you answer… Source link

When Google first started selling its Chromecast device for streaming video on your TV, it was inexpensive and simple. Maybe a little too simple. Like other streaming devices, it plugged into an HDMI port on a TV. But this odd-looking dongle – which always reminded me of a flattened marshmallow – was missing something. It lacked an onscreen interface, instead relying on your smartphone to “cast” a video… Source link

Google, the behemoth technology company that has become a verb for online search, is offering financial aid to students who take their certificate programs in data analysis, project management and user experience. Calling it “a digital jobs program to help America’s economic recovery,” the offering comes during record-high joblessness in the U.S. because of quarantines and shutdowns implemented to help stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus…. Source link

Google Nest Minis come in four distinct “flavors”: Sky (blue), coral (orange), charcoal (black), and chalk (gray). James Martin/CNET … Source link

on July 13, 2020 at 1:30 pm People in Russia can now ask the Alice voice assistant for the odds before making a bet through the online gambling platform Fonbet. Alice, created by Russian tech giant Yandex, can answer questions about sports betting, including making predictions that the company claims are 90% accurate thanks to its use of Fonbet’s database. Alice Bets Alice relies on information provided by Fonbet to answer thousands of different… Source link