Items tagged with google home max

by Brandon Hill - Fri, Oct 25, 2019

Google To Issue Replacements For Firmware Bricked Google Home Speakers

Google has made a lot of inroads with its "Home" family of Google Assistant-powered smart speakers that include the Home, Home Mini, and Home Max. However, in recent months, some users have been left with non-functioning devices due to faulty firmware upgrades. After a failed firmware update, the affected devices... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Jan 15, 2018

Google Home And Chromecast Are Reportedly Crippling Wi-Fi Networks

Technology is awesome when it works as intended, and maddeningly frustrating when it glitches. Unfortunately for some owners of Google's Chromecast dongles and Home smart speakers, they are experiencing the latter with unexpected Wi-Fi dropouts and router reboots. The issue affects several different router models and... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Dec 27, 2017

Google Home Max AI Speaker Suffering From Line-In Latency Woes, No Fix In Sight

One of the unique features of Google's Home Max smart speaker is that it has an auxiliary (line-in) port, allowing customers to connect a turntable, cassette tape player, or other external music device. Part of Google's hope is that being able to use its Home Max will make it popular among musicians and DJs as a... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Oct 04, 2017

Google Home Mini, Home Max Expand Google's AI Smart Speaker Assault Against Amazon Echo

When it comes to AI smart speaker, Amazon has been the market leader with its Echo ever since it was introduced back in late 2014. The retail giant just recently refreshed its Echo family, but Google isn’t sitting idly by. In fact, it is expanding its “Home” speaker family with the introduction of the Google Home Mini... Read more...