May 14th, 2021
Nathan Ingraham
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Google may have
retired the Home Max at the end of last year, but you can still find it on sale at the odd online retailer. And as it just so happens, A4C has discounted the smart speaker to $199.95. Using the checkout code “SLICK25,” you can get an additional $49.98 off the Home Max, making it $149.97 before tax and shipping. The last time you could buy the Home Max for under
How to set up Spotify on Google Home and control it by voice ·
Pocket-lint
(Pocket-lint) - You can use Google Home and Nest speakers and displays to voice control your Spotify - and you don t even need the premium version of the music service.
Google Home and Nest speakers support a range of music services, including Deezer, Apple Music and Spotify - both the Premium and Free tiers.
This feature takes you through how to setup Spotify on Google Home and Nest speakers, whether you have a free account or paid account, and how to control it with your voice.
More than 500 million people are apparently using Google Assistant. 70% of US smart speaker owners reportedly use Amazon Echo devices with Alexa. Apple’s Siri continues to claim the largest relative market share among smartphone voice assistants, and a survey claims that voice assistant use on phones in the US rose from 51.5% in 2018 to 56.4% in 2020.
With all these statistics out there, we thought of asking our readers if and how often they use voice assistants on their phones. We put out a survey presenting several options for our readers to choose from. Here are the results of that poll.
How often do you use voice assistants on your phone?
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It s worth noting that Apple has officially discontinued the first-generation HomePod, although it s likely that retailers will continue to sell the speaker until stock depletes.
Regardless of its discontinued status, the HomePod is, like most Apple products, premium when compared to the competition. It still sells for around £279 in the UK following a price reduction in April 2019, putting it in line with the likes of Google s Home Max speaker.
But why is the price so much higher than the competition? Apple has focused primarily on audio quality with the HomePod, offering premium-level room-filling audio that can be automatically tweaked depending on where the speaker is in the room.
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