It’s summertime, lockdowns are lifting, and people are dressing up and stepping out again. While the Echo Dot smart speaker really doesn’t have much of a…
Filling a rather strangely-ignored UX gap with the smart-speaker market, LAYER Design’s smart-speaker for Russia-based Mail.ru comes with its own expressive little face that reacts as…
The fact that fabric is now considered an industrial design material can be directly attributed to Google. When the company first designed smart speakers for homes,…
I wouldn’t be surprised if you mistook the Mi Smart Clock for an Amazon Echo Show from afar. They both share a pretty similar front-view, with…
When you think of smart speakers, Sony is a brand that’s name really doesn’t come to mind. The company never really invested its efforts in the…
When I am in a work slump, I try to kick-start my creative juices in different ways. I microwave a cup of coffee, put on music,…
Chris Barnes’ conceptual Google device caters to the niche audience that needs connectivity the most, but struggle to keep up with technology or to avoid the…
Here’s a product that solves a bunch of problems smart fridges could not. The Foody, by Salvo Lo Cascio is a kitchen-specific smart speaker concept that…
When Google launched its first smart speaker, the Google Home, in 2016, the design team spoke about how they consciously chose materials and color palettes that…
The HomePod Mini launched yesterday, and it got me thinking about how most people naturally place their smart-speakers on shelves, cabinets, and mantelpieces that are against…
Have you ever been told that you are sitting too close to the TV? Or do you have an urge to always turn up the volume…
Even though the Pixel 4a didn’t pan out the way Google wanted to, the rest of the company’s hardware seems to be on track. Images of…
