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Google Home Adds Netflix, Domino's

  • TechCrunch, Wednesday, December 21, 2016 11:31 AM

Amazon infiltrated the home when no one was looking with a smart assistant loaded on some low-price hardware, and now the competition has a whole lot of catching up to do. In this last push ahead of the holidays, Google is certainly making a valiant effort. The company’s Home hub has been available at retail since October, offering the promise of a whole lot of functionality on the way. In just the week, the team has added a slew of new controls to the device. Yesterday the connected product got support for Netflix, making it possible to play a select number of shows, skip through episodes, rewind, pause and turn on captions when connected to a Chromecast. Google Photos support was on the docket as well (also requiring a Chromecast), bringing images to the big screen with specific commands involving places, things, dates and albums.

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