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You Can Stop Google From Recording You. Here's How

Google is recording you, but it's pretty easy to purge your voice history.

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<p>Google Assistant can make calls and send text on the fly.&nbsp;</p>

Google Home Can Help You Get Better Sleep, Here's How.

Technology can be harmful for sleep quality, but Google Home is trying to help.

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8 Essential Google Nest Commands You Need to Try Now

Google Assistant can make life simpler with commands for temperature control, translating, cleaning and more.

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<p>Google can help you get your grocery shopping done faster.</p>

Make Grocery Shopping Easier With Google Home

What did you need from the store again? Google Home's got your back.

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<p>The 7-inch Google Nest Hub is a great device to either begin or expand a Google Home smart home setup, especially while you still get it at a discount.</p>

10 steps to set up your new Google Nest Hub or Nest Hub Max

Got a new Google Nest Hub smart display? Get it connected it to your smart home fast with this quick guide.

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Google Home tips: 32 cool things you need to try with Google Assistant

Make sure you add these next-level Google Home tricks to your arsenal once you've mastered your Google Home and Google Nest basics.

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<p>Yes, it's smart, but a Google Home Mini or Nest Mini can also act as a basic Bluetooth speaker.</p>

This Nest smart speaker feature is one of Google Assistant's best -- here's how to use it

Here's how to use your Google Home smart assistant as a Bluetooth speaker for any music streaming service.

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<p>Heavy duty black Gorilla duct tape may hold a Google Home Mini against the wall -- seemingly indefinitely -- but unless Junkyard Wars inspires your design language, stick to more aesthetically pleasing ways to mount your smart speaker.</p>

The best way to wall-mount your Google Home or Nest Mini is... not this

Don't ever wall-mount your smart speaker this way. We've got four better solutions for you.

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<p>Nest Audio keeps the signature dot display of other Google smart speakers.</p>

5 ways your Google Nest smart speaker can help you get to sleep

If counting sheep and melatonin have failed, Google might be able to help.

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<p>If your relationship with Google Home has communication issues, try these steps to resolve the problem.</p>

Google Home: 5 ways to fix the issue when Google Assistant doesn't understand you

Don't let communication problems sully your relationship with your smart speaker. Here's how to talk it out.

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<p>The new Nest Audio is the flagship Google Home smart speaker, replacing the 2016 original.</p>

Google Home: 5 things you need to be asking your smart speaker

It can't do everything for you, but you might be surprised at the kinds of chores it can tackle.

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<p>If there can be only one champion of the smart home, Google Home speakers like the Nest Audio have suddenly become serious contenders.</p>

Sorry, Alexa and Siri. These 5 Google Home features make me love it more

Google Home was late to the smart home soiree, but lately it's become the life of the party.

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