Kids love to use smart speakers, but it's all too easy for things to go horribly wrong — including content that's decidedly not family-friendly. Google is trying to address those worries by both ...

Making Google Assistant more kid-friendly isn’t just about restrictions, Google has also developed four new “kid-friendly voices” to lend some diversity to its voice assistant. “We're really excited ...

Google Assistant, a well-known virtual assistant program, has recently introduced new features that aim to streamline parental controls, add child-friendly voices, and include a kids' dictionary.

In 2012, University of Washington researchers published results of a study involving 90 children interacting with a life-size robot named Robovie. Most kids thought Robovie had "mental states" and was ...

It's the amazon order that's gone viral when a kid made the most of one of those new voice activated home assistants. Alexa promises to make life a little easier. You just tell it to order things on ...

Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She holds degrees in law and communications, and currently writes news, analysis and features for CNET across ...

We check out a prototype at New York Toy Fair to see how Amazon's voice assistant plays with preschoolers. Bridget Carey is an award-winning reporter who helps you level-up your life -- while having a ...

Following the recent introduction of parent-controlled watchlists on Google TV and the revamp of its parental control app Family Link, Google today announced it’s also now bringing parental controls ...

Given that kids like to use Assistant, Google is rolling out new parental controls, as well as new kid-friendly voices and Kids Dictionary. Update 12/14: In Google Assistant settings, the “Parental ...