The revelation the Google-owned Nest home security system comes with a previously undisclosed microphone built into it hasn’t just worried consumers — it’s made it all the way to the United States ...

When Google's announced that Nest Guard would receive a Google Assistant update, many homeowners who used the product were learning a significant detail for the first time. Nest owners were surprised ...

The last visual revamp for Assistant in late 2020 saw the light bar come to all Android devices. Google is now working on what looks to be a new design that takes advantage of dropdown menus to show ...

A week ago, we learned that there is in fact a microphone Google included with its Nest Secure home security system that the tech giant says it forgot was there and thus forgot to tell anyone about.

Google is now saying it forgot to mention that one of their security products included a secret microphone. Earlier this month, the company announced its Nest Secure system would be getting an update ...

In announcing that Assistant would lose 17 “underutilized” features, Google also said the Pixel Launcher microphone shortcut would be removed. Google is now rolling out this deprecation. The ...

Richard Nieva was a senior reporter for CNET News, focusing on Google and Yahoo. He previously worked for PandoDaily and Fortune Magazine, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times, on ...

The Google-owned smart home company Nest has been getting it in the neck over the last week or so, over its lack of disclosure about a microphone that exists inside its Nest Security system, which ...

Google is expanding ChromeOS security and privacy features that include the ability to cut off camera and microphone access systemwide and new data controls for businesses that make it easier to ...