News & Reviews:   smart speaker

Voice assistants have been around for years, but most people don't really use them that often. Of course, that hasn't stopped Apple from wanting to improve Siri. In fact, the company has filed a new patent for environmentally aware voice assistants.

If you recall, there was a rumour claiming that Apple is developing new HomePods. The new models are expected to feature a screen and a camera. Well, we may just have an idea what these would be used for in the latest tvOS update.

In the last few months, one of the apps that Google has been putting quite a bit of work would be YouTube Music. The company has been adding or updating a lot of features in the recent months and has recently released a new update, which lets you play songs you've saved on the cloud on smart speakers.

We haven't covered it as much, but one of the products Google has been working on is a new smart speaker. Along with its new Pixel smartphones and Chromecast with Google TV, Google has launched the Nest Audio. This is the successor to the Google Home series speaker and will easily connect to any existing Google smart speakers you have.

Looks like September 2020 will be a big launch month for Huawei. Other than the Mate 40 series that's expected to launch in late September, there's now another event that will be held within the same month. In that event, Huawei will likely be launching three new products that aren't smartphones.

In the midst of leaks on new Samsung products, there hasn't been a single thing on audio devices aside from the Galaxy Buds Plus. However, it seems Samsung indeed has something else in the works that will supposedly be revealed after Samsung Unpacked itself. This audio device is supposed to be the Galaxy Home Mini.