The Google Pixel introduced Google's new Assistant, which Google Now will eventually phase into over the next several months. What was interesting was that Google's Assistant was the same one found on Google's newest ‘smart home' device: the Google Home assistant. If you would have asked your Pixel to "turn on the kitchen lights" just last month, you'd get a canned response and your lights would have stayed exactly how they were: turned off. Fortunately, Google has recently flipped the switch for controlling smart home peripherals with your smartphone. In addition to Google Home's most...
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