Google may soon let you ditch the "Hey Google" hotword for your phone's AI assistant—like Gemini— activation by relying on face proximity.

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Google knows its smart home ecosystem has been a mess, but it thinks Gemini for Google Home will help win back your trust.

When the first ASUS ROG Ally dropped back in 2023, Hollow Knight was the very first game I played on it. I know, the game had been out for more than five years at that point, but it was my ...

Gemini is replacing Google Assistant in the company’s smart speakers and displays, while its smart home cams will have AI-powered scene recognition.

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A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for invading users' privacy by collecting data over an eight-year period on millions of people who had turned off a tracking feature in their Google ...

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