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The name Google is synonymous with online searches, but over the years the company has grown beyond search and now builds multiple consumer products, including software like Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Android, and hardware like the Pixel smartphones, Google Home, and Chromebooks. Its name can also be found on internet services such as Google Fi, Flights, Checkout, and Google Fiber. Here is all of the latest news about one of the most influential tech companies in the world.

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The smart home was once a far-flung pipe dream, but it is now a reality. Wherever you live, your home is ground zero for some of the most interesting tech available right now, and tech that’s yet to come. Best of all, it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to get your home up and running with smart hardware and services.

Home security and monitoring solutions can alert you to a burglary, smoke, fire, or just simple motion activity. There are plenty of options with a range of capabilities, from smart doorbells and smart locks to indoor and outdoor cameras that can see in the dark.

Smart speakers, like the Google Home, Amazon Echo, and Apple HomePod each play a big role in helping you out, too. In the kitchen, they can read out recipes, or if you’re cleaning, you can call out to them to change the song on the fly. If you buy smart light bulbs, for instance, you can turn them on and off by using your voice.

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After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine

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Reminder: Google is about to start purging inactive accounts

XBMC 12 'Frodo' interface pictures

XBMC 12 'Frodo' interface pictures

Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors

This company just put the air in Apple’s MacBook Air

After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine

Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running

Reminder: Google is about to start purging inactive accounts

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Ikea debuts a trio of affordable smart home sensors

This company just put the air in Apple’s MacBook Air

After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine

Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running

Reminder: Google is about to start purging inactive accounts

More from Smart Home

After promising support for Matter and Thread, Level launches a Wi-Fi bridge instead

eBay’s early holiday sale brings discounts on Samsung’s The Frame TV and Bose headphones

How Ecobee is becoming the smart home company Nest should have been

What is Wi-Fi 7 — and do you even need it?