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Users of smart speakers that rely on Google Home to manage their various speaker groups will start being a bit more inconvenienced. Sonos won a long-standing legal battle against Google for patent infringement and now we’ll start feeling the effects of the changes that Google has to make in both the hardware and software aspects […]

Google and Sonos have been in an ongoing legal battle after Sonos filed a complaint to the ITC in regards to patent violations back in 2020. Late yesterday, the investigation was completed, with the ITC finding that several Google Nest products do, in fact, infringe on Sonos patents (via New York Times). Along with finding in the favor of Sonos, the ITC approved the ban of import for select devices. How to dynamically group your Google Nest speakers The patent infringement is related to how you ...

When Lenovo unveiled its original Smart Clock back in January of 2019, we were pretty impressed. They essentially took all the features that we love about smart displays and shrunk the size down into something that’s better suited for the nightstand. Since it’s been a few years since the first one made its debut, we now have the new Lenovo Smart Clock 2 that comes with a few subtle tweaks that make it a better option if you own a smartphone or accessories that can charge wirelessly. Lenovo S...