$20 BOGO discount for a pair of Google Home Mini speakers
Two Google Home Mini speakers used to cost $98. Then they cost $78. Now, they’re only going to cost $58. That matches the all-time low price on the smart speaker.
Google Home Mini goes $10 off list, while two-packs score $40 discounts
You have until May 13 to purchase a Google Home Mini smart speaker from the search giant’s US e-store at $39 instead of $49, or you can get two units in exchange for just $58.
Apple’s HomePod is in trouble, with weak sales so far and inventory ‘piling up’
If it wasn’t already abundantly clear, suppliers and analysts have confirmed Apple’s HomePod struggles in a Bloomberg report, with sales significantly below internal expectations.
Google’s own in-house ‘smart display’ could come soon to take on Amazon’s Echo Show
After setting up the Smart Display software platform, under which Lenovo, JBL and LG products have been unveiled already, Google might also be thinking of releasing its very own Amazon Echo Show rival.
European Sony Xperia XZ2 pre-orders come with some valuable freebies
Early Sony Xperia XZ2 adopters in the UK can get a free PlayStation VR headset or PlayStation 4 console, while in Germany, you can choose from a list of five possible gifts.
Error -6722 stopping you from setting up your HomePod? Here’s what to do
Consider uninstalling and than reinstalling the Home app on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It might need a good refresh in its scenes and accessories.
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Apple settles for uncharacteristically low HomePod profit margins to score volume
If you thought the $349 HomePod was expensive, it turns out Apple spends a lot to make its first-ever smart speaker, which makes profit margins pretty thin.
Custom hot phrases allowed in future update to Google app
“Hey, Google,” “OK, Google,” “Yo, Google?” Perhaps soon enough with a roll-out of a new feature for Google Assistant to be updated through the Google app.
Apple HomePod pre-orders begin on Friday, long overdue launch set for February 9
Eager HomePod buyers can order Apple’s first ever smart speaker in the US, UK and Australia starting this Friday, January 26, ahead of a February 9 shipping start.
27 million in US own an Alexa speaker, NPR and Edison Research say
Surveys conducted by Edison Research and NPR say that 36 million adults in the US own a smart speaker powered by assistants from Google or Amazon. Alexa, presumably because of its two-year head start, has a big lead here.
Samsung reportedly wants its Bixby smart speaker to launch in H1 2018 at around $200
Reportedly put on hold a little while back, Samsung’s (not so) secret Bixby smart speaker project is advancing, eyeing for a launch in 2018’s first half.
