Google Assistant can now identify songs playing near you

Now you no longer need a third-party app to identify songs for you. Google Assistant can now name songs for you. All you need to ask is “What song is this?” or “What song is playing?” for it to answer you. Google Assistant will then pull up a card with the title of the song, the artist, release date, genre, possibly lyrics as well as links to YouTube, Google Play Music, and even Spotify. It takes a few seconds to a minute for it to work and it might not work on lesser known songs—and for that you might have to rely on the likes of Shazam.

Source: The Verge

Sonos One speaker to get Google Assistant support in 2018

The Sonos One speaker is shaping up to be the most competitive in terms of supporting the major virtual assistants out on the market. The speaker, which is the company’s answer to the Amazon Echos, Google Homes, and Apple HomePods of the world, is going to open public beta support for Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa. This time, Google’s own Google Assistant will be joining the fray. It’ll get all the features Assistant offers on other devices. What we don’t know is if these two virtual assistants will work side by side or if there will be specific models per system. On top of these two, the Sonos One is also getting Siri Support through AirPlay 2 in the coming year, making it a pretty formidable speaker/smart home hub.

Source: The Verge

Google Assistant comes to Android TV, starts with NVIDIA Shield

We have more Google Assistant news tonight. This time, the service is finally making its way to Android TV. But it’s currently limited to the NVIDIA Shield TV with Sony’s Android TV-powered Bravia televisions getting the sizeable update for it “in the coming months.” What Google brings to the TV is similar to what you get on other platforms but have some TV-specific tweaks. It’ll let you ask general questions, which it’ll answer on screen, play music, search YouTube, ask for specific content from apps like Netflix, look up photos from Google Photos, control your smart home devices, among many others.

Source: Android Central

Google preps users for Google Assistant-powered headphones with new videos

Google is making sure you make the most out of your Google Assistant-powered headphones (like the Bose QuietComfort 35 II) with new videos that have showed up on its Google Help account. If you’ve been thinking about how to make the most out of these cans, the short video above will show you what you can do. But if you’d rather focus on specific features, Google also posted shorter clips: one focusing on how Google Assistant and your headphones will work, the other more on what you can do with notifications.  So, when you do decide to get a pair, we are expecting more of these headphones to come out in the near future, you can use them like a pro.

Source: Android Police