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Election Day approaches! Still not sure where the nearest polling place or ballot drop box is? Google wants to help. This morning the company rolled out a handful of features across Google Assistant, Google Maps and Google Search, all meant to kick in when a user seems to be looking…

Google Search now supports finding songs when users hum their melodies, as well as using machine learning to better understand typos and misspellings.The new ‘hum to search’ feature is available on both iOS, Android, and via Google Assistant.Smartphone users can hit the microphone button in the Google app and say…

New stuff: If you have ever got a song stuck in your head but could not remember the name or the artist, you probably have realized that it can bug you all day until you figure it out. Too bad there isn't a way to just hum the tune into…

Publishedduration20 hours agoimage copyrightMineralimage captionThe plant buggy roams atop the crops, counting and analysing eachGoogle's parent company, Alphabet, has unveiled prototype robots that can inspect individual plants in a field, to help farmers improve crop yields.The robot buggies roll through fields on upright pillars, so they can coast over plants…

Google TV streaming devices have a Home screen stuffed with recommendations. There are many ways you can fine-tune these, but if you prefer a less cluttered interface, you can also turn them off. The Google TV Home screen on devices like the Chromecast with Google TV is very different from the…

At the end of last month, Google hosted its fall hardware event where the company unveiled their latest phones and Made by Google hardware. Tonight, Google has announced a surprise “Google Search On” event, taking place on October 15, to highlight the latest improvements to Google Search and more. Every…

The company's laptop operating system is getting several new features that aim to help people with disabilities To highlight National Disability Employment Awareness Month, Google is rolling out a few new accessibility features to Chrome OS, including improved select-to-speech and an accessibility hub. The company’s latest blog post says that…

The side panel in Google Workspace apps provide quick access to Calendar, Keep, Tasks, and most recently Voice. Google Calendar on the web now features an add-on for Google Maps. The icon for Google Maps appears underneath Keep and Tasks on calendar.google.com. Tapping loads a search field, map view, and…

Google is officially out of the flagship game focusing its efforts in the midrange segment. Last year’s Pixel 3a series did surprisingly well in one area where past devices did not: actual sales so Google obviously thought if two phones can do well, three can do great. Just two weeks…

Last August, Assistant reminders stopped working for G Suite users, with Google providing additional confirmation later that year. There are now reports of this integration, which allows you to use voice for reminders, working again. Previously, signing into a paid, enterprise/work account with Google Assistant on your phone and asking…