Google adds Gemini to Google TV, starting on TCL's new QM9K series TVs and expanding to Google TV Streamer 4K and other major TV brands later in 2025
but it'll cost you Elias Saba / AFTVnews : Google begins rolling out Gemini AI to Google TVs starting today NDTV Profit : Google TV Users Can Now Use Gemini To Get Movie Recommendations, Recaps And Id...
The US FTC adopts its final “click-to-cancel” rule requiring businesses to make canceling a subscription as easy as signing up, after proposing the rule in 2023
WOOT. … Rebekah Valentine / IGN : FTC New ‘Click to Cancel’ Rule Will Make it Easier to Cancel Subscription Services Justin Bachman / Payments Dive : FTC unveils final ‘click-to-cancel’ rule for consu...
Sources: Amazon's revamped “Remarkable” Alexa, due for release in October 2024, will be powered primarily by Anthropic's Claude, and cost $5 to $10 per month
the path to scale will still be tough Brad Linder / Liliputing : Lilbits: Amazon's AI-powered subscription voice assistant could launch in October Omar Gallaga / CNET : Amazon's Alexa Revamp Could Be ...
Google plans to remove 17 “underutilized” Assistant features in February, including controlling audiobooks, media alarms, recipes, messages, events, and more
what you need to know Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Did Search Win With The Google Assistant Feature Loss Aisha Malik / TechCrunch : Google is removing 17 ‘underutilized’ Assistant featu...
The US ITC issues a final ruling declaring Google infringed on five Sonos audio tech patents and is banned from importing products that violate Sonos' IP
and buyers are fuming Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica : Google loses Sonos patent case, starts stripping functionality from speakers Zach Marzouk / IT PRO : Google banned from importing patent-infringing te...
Amazon partners with tracker maker Tile and smart lock maker Level to enhance the Sidewalk mesh network that Amazon is now using for its Echo and Ring devices
but what is Sidewalk? Ry Crist / CNET : Amazon Sidewalk launches June 8 with support for Tile trackers Surur / MSPoweruser : Tile tracker to get big boost by joining Amazon's Sidewalk mesh network Chr...
Roku has removed YouTube TV from its channel store after Roku and Google failed to come to a distribution agreement; existing users will continue to have access
what you need to know Ben Gilbert / Insider : Google and Roku are locked in a contract dispute, and YouTube TV is the first casualty: The streaming service has been pulled from Roku devices Todd Spang...
Spotify says it will launch a subscription later this year called HiFi that will offer “CD-quality, lossless audio”; Spotify currently tops out at 320kbps audio
Microsoft aids Europe's media, Apple tops smartphone sales, Spotify HiFi Simon Cohen / Digital Trends : Spotify will add a lossless hi-fi option later this year Andrew Hutchinson / Social Media Today ...
Following its move to stop selling new Dash buttons in February, Amazon says it will turn off the capabilities of all its Dash buttons worldwide on August 31
you have a month to hack yours Kris Holt / Engadget : Amazon will disconnect Dash Buttons on August 31st Tom Warren / The Verge : I will miss Amazon's Dash buttons Mike Murphy / MarketWatch : Amazon w...