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Waze Integrates With Google Assistant
Waze Integrates With Google Assistant
June 10, 2019  |  Innovation

Waze, the GPS app owned by Google since 2013, just got an upgrade by being integrated into Google Assistant. According to a report citing Google,...

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Google Integrates Food Ordering Into Search, Maps
Google Integrates Food Ordering Into Search, Maps
May 23, 2019  |  Google

Google users can now place restaurant orders right from Google Maps, Google Assistant or Google Search. The function taps into partnerships with delivery companies, and...

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Google Assistant Comes To Select Sonos Speakers
Google Assistant Comes To Select Sonos Speakers
May 15, 2019  |  Google

Google Assistant is now available on select Sonos speakers. Sonos announced that Google Assistant has been integrated into Sonos One and Sonos Beam via a...

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Amazon’s Alexa Wins The Digital Assistant Popularity Contest
Amazon’s Alexa Wins The Digital Assistant Popularity Contest
May 13, 2019  |  Alexa

Amazon’s voice-activated assistant Alexa has emerged as the most-used voice assistant on the market. That’s according to Digital Trends, which — citing Amazon — reported...

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Google I/O Highlights Privacy Controls, Personalization
Google I/O Highlights Privacy Controls, Personalization
May 08, 2019  |  Google

Google revealed that it has several updates planned for the near future at its I/O 2019 event. First, the tech giant announced that Duplex, its AI...

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Voice Shopping: Walmart’s Newest Grocery Play
Voice Shopping: Walmart’s Newest Grocery Play
April 03, 2019  |  Retail

Retailers are turning to voice assistants to make it easier for customers to shop for groceries amid strong competition. Walmart, in one case, has rolled...

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Walmart Rolls Out Voice Orders On Google Assistant
Walmart Rolls Out Voice Orders On Google Assistant
April 02, 2019  |  Walmart

Walmart announced Tuesday (April 2) Walmart Voice Order, a new voice ordering capability that enables people to use  voice commands to shop for groceries. In...

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Google Enhances Hotel Search With Vacation Rentals
Google Enhances Hotel Search With Vacation Rentals
March 27, 2019  |  Google

Google has added an option to search for vacation rentals in its Hotel Search user interface, and has also reconfigured and updated the UI so...

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Google Duplex Now Makes Restaurant Reservations
Google Duplex Now Makes Restaurant Reservations
March 07, 2019  |  Google

Google has announced that its Google Assistant feature that uses technology to quickly book restaurant reservations over the phone will soon be available to iPhone users....

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