Google pushes deeper into homes with digital assistant updates


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 09 Jan 2019

Lilian Rincon, director of product for the Google Assistant, left, and Behshad Behzadi, distinguished engineer for the Google Assistant, demonstrate the interpreter mode translation feature of the Google Home Hub at the Google Assistant Playground during the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. Dozens of companies will give presentations at the event, where attendance is expected to top 180,000, with the trade war between the U.S. and China as well as Apple's sales woes looming over the gathering. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg

Google unveiled a raft of new partnerships to get its digital assistant into more homes. 

Google’s voice-activated assistant will be integrated with new devices including DISH Network Corp’s Hopper receivers, Sonos Inc speakers, KitchenAid appliances and Samsung Electronics Co televisions, the company said Jan 8 at CES in Las Vegas. 

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